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Anglo-Saxon

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lícwyrþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lícwyrþ-ness, e; f.
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Lamb. 88, 18

micel-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-sprecende, adj.

Talking big ⬩ boasting

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Lamb. 11, 4

eard-éðel-riht

(n.)
Grammar
eard-éðel-riht, es; n.

Land-inheritance right, patrimonial right ⬩ patrium jus

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Land-inheritance right, patrimonial right;patrium jus Beo. Th. 4402; B. 2198

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Lamb. 143, 9

ge-edwistian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edwistian, p. ode; pp. od

To feed ⬩ support

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Lamb. 22, 2

Linked entry: edwistian

scínendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scínendlíc, adj.
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Lamb. 18, 9

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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Lamb. 71, 4

un-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálig, adj.

Unholy

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Lamb. 42, 1

ge-défnes

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Lǽt mé mid gedéfnysse míne dagas geendian, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Add

reówe

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Add: In the last passage reón is another reading, Sch. 540, 9

teágan

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ꝥ land mid tó tégenne, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 3. Add

be-werung

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Add: The Latin word translated in the last two passages is tutamentum

Bretenan-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Bretenan-mere, es; m.

The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire ⬩ loci nomen apud Cambrenses

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The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire; loci nomen apud Cambrenses, Som

brugdon

(v.)
Grammar
brugdon, p. pl. of bregdan.

laid hold of, drew ⬩ strinxerunt

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laid hold of, drew; strinxerunt, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 8; Gen. 1991;

smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.

Creeping, reptile

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Lamb. 68, 35

tó-cwæstedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwæstedness, e; f.

Destruction

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Lamb.) cessavit quassatio, Ps. Spl. 105, 29

dwelian

(v.)
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S. 25, 157. (2 a) of madness :-- Seó dohtor on wódum dreáme læg dweligende, Hml. Th. ii. 110, 19. of wrong conduct, to err Þú dwelast, geneálǽc and geoffra þíne lác, Hml. S. 14, 33.

BEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
BEALD, bald; adj.

BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber

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He healdeþ Meotudes ǽ beald in breóstum bold in his breast he holds the law of the Creator, Exon. 62 b ; Th. 229, 20; Ph. 458.

Linked entry: bald

ECED

(n.)
Grammar
ECED, æced, æcced, es; n. m.

ACID, vinegar ⬩ acētum

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Lege hit in ðone eced lay it in the vinegar, Lchdm. iii. 18, 2

Linked entries: æcced æced

bréme

(adj.)
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Seó (Athens) wæs þá brémost (brýmest, v. l.) on láre, Hml. S. 3, II. Se brémesta ł wyrðfullesta celeberrimus, i. nobilissimus, An. Ox. 55 : excellentissimus, 2301: opina-tissimus, 4999.

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