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Anglo-Saxon

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wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
wacol, (-ul, -el); adj.

Watchfulvigilant

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Uigilantius, ðæt is on Englisc wacolre, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 13

palm-twig

(n.)
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Homl. 137, 25. Heó álegde ðæt palmtwig ðe heó ǽr onféng, 139, 4. Se gewuna stent ðæt gehwǽr on Godes gelaþunge se sacerd bletsian sceole palmtwigu on ðisum dæge ( Palm Sunday ), Homl. Th. i. 218, 3

ge-wuldrian

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

To glorify

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Homl. 139, 25. Ðú eart gewuldrad mirificatus es, Ps. Th. 138, 12. Ðú gewuldroda cyning thou glorified king, Blickl. Homl. 147, 35

Linked entry: wuldrian

calc-rond

(adj.)
Grammar
calc-rond, adj.
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Round of hoof; calceis vel soleis ferreis marginatus Calcrondes, Exon. 91a; Th. 342, 15; Gn. Ex. 143

éh-þyrl

(n.)

eye-hole, a window

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eye-hole, a window Ðú wircst éhþirl thou makest a window, Gen. 6, 16: Jos. 2, 18

for-screncend

(n.)
Grammar
for-screncend, es; m. [part. of forscrencan]

A supplantersupplantātor

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A supplanter; supplantātor Iacob is gecweden, forscrencend Jacob is interpreted, a supplanter, Homl. Th. i. 198, 21

Linked entry: screncend

fyrd-werod

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-werod, -weord, es; n.

An army-hostphalanxturmaphălanxφάλανξ

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An army-host, phalanx; turma, phălanx = φάλανξ,Cot. 140. Micel stefn fyrdweorodes getrymnesse a great sound off

hróf-stán

(n.)
Grammar
hróf-stán, es; m.
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A roof-stone, stone forming part of a roof Of ðám hrófstáne, Homl. Th. i. 508, 33

níw-hworfen

(adj.)

newly converted

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newly converted Betwux ðam níghworfenum folce ( the recently converted people of Kent ), Homl. Th. ii. 130, 27

grǽfa

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfa, gréfa, an; m.
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A pit, cave, hole Grǽfe speluncam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 13. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxvii

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Basewantonlewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-hendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hendan, p. de; pp. ed

To holdtĕnēre

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To hold; tĕnēre Me ðín seó swíðre ðǽr gehendeþ tĕnēbit me dextĕra tua, Ps. Th. 138, 8

Linked entry: -hendan

ge-sceppend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceppend, -scyppend, es; m.

A creator

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Homl. 11, 29

þenning

(n.)
Grammar
þenning, e; f.
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Stretching, extension Be Cristes earm[a] þenninge and his honda on róde, Anglia xi. 172, last line

Linked entry: earm-þenning

under-crammian

(v.)

to stuff full belowsuffercire

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to stuff full below; suffercire Hí mid byrnendum glédum ðæt bed undercrammodon, Homl. Th. i. 430, 4

un-gereclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereclíc, adj.

Disorderlytumultuousungovernable

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Homl. 19, 6

un-begrípendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begrípendlíc, adj.

Incomprehensible

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Homl. 179, 9. Unbegrípendlíc and ungesýnelíc God, 185, 31

un-wæstmberendness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberendness, e; f.

Barrennesssterility

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Barrenness, sterility Mé míne fýnd áscufon fram ðære hálgan onsegdnysse for mínre unwæstmberendnysse, Homl. Ass. 126, 329

Linked entry: wæstmberendness

un-gin

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gin, un-ginn; adj.

Not amplecontracted

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Not ample, contracted Á sceal ðæs heánan hyge hord onginnost, Exon. Th. 346, 18; Gn. Ex. 206

ge-hófod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hófod, adj.
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Hoofed, having a hoof Þá þe synd gehófode on horses gelícnysse wǽron unclǽne, Hml. S. 25, 44

Linked entry: -hófod