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Anglo-Saxon

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angeán

(prep.)
Grammar
angeán, prep.

Againstcontra

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Against; contra Hý him brohtan angeán ehta hund M féðena they brought against him eight hundred thousand foot, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 9

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, g. angles; m.

A hooka fishing-hookhamus

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A hook, a fishing-hook; hamus Wurp ðínne angel út mitte hamum, Mt. Bos. 17, 27. Swá swá mid angle fisc gefangen biþ as a fish is caught by a hook, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 11

Linked entries: angil Engel Ongel

Angel

(n.)
Grammar
Angel, gen. dat. acc. Angle; f.

Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into BritainAngulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt

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Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain; Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt Of Angle cómon Eást-Engle from Anglen came the East-Angles, Chr. 449; Ing.

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Fiscere piscator, angel amus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 42. Hwanon fiscere ancgel?, Coll. M. 30, 33. Hú geféhst þú fixas? Angil ic wyrpe, 23, 11. Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt

angel

(n.)

an angelangelus

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an angel; angelus, Ps. Spl. 33, 7

Angel-

(prefix)

EnglishAnglicanus

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English; Anglicanus, — as in the following compounds Angel-cyning, -cynn, -þeód

Linked entries: cirice wita þeód folc

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, an angel,Add: — Angel angelus, Lk. L. 1, 26: Rtl. 58, 5. Angla
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angelos, Jn. L. 1, 51

ange

(adj.)
Grammar
ange, ænge, enge, onge; adj.

Narrowstraitenedvexedtroubledsorrowfulangustusanxiusvexatustristis

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Narrow, straitened, vexed, troubled, sorrowful; angustus, anxius, vexatus, tristis Ðes ænga stede this narrow place, Cd. 18; Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Ufan hit is enge it is narrow above, Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 14; Dóm. 22. Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his

ange

(adv.)
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Dele all but passage from Orosius, and substitute: <b>anga</b> (onge, ænge); adv. Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted

ange

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Add: v. angian

angel-twicce

(n.)
Grammar
angel-twicce, an; f.

A red worm used for a bait in angling or fishinglumbricus

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A red worm used for a bait in angling or fishing; lumbricus Rén-wyrrn vel angel-twicce lumbricus, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 30; Wrt. Voc. 24, 31.[twachel the dew-worm, Halwl. Dict.]

Linked entry: angol-twæcce

Angel-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
Angel-cyning, es; m.

An Angle or English king

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An Angle or English king, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 8: 3, 9; S. 533, 8

Angel-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
Angel-þeód, e; f.

The English peopleAnglorum gens

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The English people; Anglorum gens, Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 34, 37

Linked entry: Angol-þeód

angol-twæcce

(n.)
Grammar
angol-twæcce, -twæccean; f.

An earth-worm

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An earth-worm Genim angoltwæccean take an earth-worm, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm, ii. 100, 8

Angel-cynn

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Þá hálgan þe Angelcynn wurþað, Hml. S. p. 4, 42. On Angolcynnes bócum, ðæt is on Istoria Anglorum, Shrn. 137, 6; 59, 12. Mid wópe Angelcynnes monna, 134, 24. Æðelbryht ǽrest fulluht onféng on Angelcynne, Ll. Th. i. 58, 26. Geond Angelcynn (-kynn, v.

angel-ic

(adj.)
Grammar
angel-ic, angel-lic; adj.
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Angelic Æfter ðære angelica gesihðo port angelicam visionem, Jn. p. 8, 3

Angel-þeód

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Add: of the continental invaders Angelþeód (Ongel-, v. l. ) wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum invitata Brittaniam gens Anglorum . . . Angelþeód and Seaxna wæs gelaðod Anglorum sine Saxonum gens invitata. Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 1, 15. Bryttas ǽrest on Angelðeóde

an-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
an-gitan, p. -geat; pp. -giten

To getlay hold ofseizeassequicorripereinvadere

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To get, lay hold of, seize; assequi, corripere, invadere Hine se bróga angeat terror seized him, Beo. Th. 2587; B. 1291

Linked entry: on-gitan

Angol-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
Angol-þeód, e; f.

The English nationgens Anglorum

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The English nation; gens Anglorum, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 31

Angel-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
Angel-cynn, es; n.

The Angle or English raceAnglorum gens

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The Angle or English race; Anglorum gens, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23: 4, 16; S. 584, 13

Linked entry: Engla land