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Anglo-Saxon

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full-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
full-mægen, es; n.
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Great power, authority Heofonwara fulmægen and heora hláfordes þrym, Wlfst. 186, 14

un-earfoþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-earfoþlíce, adv.
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With great difficulty Ná unearfoþlíce non difficulter, An. Ox. 5382 : 2, 462

ungesceád-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
ungesceád-micel, adj.

Excessively great

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Excessively great Ǽled wæs ungesceádmicel, Cd. Th. 231, 6; Dan. 243

Erming-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Erming-strǽt, e; f. [here-man-strǽt via strāta mīlĭtāris, Som.]

Erming-street. One of the four great Roman roads in Britain

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One of the four great Roman roads in Britain, Som. Lye

neód-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
neód-weorþung, e; f.

Great honouring

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Great honouring For naman ðínes neódweorþunge propter nomen tuum. Ps. Th. 142, 11

swíþ-mihtig

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-mihtig, adj.
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Exceedingly mighty, of great might Gesamnincga swíðmihtigra synagoga potentium, Ps. Th. 85, 13

ofer-ild

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ild, e; f.

Very great age

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Very great age Him se deáþ geneálǽcþ for ðære oferylde, Wulfst. 147, 27

Linked entry: for-ildu

or-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
or-eald, adj.

Of great age ⬩ valde senex, grandaevus, veteranus, decrepitus

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Of great age Caron wæs swíðe oreald, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 20

Linked entry: or-ildu

stór

(adj.)
Grammar
stór, adj.
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Great, strong, violent Swá stór þunring wes, Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 219, 22

ungemet-wæl

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-wæl, es; n.

Very great carnage

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Very great carnage Ðǽr wæs ungemetwæl geslægen, Chr. 867; Erl. 73, 14

heáh-strengþu

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-strengþu, heáh-strengþo; f.
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Great strength Heáhstrengðu heáfdes mínes fortitudo capitis mei, Ps. Th. 107, 7

Linked entry: strengþu

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The remarks in are of great importance in declining words, for monosyllables, ending in a single consonant, in st or sc, change the æ into a, whenever the consonant or consonants are followed by a, o, u in nouns, and a, o, u, e in adjectives, vide Æ.

wuldor-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-micel, adj.

Gloriously great ⬩ magnificent

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Gloriously great, magnificent Gewitnesse beóð wuldormicele heofonwaru and eorðwaru, helwaru þridde, Hy. 7, 94

cneówede

(adj.)
Grammar
cneówede, (-ade); adj.
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Having great knees Cneówede genosus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 39. Cneówade, ii. 42, 14

Linked entry: cneówade

ríc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ríc-líc, adj.

Great ⬩ splendid ⬩ magnificent

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Great, splendid, magnificent Ungemetlíce ríclíc lýf excessively splendid mode of life, Shrn. 184, 8

heáh-leornere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-leornere, es; m.
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A great scholar, a master Heáhleornere archimandrita i. excelsus magister. An. Ox. 910

Linked entry: leornere

grítan

(v.)
Grammar
grítan, p. te
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To become great, flourish Grýtte floruit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 52. Cf. greátian

Linked entry: grýtan

wel-geþungen

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-geþungen, adj.

Of great excellence

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Of great excellence Welgeþungene witan L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 23

Linked entries: ge-þungen wel-þungen

heáh-miht

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-miht, e; f.

Great, excellent power

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Great, excellent power On his heáhmihtum in potestatibus ejus, Ps. Th. 150, 2

býsnung

(n.)
Grammar
býsnung, bísnung, býsenung, e; f. [býsen, býsn an example]
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An example; exemplum For ðære miclan bísnunge for the great example, Ælfc. T. 5, 15

Linked entries: býsenung bísnung

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