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blód-seax

(n.)
Grammar
blód-seax, blód-sex, es; n.

A blood-knife, a lancetphlebotomus

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Gl. 17; Som. 58, 91; Wrt. Voc. 22, 9

Linked entry: blód-æx

bóc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-hús, es; n.

A BOOK-HOUSE, librarylibrarium

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Gl. 109; Som. 79, 5; Wrt. Voc. 58, 48

ge-hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwearf, -hwyrf, es; n.

A changeexchangecommūtātiopermūtātio

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Gl. 81; Som. 73, 26; Wrt. Voc. 47, 31

ge-sibling

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sibling, es; m. [sibling a relation]

A relationprŏpinquus

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Gl. 92; Som. 75, 39; Wrt. Voc. 51, 81

Linked entry: sibling

wuldor-magu

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-magu, a; m.

A son of glory an heir of heaven

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A son of glory, an heir of heaven Se wuldormago, eádig, Exon. Th. 179, 25; Gú. 1267

Linked entry: magu

druncen-scipe

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Substitute for 'Som. Ben. Lye' Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncenscipes geswícan nellað, Hml. A. 145, 34

feþer-cræft

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For 'Som. Ben. Lye' substitute

hand-brǽd

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, -bréd, e; f.

A hand's breadthpalmus

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Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52

hand-gang

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gang, -gong, es; m.

Laying on of handslaying on of hands

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Gl. 112; Som. 79, 94; Wrt. Voc. 60, 3

Cone-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cone-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f.

Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario

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Som. Ben. Lye

ge-sperod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sperod, part. [spere a spear]

Armed with a spear;hastātus

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Gr. 43; Som. 45, 13: Blickl. Homl. 221, 28

Linked entry: -sperod

hóp-páda

(n.)
Grammar
hóp-páda, an; m.

An upper tunic, cope

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Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52

nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
nǽdl, e; f.

A needle

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Nǽdle sceorpran, Soul Kmbl. 230; Seel. 116. Mið nédle acu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 37. Mið naeðlae, Ep. Gl. 19 f, 30

hnesce

(adj.)
Grammar
hnesce, hnæsce, hnysce; adj.

Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate

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Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel what is hard, what soft, 372, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Heó is hnesce on æthrine it is soft to the touch, Herb. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 108, 1.

Linked entries: heard hnæsce

Eádweard

(n.)
Grammar
Eádweard, -ward, es; m. [eád happy, weard ward, guardian] .

Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066

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D. 925, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing ] forþférde, and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here king Edward died, and Æthelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom. Chr. 925; Erl. 1010, 19. Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar.

calwere

(n.)
Grammar
calwere, es; m? n? [calu bald]
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A bald place on the top of the head, a skull, place of skulls, place for burial; calva, calvaria, Som. Ben. Lye

cild-cradol

(n.)
Grammar
cild-cradol, es; m.

A child's cradlecunabula

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Gr. 13; Som. 16, 23. On cildcradole in a child's cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 29

-cund

(suffix)
Grammar
-cund, an adjective termination, denoting

KIND , sort, or origin, likeness

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KIND sort, or origin, likeness ; as, æðel-cund, deóful-, engel-, eorþ-, feor-, feorran-, gǽst-, god-, heofon-, híw-, in, sáwel-, ufan-, up-, woruld-

delfing

(n.)
Grammar
delfing, es; m.

DELVING, digging, laying bare, exposing ablaqueātio

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Gl. 60; Som. 68; 15; Wrt. Voc. 39, 2

hróf-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
hróf-wyrhta, an; m.

a builder

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Gl. 9; Som. 56, 125; Wrt. Voc. 19, 8