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Anglo-Saxon

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hwíting-treów

(n.)
Grammar
hwíting-treów, es; n.
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Gl. 47; Som. 65, 25; Wrt. Voc. 33, 25. v. Lchdm. iii. 334. col. 1

hype-bán

(n.)
Grammar
hype-bán, es; n.

The hip-bone

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Gl. 74; Som. 71, 54; Wrt. Voc. 44, 37. Hupbán catacrinis, ii. 22, 63. Hupbánan lumbi, 54, 11

Linked entry: hup-bán

íren-helm

(n.)
Grammar
íren-helm, es; m.

An iron helmet

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Gl. 51; Som. 66, 14; Wrt. Voc. 35, 4

sealf-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sealf-cynn, es; n.
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Span, unguento amaracino a sort of ointment made of marjoram ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 74

searu-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-céne, adj.
Entry preview:

Bold in arms or skilfully daring Wæs Dauid æt wíge sóð sigecempa, searocýne man, cásere creaftig, Ps. C. 10. Cf. searu-grim

Linked entry: céne

bígels

(n.)
Grammar
bígels, es; m.

An arch, a vault, an arched roof ⬩ arcus, fornix, camera

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Gl. 93; Som. 75, 91; Wrt. Voc. 52, 41: Cot. 201

Linked entry: for-bígels

ge-myndleás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-myndleás, adj.

Senseless, witless ⬩ amen

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38

ge-strínd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strínd, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 76, 12. progeny, v. ge-streonan; Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, Rtl. 29, 28. (O.H.Ger. ge-striunida lucrum.)

Linked entries: strínd ge-streónd ge-strýnd

hlæd-disc

(n.)
Grammar
hlæd-disc, es; m.

A dish on which many things are heaped up [?]; ⬩ satura [MS. satira]

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Gl. 30; Som. 61, 69; Wrt. Voc. 26, 66

BLǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLǼTAN, p. blǽtte; pp. blǽtted; v. n.

To BLEAT ⬩ balare ⬩ to cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat

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Gr. 22; Som. 24, 9. Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, 22; Som. 24, 12

dǽl-nimend

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-nimend, -nymend,-neomend ,es; m. [nimende, part. of niman to take] .

a taker of a part, a sharer, partaker, participator ⬩ partĭceps ⬩ A participle ⬩ particĭpium

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Gr. 5; Som. 3, 40. Sume adverbia cumaþ of dǽlnimendum some adverbs come from participles, 38; Som. 41, 11

Linked entries: dǽl-neomend dǽl-nymend -nimend

ærs

(n.)

The buttocks ⬩ the hind part ⬩ anus ⬩ podex

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Voc. 32, 50; Som. 64, 116

cǽpe-hús

(n.)
Grammar
cǽpe-hús, es; n. [cépa a merchant, hús a house]
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Gl. 109; Som. 79, 19; Wrt. Voc. 58, 59

cæren

(n.)
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a sort of wine, boiled wine; defrutum, carenum, Cot. 66: L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 19

candel-twist

(n.)
Grammar
candel-twist, es; m.
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Gl. 82; Som. 73, 50; Wrt. Voc. 47, 54

candel-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
candel-wyrt, e; f. [candel a candle, wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin. A plant useful for wicks 'of lamps
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Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25

CANNE

(n.)
Grammar
CANNE, an; f.
Entry preview:

Gl. 24; Som. 60, 38; Wrt. Voc. 24, 38

ears-lýre

(n.)
Grammar
ears-lýre, es; m ? [lyre = líra muscle]

The breech-muscle, the breech ⬩ nătes

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Gl. 74; Som. 71, 71; Wrt. Voc. 44, 53

ears-þerl

(n.)
Grammar
ears-þerl, es; n. [þerl=þyrel a hole]

Fŏrāmen āni, ānus

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Gl. 74; Som. 71, 72; Wrt. Voc. 44, 54

edisc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
edisc-weard, es; m.

The keeper of edish, of a park, warren, etc ⬩ vivarii custos

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Voc. 288, 12, Som. Ben. Lye

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