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Anglo-Saxon

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hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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E. becomes lyn in lyntre tilia, and later linn. v. N. E. D. linn, a linden or lime ?)

án-lápum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-lápum, adv.

One by one ⬩ per singula ⬩ singulatim

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Lind. War. 21, 25

eft-edwítan

(v.)

To reprove, upbraid again ⬩ Tre-probāre

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Lind. 21, 42

feórþung

(n.)
Grammar
feórþung, e; f: but in Northumb. m.

A fourth part ⬩ a farthing

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Lind. Rush. 12, 42

Linked entry: feórþing

geána

(adv.)
Grammar
geána, adv.

Yet ⬩ still ⬩ adhuc

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Lind. 15, 16

lísing

(n.)
Grammar
lísing, e; f.

A loosing ⬩ releasing ⬩ redemption

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Lind. 2, 38

birilian

(v.)
Grammar
birilian, birlian, byrlian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To draw, bear ⬩ haurire

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Lind. Rush. War. 2, 8, 9

ge-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen [ge-, bláwan to blow]

To blow ⬩ flāre ⬩ sufflāre

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Lind. 20, 22

Linked entry: ge-bleów

ge-onfenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-onfenge, adj.

Taken

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Lind. 17, 35

Linked entry: on-fenge

ge-sciran

(v.)

to act as a steward ⬩ vilicare

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Lind. 16, 2

tánian

(v.)

to decide by lot

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Lind. 23, 23. (?)

Linked entry: tánages

under-cirran

(v.)

subvertere

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Lind. Rush. 23, 2

un-forlǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forlǽten, adj.

Not left

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Lind. Rush. 12, 20

þweng

(n.)
Grammar
þweng, e; f.(?)

A band

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Lind. 23, 5

ymb-lócian

(v.)
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Lind. Rush. 3, 34

slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽpan, slépan ; p. te. [The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian
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Lind. 11, 12. Slépiaþ ł slépeþ árísaþ (slépiaþ árísas, Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 27. Slépade (geslépedon, Lind. ) dormitaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 5.] to sleep Ðú slépes, Mk. Skt. Lind. , Rush. 14, 37. Slépes dormit. Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: slépan

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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To need Ne ðorfeþ (-æþ, Lind.) non indiget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 10. Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

endleofan

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
endleofan, endlufon, endlyfun, inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. §246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = ἕνδεκα
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3

Linked entries: ændlefen ellefne

án-cummum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-cummum, adv. [án one, cummum the dat. of cuma a comer]

One by one ⬩ singly ⬩ singulatim

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Lind. War. 21, 25

ár

(adv.)

before

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Kmbl, Lind. 20, 1

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