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Anglo-Saxon

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gyrdels-hringe

(n.)
Grammar
gyrdels-hringe, an; f.
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A girdle-buckle, clasp for a girdle Gyrdislrhingae, gyrdilshringe legula, Txts. 74, 582. Gyrdilshringe lingula, 75, 1226

Linked entry: gyrdel-hring

hanga

(n.)
Grammar
hanga, (?), an; m.
Entry preview:

A slope (?), declivity On líchangan; of líchangan, C. D. v. 321, 32

golde

(n.)
Grammar
golde, an; f.
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A marigold Golde solsequia (cf. solsequia sigel-hueorua, Lch. iii. 305, col. 1), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 76

Linked entry: gold-wyrt

hálsung-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung-tíma, an; m.
Entry preview:

A time of supplication Swylce fram þæs dæges úpspringe tó hálsungtíman þreó tída sýn forð áðenede, Nap. 35

hand-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gemaca, an; m.
Entry preview:

A close companion Þá hyrdecnapan mid heora handgemacan ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 421. Cf. hand-gesella, hand-gestealla

Linked entry: ge-maca

gryndle

(n.)
Grammar
gryndle, an; f.
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A herring Grindle alleh (cf. taricus vel allec hærinc, Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 16

Linked entry: grindle

grépe

(n.)
Grammar
grépe, an; f.
Entry preview:

A ditch, drain, privy Latrina genge, groepe atque ductus cloacas (aqueductus cloacae?), Txts. 73, 1172. Groepum scrobibus, 95, 1819. See preceding word

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
Entry preview:

A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

grama

(n.)
Grammar
grama, an; m.
Entry preview:

A fiend Ꝥ heó wǽre gramena mǽge, þeóstra gefǽra, Hml. S. 2, 173. Forligr macað of Godes temple gramena wununge, 16, 279

hæg-sugga

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-sugga, an ; m.
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A hedge-sparrow Hægsugga. ficitula, Hpt. 33, 241, 48

Linked entries: sucga hege-sugge

heáfod-loca

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-loca, an; m.
Entry preview:

A stull Heáfodlocan (cf. heáfudponnan, lxx, 9) capitali, Lch. i. lxxiv, 10

heáh-heoloþe

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-heoloþe, an; f.
Entry preview:

Elecampane Heáhhioloþe, Lch. ii. 104, 1 : 138, 16. Genim heáhheoloþan, 18, 22. Heáhhioloþan, 102, 23: 274, 2

Linked entry: eh-heóloþe

hunticge

(n.)
Grammar
hunticge, an; f.
Entry preview:

A huntress Huntigystran (hundicgean, v. l. ) uenatrices, Nar. 38, 3

ífe

(n.)
Grammar
ífe, (?), an (?) ; f.
Entry preview:

Some kind of plant Rúde ruta, íue iva, brócminte sisymbrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 1-3

Linked entry: iue

lám-seáðe

(n.)
Grammar
lám-seáðe, [?], an; f.
Entry preview:

Substitute: <b>lám-seáþ</b>, es; m. Cf. lám*-*pytt for use of the plural

irþ-tilia

(n.)
Grammar
irþ-tilia, an; m.
Entry preview:

A husbandman Yrðtilian (but y altered to e) agricolas, Hpt. Gl. 464, 20

Linked entry: eorþ-tilia

leás-gewita

(n.)
Grammar
leás-gewita, an ; m.
Entry preview:

A false witness Þá leásgewitan lédon heora hacelan ætforan fóturn sumes geonges cnihtes, sé wæs gecíged Saulus, Hml. Th. i. 46, 35

leóht-bora

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-bora, an ; m.
Entry preview:

A light-bearer Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, Vis. Lfc. 36

Linked entry: bora

mete-cweorra

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cweorra, an; m.
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Surfeit of food(?) Wið metecweorran, Lch. iii. 60, 4

Linked entries: -cweorra á-cweorran

mid-hilte

(n.)
Grammar
mid-hilte, an; f.
Entry preview:

The middle part of the hilt Midhilte capulus, manubrium gladii vel uniuscuiusque rel, Wülck. Gl. 199, 21

Linked entry: hilte

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