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Anglo-Saxon

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hweól-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4

or-dál

(n.)
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A masculine form ordelas occurs, C. D. ii. 252, 13

sníte

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Tó snítan íge, C. D. B. ii. 374, 15. Add

stán-denu

(n.)
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a stony valley In stándene, C. D. iii. 383, 19

wudu-mann

(n.)
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a woodman Tó wudemannes túne, C. D. iii. 275, 9

æsc

Grammar
æsc, <b>. I.</b>
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Onefen ðone greátan æsc, C. D. ii. 172, 24. Add

and-langes

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Andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D. B. ii. 305, 25

beonot

(n.)
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bent, coarse grass, in local names, C. D. vi. 258

mapul-treów

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In ðæt rúge mapeltreów, C. D. iii. 379, 22. Add

bulluc

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Tó bulluces sole, C. D. B. ii. 245, 30. Add

ge-singalian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-singalian, p. ode, ade

To continue ⬩ perpetuate

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To continue, perpetuate Gesyngalade continui, Ps. Spl. C. 88, 49

Linked entry: -singalian

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.

Linked entry: -hafol

fleógynða

(n.)
Grammar
fleógynða, fleógenda, an; m. [fleógende, part, of fleógan to fly]

A flying creature ⬩ bird ⬩ fowl ⬩ vŏlātĭle

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A flying creature, bird, fowl; vŏlātĭle Ic oncneów ealle fleógyndan heofones cognōvi omnia vŏlātĭlia cæli, Ps. Spl. C. 49, 12; ic oncneów all ða fleógendan [MS. flégendan] heofenes cognōvi omnia vŏlātĭlia cæli, Ps. Surt. 49, 11: Ps. Spl. C. 77, 31

gráfa

(n.)
Grammar
gráfa, an; m.
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A grove, copse Be-westan ðá leáge eft tó gráfan hrycge (cf. grǽfan hrycg, 388, 29), C. D. iii. 389, 2. Tó dyrnan gráfan; of dyrnan gráfan, v. 262, 9. ¶ in a compound :-- Tó erscgráfan, C. D. iii. 434, 22

æppyl

(n.)

an apple

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an apple, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 57; MS. C

æsc-wert

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-wert, e; f.

Ash-wort ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbena

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Ash-wort, vervain; verbena,Mone C. 3; p. 442, 24

a-réfnan

(v.)

to endure

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to endure Ic aréfnde sustinui, Ps. Spl. C. 68, 25

cwilde flód

(n.)
Grammar
cwilde flód, es; n. m.

The destruction's flood, deluge ⬩ diluvium

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The destruction's flood, deluge; diluvium Ps. Spl. C. 28, 9

efen-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-scyldig, adj.

Equally guilty

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Equally guilty, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 420, 2

for-gefenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gefenes, -ness, e; f.

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness, Ps. C. 50, 37; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 37

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