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Anglo-Saxon

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un-drysnende

(adj.)

inextinguishable ⬩ inextinguibilis

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Lind. 3, 12

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
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Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add

min-dóm

(n.)
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Th. 54, 7 is Ic bíde þæs beornes þe mé bóte eft mindóm and mægenes hreóh The last line is too short, perhaps it might be completed by writing mínne after mindóm ? But see min

seofoþa

(num.; adj.)
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seventh Tó ðære seofoþan (ðió seofunda, Lind.: ðý siofunda, Rush. ) tíde, Jn. Skt. 4, 52. Óþ ðone seofoþan (tó ðæm seofunda, Lind.: siofund, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 26. On ðone seofeþan dæg, Gen. 2, 2

ge-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sendan, p. -sende; pp. -sended, -send

To send

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Lind. 15, 37. Ðá wæs gesended then was sent, Blickl. Homl. 9, 28: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 13: 15, 17. Gesend missus, Ps. Lamb. 33, 8

án-lápe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lápe, adj.

Going alone ⬩ one by one ⬩ singuli

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Lind. War. 4, 40. Ða síe awritten ánlápum quae scribantur per singula, Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25

Linked entry: án-lápum

ge-cearfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cearfan, -ceorfan; p. earf

To kill ⬩ cut off or up ⬩ interficere ⬩ decollare

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Lind. 8, 37; 40. Ðone ic gecearf quem ego decollavi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 16

a-lésenis

(n.)

redemption

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Lind. Stv. 20, 28

fácon

(n.)

deceit

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Lind. War. 1, 47

froht

(adj.)
Grammar
froht, adj.

Timid

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Lind. 4, 40

in-merca

inscribtio

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Lind. 12, 16

Linked entry: -merca

ge-blann

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-blann, p. of ge-blinnan.

ceased

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Lind. 6, 51;

þió

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þió, pron.
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Lind. Rush. 4, 5)

ofer-wistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-wistlíc, glosses

supersubstantialis

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Lind. 6, 11

Linked entry: -wistlíc

ge-þuild

(n.)

patience

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Lind. 18, 7

þæcele

(n.)
Grammar
þæcele, an; f.
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Lind. 18, 3

Linked entries: þecele fæcele fæcele blysige

ge-néhwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néhwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To approach, draw near, adhere

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Lind. 19, 5. Ánum genéhwaþ uni adhærebit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 13. Genéhwade ánum adhæsit uni, 15, 15

Linked entries: -néhwian ge-neán ge-neán

wel-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-boren, adj.

Well-born ⬩ noble

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Lind. Rush. 15, 43. Monn sum welboren homo quidam nobilis Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 12. Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15

ældo

(n.)
Grammar
ældo, aldu

the elders ⬩ seniores

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Lind. Stv. 21, 23

asca

(n.)

dust ⬩ pulvis

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Lind. Rush. War. 6, 11

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