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Anglo-Saxon

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heolorung

(n.)
Grammar
heolorung, e; f.
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Weighing in a balance Helerunge momentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 7

Linked entries: helerung helerung

lǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽge, (?); adj.
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Fallow, unploughed; in cpds. lǽg-æcer, C. D. iii. 442, 9

hwirfere

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfere, a changer, an exchanger.
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Take here <b>hwerfere</b> in Dict

hwast

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In l. 2 for 'Som.' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 72

morgen-wlǽtung

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-wlǽtung, e; f.
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Nausea in the morning Wið morgen-wlǽtunga, Lch. iii. 44, 19

Linked entry: wlǽtung

on-ǽht

(n.)
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Perhaps on ǽhte should be read in the passage given here

on-médla

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Hé tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, Nap. 27, 40. Add

sǽnig

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽnig, adj.
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Marine On saenegum in glari(g)eris, Angl. xiii. 32, 125

Linked entry: sǽn

stól

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In the compounds dele gebed, and for fealde l. fild(e)

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, adj.
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Add Þá strecan uiolenti, i. fortes in forte, An. Ox. 1238

týdrung

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In l. 2 after 61 insert Týd-drunge, An. Ox. 1031

Bret-land

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

Britain

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Britain On Bretlande in Britain, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 2

gamelian

(v.)
Grammar
gamelian, p. ode

To grow old

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To grow old Ne gomelað God in gǽste, Gn. Ex. 11

heáfod-sár

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-sár, es; m.

Pain in the head

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Pain in the head, Herb. 4, 7; Lchdm. i. 90, 28

ge-swincednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swincednes, -nis, -ness, -niss,e; f.

Tribulation;tribŭlātio

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Tribulation; tribŭlātio On geswincednisse in tribŭlātiōne, Ps. Spl. C. 9, 9

á-þrowen

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Similar entries v. á-dreópan in Dict. for a suggested emendation

Swíþ-hún

(n.)
Grammar
Swíþ-hún, es; m.
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St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop, Erl. 71, 20; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given

tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directionsTo lie between,to lie and part,to divide,separate

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intrans. of roads, rivers, etc., to lie or run in different directions Heó (the Nile) tólíþ on twá ymb an ígland ðe mon hǽt Meroen the stream runs in two channels round the island of Meroen; faciens insulam nomine Meroën in medio sui. Ors. 1, 1; Swt.

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS Dāci

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The DACIANS; Dāci; gen. ōrum; m. = Δακoί A celebrated warlike people in Upper Hungary, in Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and in Bessarabia. They were originally of the same race as the Getæ. Trajan crossed the Danube and conquered the country in A

hrind

(n.; v.; adj.)

barkyrindedcaudexcodexlibercortexfrozen to deathto destroydead

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A word of doubtful meaning occurring in the following passage, 'Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ ofer ðæm hongiaþ hrinde bearwas wudu wyrtum fæst wæter oferhelmaþ,'; Beo. Th. 2731; B. 1363. Thorpe translates barky, Kemble rinded, but in this case