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Anglo-Saxon

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wráþian

(v.)
Grammar
wráþian, p. ode

To be angry ⬩ to anger

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To be angry Ða ténu ongunnun wráðiga (wurǽðia, Lind. indignari), Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 41

wúsc-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wúsc-bearn, es; n.

A beloved ⬩ an adopted child

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Lind. 13, 33

Linked entry: wýsc

reord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
reord-hús, es ;n.;

A house; or ;room where meals are taken;

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Lind. 14, 15

wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
wærlan, p.de

To wend, turn

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Lind. 9, 1

Linked entry: ge-wærlan

wǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
wǽtness, e; f.

Wetness, moisture

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Lind. 8, 6

sóþ-cwǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwǽde, (?); adj.

Veracious

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Lind. 7, 18 : 8, 26. Sóðcuéd, 3, 33

Linked entries: -cwǽde sóþ-cweden

gestig

(adj.)
Grammar
gestig, adj.

Strange

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Lind. 25, 38

wil-cume

(int.)
Grammar
wil-cume, (-a); interj.

Welcome

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Lind. 25, 23

tungol-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-cræftiga, an; m.

An astrologer ⬩ astronomer

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Lind. 2, 1. Tungulkræftgum Magis, Rush. 2, 7, 16. From drýum ł tungulcræftgum, Lind. 2, 16

Linked entry: tungol-cræfta

cawl

(n.)
Grammar
cawl, caul, ceawl, ceaul, es; m.

A basket ⬩ sporta, corbis, cophĭnus ⬩ κόφινος

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Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43

Linked entries: ceaol ceawl cel ceofl ceol ceoul ceowl cewl caul

stole

(n.)
Grammar
stole, an; f.: stol, es; n. (in Northern specimens)

A stole, long outer garment

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Lind. 15, 22. Geonga in stolum (stollum, Rush.) ł on oferslopum ambulare in stolis, 20, 46: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 38

in-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
in-lǽdan, p. de

To lead ⬩ bring in ⬩ introduce

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Lind. 6, 13. Se ðe má manna inlǽde ðonne hé sceole he who introduces more men than he ought, Chart. Th. 606, 32. Mið ðý inlǽddon ðone cnæht aldro his cum inducerent puerum parentes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 27

BRORD

(n.)
Grammar
BRORD, es; m?

A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn ⬩ punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba

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Lind. Rush. Stv. 13, 26. Ðæt brord natum, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6

gæt

(n.)
Grammar
gæt, es; n.

A gate

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Lind. Stv. 7, 13

húsa

(n.)
Grammar
húsa, an; m.
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Lind. 10, 36

ge-drygan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drygan, p. de; pp. ed

To dry

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Lind. 11, 2. Gidrygedo abstersa, Rtl. 98, 24

un-áwemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwemmed, adj.

Unstained ⬩ undefiled ⬩ immaculate

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Lind. 19, 12

Linked entry: á-wemman

un-áwriten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwriten, adj.

Unwritten

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Lind. 16, 6

Linked entry: á-wrítan

un-gelífend

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelífend, es; m.

An unbeliever

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An unbeliever Se ðe ungeléfend (-en, Lind.) is qui incredulus est, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 36: 20, 27

Linked entry: ge-lífend

slop

(n.)

a loose, upper garment. ⬩ any kind of outer garment made of linen, ⬩ garment ⬩ mutatorium ⬩ a gown, a loose garment, esp. a priest's gown

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'Slop a smock-frock; any kind of outer garment made of linen,' Halliwell's Dict

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