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Anglo-Saxon

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spátl

(n.)
Grammar
spátl, es; n.

Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,

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Ðín spátl spíw on, Lchdm. ii. 322, 7: 24, 8: 36, 17. Se ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe ðara triówleásena monna spátl, Past. 36; Swt. 261, 9: Exon. Th. 88, 7; Cri. 1436. Spádl, Elen. Kmbl. 600; El. 300. Spáðl, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 30.

Linked entries: spádl spǽtl

atelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
atelíc, adj. [ = atol, líc]

Dire ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid ⬩ foul ⬩ loathsome ⬩ dirus ⬩ terribilis ⬩ horridus ⬩ deformis ⬩ fœ́dus

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Dire, terrible, horrid, foul, loathsome; dirus, terribilis, horridus, deformis, fœ́dus Norþ-Denum stód atelíc egesa over the North-Danes stood dire terror, Beo. Th. 1572; B. 784. Unwlitig swile and atelíc tumor deformis, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 17

Linked entries: atelucost atolíc

feórþa

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Similar entries v. feówerþa(-e) in Dict. in combination with another numeral: Þý twéntigðan dæge and þý feórþan Septembris mónðes, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 19.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against

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Heó þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan astreccan she anticipated the old man, and did not permit him to prostrate himself completely, Hml, S. 23 b, 605.

Linked entry: forene

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.
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Gif hwá biteres hwes onberede, ðæt him þúhte beóbreád ðí swétre, Bt. 23 tit.; Fox xiv, 10. Sweótran ofer hunig, Ps.

Linked entries: swerum swót

cwilst

(v.)
Grammar
cwilst, he cwilþ

diest, dies

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diest, dies ; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of cwelan

cwíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cwíð-nes, cwíð-ness,e; f.

A wailing, lamentation ⬩ lamentum

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Dial. 3. 15, 37

cwéming

(n.)
Grammar
cwéming, e; f.

A pleasing, satisfying ⬩ placentia, satisfactio

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Dial. 4, 28

dóhtar

(n.)
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Diplm. A. D. 830; 466, 4

freód

(n.)

liberty ⬩ privilege

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Diplm. A. D. 970; 243, 20

bled

(n.)
Grammar
bled, e; f.

A bowl, the dish of a balance, a scale

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A bowl, the dish of a balance, a scale

ægnian

(v.)
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Dele To terrify (in Dict. ), anad see ágnian; IV

cincg

(n.)

a king

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Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 21

cyric-sócn

(n.)

a church-privilege

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Dipl. 870; Kmbl. iv. 220, 19

Linked entry: sócn

derung

(n.)
Grammar
derung, e; f.

An injuring, harming ⬩ læsio, injūria, nocumentum

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Dial. 3, 16

fræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fræclíce, adv.

Greedily ⬩ ăvĭde

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Dial. 1, 4

efne

(n.)
Grammar
efne, es; n.
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Material Aefne ðiss alðes materiam istam cervise, Rtl. 116, 40

on-sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
on-sǽtnung, e; f.
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Plot, wile, Rtl. 147, 13 (at on-setnung in Dict.)

wídgalness

Grammar
wídgalness, <b>. II.</b>
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Dial. 2, 3 substitute Gr. D. 108, l

cracettan

(v.)

to CROAK ⬩ crocitare

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Dial. 2, 8, Som. Ben. Lye

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