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Anglo-Saxon

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sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a miry place.
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Sola uolutabra, An. Ox. 2, 314. Add

Linked entry: solu

swárcnian

(v.)
Grammar
swárcnian, v. á*-*swárcnian.

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fugel-weohlere

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-weohlere, es; m. [fugel a bird, weohlere = wiglere, wigelere a soothsayer]

A diviner by birds ⬩ augur ⬩ auspex

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A diviner by birds; augur, auspex, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 56, 4; Wrt. Voc. 17, 13

Linked entry: fugel-hǽlsere

byri-weard

(n.)
Grammar
byri-weard, es; m. [byrig, dat. of burh a city, weard a guard]
Entry preview:

A city-guardian; urbis custos, ædilis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 54

Linked entries: burg-weard byri

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request, ⬩ to have granted the request for something

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Sóna wæs gelǽred ðætte hé wæs from Drihtne týþe ðære béne ðe hé bæd statim edoctus impetrasse se quod petebat a Domino, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 32. Myceles ðú (masc.) bǽde, ac ðú bist tíða, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 284. Týða, 3, 513.

Linked entries: týþa un-tygþa tíþ

ge-gán

Grammar
ge-gán, <b>; A.
Entry preview:

III 2.&lt;/b&gt; add Hwæðer se geþóht geeóde þe mid scylde þe mid lustfullnesse utrum cogitatio suggestione an delectatione acciderit, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 17. &lt;b&gt;B. II 4.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Eall ꝥ manncynne tó ðám mǽstan góde geeóde, Hml.

brego-weard

(n.)
Grammar
brego-weard, es; m. [brego
a ruler, prince;
weard
a guard, keeper
]

a ruler, prince; ⬩ a guard, keeper ⬩ A royal guard, prince, lord ⬩ princeps, dominus,

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A royal guard, prince, lord; princeps, dominus, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 13; Gen. 2747: 106; Th. 140, 26; Gen. 2333

burg-tún

(n.)
Grammar
burg-tún, es; m. A
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BOROUQH-TOWX, city-inclosure, city-dwelling; urbis septum, urbana domus Sindon burgtúnas brérum beweaxne the city-dwellings are overgrown with briers, Exon. 115b; Th. 443, 16; Kl. 31

Linked entry: burh-tún

cylin

(n.)
Grammar
cylin, cyline heorþ a.

kiln ⬩ fornacŭla

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kiln; fornacŭla

erc

(n.)
Grammar
erc, an ark, a

chest

Entry preview:

chest Ere gehálgunge ðínre area sanctifĭcatiōnis tuæ, Ps. Surt. 131, 8: Lk. Rush. War. 17, 27

gafol-wydu

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-wydu, a; m.

Wood furnished as gafol

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Wood furnished as gafol IIII foðera aclofenas gauolwyda, Th. Chart. 145, 6

ge-mǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽdan, Cf. á-midian.

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strél

(n.)
Grammar
strél, a couch, strél
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an arrow, stréme, strencan, strén

truht

(n.)
Grammar
truht, (trúht?) a trout
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Voc. i. 55, 74: 77, 64. Truht

flód-lic

Grammar
flód-lic, of a river.
Entry preview:

Flódlic fluminalis, An. Ox. 56, 198. Add

ge-brot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brot, a barn-keeper.
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Dele

græf

(n.)
Grammar
græf, a writing-style.
Entry preview:

Gręf graffium, Txts. 67, 997. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is ... seax, græf ( gravium ) ... weaxbreda, R. Ben. 92, 3: 56, 20.

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, a territorial division.
Entry preview:

Nis ǽni man on lífe þe ǽfre gehýrde ꝥ man crafode hine on hundræde oþþon áhwár on gemóte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 11. Add

hol

Grammar
hol, having a cover.
Entry preview:

Dele and see hol; I

ge-fearh-sugu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fearh-sugu, e; f. [fearh a farrow]

A farrowing sow ⬩ prægnans sus ⬩ forda

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A farrowing sow; prægnans sus, forda Gefearhsugu forda, Wrt. Voc. 286, 49

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