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Anglo-Saxon

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hón

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Add: to place a thing so that it is supported from above Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2. Gá

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Dele beði(ge)an, and add to v. trans. Ꝥ bæð ꝥ sc̃a Maria ꝥ cild on baþode Shrn. 30, 17. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron, Hml. S. 20, 44-7: 11, 151. with reflex, pron.:--- Ic mé nǽfre

Linked entry: bæþ

gífer-nes

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Add: greediness for food, gluttony Gífernes gastri-margia Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 16. Gýfernes vel oferfil, i. 27, 21. of persons Syndon eahta heáfodleahtras . . . Án is gecwæden gula ꝥ is gýfernyss on Englisc ; seó déð ꝥ man yt ǽr tíman and drincð, oððe

crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus

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a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them; tumulus On ðone durnan [MS. durnen] crundel; of ðam durnan crundelle on ðone þorn to the retired barrow; from the retired barrow to the thorn Cod. Dipl. 1053; A. D. 854; Kmbl. v. 105, 26. Ðonan on morþcrundle

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.

a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs

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a ladder, set of moveable steps (lit. or fig.) Seó hlǽdder (hlǽddra, R. Ben. I. 28, 7) (scala) tácnað úre líf ... þǽre hlǽdre sídan tácniað líchoman and sáule; on ðǽm twám sídum missenlice stæpas eáðmódnesse sió gelaðung gefæstnode, R. Ben. 23, 9-14.

ǽ-swicness

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swicness, e; f.
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Offence On ǽswicnesse in scandalum, Ps. L. 105, 36

be-hwearft

(n.)
Grammar
be-hwearft, es; m.
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Change On behwearftum in commutationibus. Ps. L. 43, 13

Linked entry: hwearft

cnuwian

(v.)
Grammar
cnuwian, l. cnúwian,
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and add Cnúa on wíne, Lch. ii. 32, 11

dífing

(n.)
Grammar
dífing, e; f.
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Immersion þá ðreó dýfinga on fontbæðe. Wlfst. 36, 9

Linked entry: dýfing

fæsten-geat

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On ðet fæstergeat, C. D. iii. 130, 32. Add

flǽsceht

Grammar
flǽsceht, (-iht).
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On þám flǽscehtum stówum, Lch. ii. 222, 7. Add

for-sáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sáwenness, (-saw- ?), e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt On forsáwennesse in abusione, Ps. L. 30, 19

Linked entry: -sáwenness

holc

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On þǽre lifre holocum, Lch. ii. 206, 7. Add

síd

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Add On þone sídan healh, Cht. E. 206, 26

weald-leþer

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On wealdleðre in chamo, Ps. L. 31, 9. Add

twi-browen

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-browen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Twice-brewed

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Twice-brewed On twybrownum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 120, 10

Seax-land

(n.)
Grammar
Seax-land, es; n.

England

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England Com Gúðrum on eástdǽle Sexlandes, Shrn. 16, 4

wig-getawa

(n.)
Grammar
wig-getawa, (-e); pl. f.

War-equipments

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War-equipments On wíggetawum, Beo. Th. 741; B. 368

á-swégan

(v.)
Grammar
á-swégan, p.de

To resound

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To resound On aswégde intonuit, Ps. L. 28, 3

Linked entry: swégan

a-tiefran

Grammar
a-tiefran, l. á-tiéfran,
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On þóðere átéfred, Shrn. 174, 18, 35. and odd

Linked entry: á-téfred