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Anglo-Saxon

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peall

(n.)
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See An. Ox. 326

tó-cwæscedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwæscedness, e; f.
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See note p. 304

Linked entry: -cwæscedness

þurh-gán

Grammar
þurh-gán, <b>.
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See preceding word

wiþ-scúan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scúan, ( = wiþ-scúfan ?)
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Tó wiðscúenne, Bd. l, 14; Sch. 39, 19 [see last passage at wiþ-scúfan)

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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To seek. to try to find, to look for, make search for Ic séce míne gebróðru fratres meos quaero, Gen. 37, 16. Hwæne sécst ðú? Jn. Skt. 20, 15. Se ðe sécþ, hé hyt fint, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 8. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? . . .

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, hreopian; p. ode

To touchtreat

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To touch, treat Se ðe eów hrepaþ hit mé biþ swá egle swylce hé hreppe ða seó mínes eágan he that touches you, it will be as painful to me as if he touches the apple of my eye, Homl. Th. i. 392, 15: 516, 22.

swígung

(n.)
Grammar
swígung, e; f.
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silence, absence of speech Hé ( John the Baptist) ðam fæder (Zacharias ) ða stefne ágeaf, ðá se heáhengel mid ðære swígunge fæstnunga geband ðone fæder, Blickl. Homl. 167, 11.Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld ðære fealasprecolnesse?

un-clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-clǽne, adj.

uncleanfoulfilthyuncleannot fit for fooduncleanimpure

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Se unclǽna ( inmundus ) gást, Mk. 1, 26. Woruldmonna seó unclǽne gecynd, Exou. Th. 63, 9; Cri. 1017. Besmitene mid ðem unclǽnan firenluste, Blickl. Homl. 25, 8. Wæs sum man unclǽne ( inmundum ) deófol hæbbende, Lk. Skt. 4, 33.

an-lícnes

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Seó anlícnyss is tó understandenne on þǽre écnysse, and seó gelícnyss on hire þeáwum, Angl. vii. 20, 178.

feor

(adj.)
Grammar
feor, adj.
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Seó fyrre Ægyptus . . . seó ús neárre Ægyptus Aegyptus superior . . . Aegyptus inferior, Ors. 1, 1; S. 14, 1. Hé sceolde faran tó þǽre fyrran India, Hml. S. 36, 256. In ðone firran in citeriorem (alvei marginem ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 82. Add

Linked entry: feor-land

hálsung

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung, heálsung, e; f.

Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greetingsupplicationomen, auspiciumgreeting

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Micel is seó hálsung and mǽre is seó hálgung ðe deófla áfyrsaþ great is the exorcising and greater is the hallowing that drives away devils, L. C. E ; Th. i. 360, 28. Hálsung exorcismus, Mone Gl. 414.

Linked entries: hǽlsung hálsian

ge-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hladan, p. -hlód, -hleód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hladen, -hlæden.

to loadburdenfreightheap uponĕrāreimpōnĕrecongĕrĕrecŭmŭlāreto draw [water]haurire

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He sǽbát gehleód he loaded the sea-boat, Beo. Th. 1795, note; B. 895, note. Hí gehlódon werum and wífum wǽghengestas they loaded the ocean-stallions with men and women, Elen. Kmbl. 467; El. 234 : Cd. 174; Th. 220, 2; Dan. 65.

Linked entries: ge-hleód ge-hlód

undern-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíd, e; f.

the third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.the service at the third hour

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Th. i. 314, 22 (see Acts 2, 15). Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, úre cnihthád swylce underntíd, on ðam ástíhð úre eógoð, swá swá seó sunne déð ymbe ðære ðriddan tíde, ii. 76, 15.

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Se wuldorfulla (gloriosus) Eádgár, Anglia xiii. 365, 3. Se wuldorfulla cyning (Christ), Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 6. For his wuldorfullan sige oretlofes propter ejus gloriosissimi victoriam triumphi, Anglia xiii. 400, 497.

Linked entry: wuldor

be-smítan

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Add: in a physical sense Se salt bismiten (-smitten, L.) bid, Lk. R. 14, 34. moral þæt ic ne sié besmiten ne violer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 63. of the action of a person Ic mín fǽmnhád besmát, Hml.

ge-wuldrian

(v.)
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Gewuldrad is se heánra hád, Cri. 98. Se Hǽlend næs þá gýt gewuldrud (-uuldrad, L., -wuldrad, R.) Iesus nondum fuerat glorificatus, Jn. 7, 39. Ꝥ Godes sunu sí gewuldrod (-uuldred, L., -wuldrad, R.) þurh hyne, 11, 4: 14, 13.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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See also scip-lád.

þǽr-ofer

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ofer, adv.
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Thereover, over that Se fnobeám ofersceadaþ ðæt lond, ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, ne hé self nánne wæsðm dǽrofer ne bireþ, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 12. Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35

Linked entry: ofer

wæl-fús

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-fús, adj.

Ready to be slain

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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420

norþan

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Se here bræc þone friþ of Hámtúne and of Ligeraceastre and þonan norþan (from north of Leicester), 921; P. 101, 7. Þonne won cymeð nihtscúa, norðan onsendeð hreó hæglfare, Wand. 104 : Seef. 31: B. 547.