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Anglo-Saxon

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un-beboht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beboht, adj.

Unsold

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Unsold Hé hæfde tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10

Linked entry: be-bycgan

wíd-scop

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scop, -sceop; adj.
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Fugla and deóra wornas wídsceope swá wæter bibúgeþ. Exon. Th. 356, 3; Pa. 8

Linked entry: -scop

lox

(n.)
Grammar
lox, es; m.

A lynx

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Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22

panþer

(n.)
Grammar
panþer, pandher
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a panther Is þæt deór Pandher bí noman háten, Pa. 12

Linked entry: palþer

frǽ-wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
frǽ-wlitig, adj.
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Very beautiful Þá syndon freáwlitige deór isti formosi sunt, Nar. 38, 15

Linked entry: wlitig

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

for-hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hyrdan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To harden against ⬩ to harden ⬩ obdūrāre

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To harden against, to harden; obdūrāre Nǽfre gé heortan geþanc deorce forhyrden nolīte obdūrāre corda vestra, Ps. Th. 94, 8

drǽfend

(n.)
Grammar
drǽfend, es; m.

A hunter ⬩ venātor

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A hunter; venātor Sum biþ deóra drǽfend one is a hunter of beasts, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 24; Crä. 38

fót

Grammar
fót, <b>; I.</b>
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Hófon ðá deór heora fótas (fét, v.l. ) upp, Shrn. 72, 7. Add

tiger

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Gelamp þæt twá hréðe deór, þe sind tigres gehátene, þǽr urnon and ábiton swá hwæt swá hí gemétton ...

Geát

(n.)
Grammar
Geát, es; m.

Geat

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Geat, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 13; Deór. 15. See Grimm D. M. 341-5

bú

(n.)
Grammar
bú, bý, es; n? [ic búe, he býþ, pres. of búan to dwell]

to dwell ⬩ A dwelling, habitation ⬩ habitatio, habitaculum

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Stanford and Deóra bý wǽron under Norþmannum Stamford and Derby [Deóra bý habitation of deer or animals] were under the Northmen, Chr. 942; Th. 210, 4; Edm. 8. Se ðe hús oððe bý hæfde qui domicilium habebat. Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 3

Linked entry: bý

leóþ-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræftig, adj.
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Skilled in poetry Leóþcræftig mon, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 28; Deór. 40

Mæð-hild

(n.)
Grammar
Mæð-hild, e; f.

A woman's name ⬩ Matilda

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A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14

wyrm-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-geard, es; m.
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An enclosure full of snakes Wyrmgeardas, atol deór monig,... blace nædran, Salm. Kmbl. 940; Sal. 469

Linked entry: wyrm-sele

blǽc

(adj.)

bright ⬩ pale

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Þæs deóres híw, blǽc brigda gehwæs, Pa. 26. pale Blaec thrustfeil bitiligo, Txts. 45, 296

wylfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wylfen, adj.

Wolfish ⬩ fierce

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Th. 378, 24; Deór. 22

fold-hrérende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fold-hrérende, part.

touching ⬩ moving on ⬩ the earth ⬩ terram tangens ⬩ peragrans

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touching, moving on, the earth; terram tangens vel peragrans Deóra foldhrérendra of earth-enlivening beasts, Exon. 95b; Th. 356, 2; Pa. 5. cf. mold-hrérende

dǽd-scúa

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-scúa, an; m. [scúa a shade]

One who acts in the dark ⬩ tenebris agens, diabolus

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One who acts in the dark; tenebris agens, diabolus Deorc dǽd-scúa a dark deed actor [the devil], Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 22; Cri. 257

brigd

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Þæs deóres (the panther) híw blǽc brigda gehwæs beorhtra and scýnra the beast's hue, splendid with every bright and beauteous variety of colour, Pa. 26. Substitute

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