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cassuc

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc, cassoc, e; f. Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass; aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin
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Dó him ðis to lǽcedóme: eoforþrote, cassuc, etc. give him for this a leechdom: everthroat, hassock, etc. L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 23: 1, 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 30: 3, 67 ; Lchdm. ii. 354, 24. To háligre sealfe sceal cassoc hassock shall be for a holy

Linked entry: cassoc

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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where the word points to what has been already described, such, used substantively, that which has been already described, the like, the same Ne biþ swylc ( the practice already described ) cwénlíc þeáw, Beo. Th. 3885; B. 1940. Ne biþ swylc earges síð

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

helle-cǽge

(n.)
Grammar
helle-cǽge, an; f. [Under cǽg the weak fem. cǽge has been incorrectly deleted; it should be restored]
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Hé bereð helleciégan (cf. seó cǽge, 20) on handa, Verc. Först. l 28, 5

Linked entry: cæg

a-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
a-cuman, p. -cam, -com, pl. -cámon, -cómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen

To comebearvenireferresustinere

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To come, bear; venire, ferre, sustinere Wæs of fere acumen he had come from the vessel, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 12; Gen. 1544. Ðæt land híg ne mihte acuman non sustinebat eos terra, Gen. 36, 7. Ge hyt ne mágon nú acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn. Bos. 16

hogu

(n.)
Grammar
hogu, e; f.

Care, anxiety, solicitude

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Care, anxiety, solicitude Habbon hí hoge ðæt hí sýn swilce ðæt hí wurþfullíce herigan mágon let them have a care that they be such that they may worthily praise, Homl. Th. i. 446, 32.

Linked entry: heort-hogu

CALAN

(v.)
Grammar
CALAN, ic cále, ðú calest, cælst, he caleþ, cælþ, pl. calaþ; p. cól, pl. cólon; pp. calen; v. intrans.
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To be or become cool or cold; algere, frigescere Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22. Hwæðer ða wélgan ne ne cale do the rich never become cold? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 34

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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to mean, intend, purpose, determine, Grammar myntan, with infin. Se ðe Gode mynteþ bringan beorhtne wlite, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 22; Cri. 1058. Mynte ic hié háton yflian I had a mind to order them to be punished, Nar. 25, 27. Heó hí mynte for hý tó abbudissan

glædman

(n.)
Grammar
glædman,
  • Beo. Th. 740
  • ;
  • B. 367
  • .
Thorpe and Kemble take this word as the oblique case of a noun =

gladnesspleasure

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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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to descend beneath, go lower than a place Grundum ic hríne, helle underhníge, heofonas oferstíge, Exon. Th. 482, 23; Rä. 67, 6. Hwílum ýða ic sceal underhnígan, 386, 29; Rä. 4, 69. to submit to what is laborious or painful, be subjected to evil, undergo

ealdor-cearu

life-care, care for life, life-long care

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life-care, care for life, life-long care

aldor-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-cearu, e; f.

Life-carecare for lifelife-long carecura propter vitamærumna longinqua

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Life-care, care for life, life-long care; cura propter vitam, ærumna longinqua He wearþ eallum æðelingum to aldorceare he became a life-care to all nobles, Beo. Th. 1817; B. 906

Linked entry: ealdor-cearu

géman

(v.)
Grammar
géman, p. de; pp. ed

To care for, regard, heed, curecūrāre

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To care for, regard, heed, cure; cūrāre Ne gémdon hie nánes fyrenlustes they cared not for any luxury, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 7 : Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 39.

Linked entry: GÝMAN

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of carethat one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

carian

(v.)
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Ben. 46, 11. to care about, be interested in; with negative, to be indifferent to Hé hwónlíce carad ymbe Godes beboda and his sáwle ðearfe, Hml. Th. i. 342, 1. Hé náteshwón ne carað ymbe Crístes teolunge, 412, 15.

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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Abraham's God. In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

heort-hogu

(n.)
Grammar
heort-hogu, e; f.

Heart-care

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Heart-care Ðis mæg tó heorthoge ǽghwylcum bisceope this may be care of heart for every bishop, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 27

Linked entry: hogu

geómen

care

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care

be-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]

To bemoanbewailmournto care forlugerecuraresollicitum esse de re

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Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154

Linked entries: murnan bi-murnan

meornan

(v.)
Grammar
meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen

To carefeel anxietytrouble one's self about anythingreck

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Wódon wælwulfas for wætere ne murnon ( cared nought for water ), Byrht. Th. 134, 39; By. 96

ge-liese

carelearning

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care, learning