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were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, wer-wulf. v. wer, were
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild

stǽlan

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Feówertig daga fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan for forty days will I make on men my charge of enmity against me, Gen. 1352. In the last line but one for death read wounding, for slain, wounded.]

á-rǽsan

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þæt folc fǽrlíce ongonn forð árǽsan, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 13. v. forð-árǽsan in Dict. Add

Linked entry: rǽsan

úp

(adj.)
Grammar
úp, adj.
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This form seems very doubtful. For upne in Sat. 199 perhaps uppe should be read; cf. Hí wiston Drihten écne uppe, Dan. 195 ; and in Ps. Th. 81, 6 uppe-godu may be taken

cæg

(n.)
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Dele 'For eage; f. l. ' and add Seó cǽge, Verc. Först. 128, 20

geafel

(n.)
Grammar
geafel, es; m?

A fork

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A fork Hine ufan mid ísenum geaflum ðydon from above pierced him with iron forks, Homl. Th. i. 430, 5

Linked entry: gafol

berigeblæ

farcille

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farcille [for beri-geblæ (= bere-gafle) furcille ? ? This form, however, which might be possible in the Erfurt Glossary, is quite out of keeping with the glossary in which it occurs]Wrt. Voc. ii. 40. 1

Linked entry: gafol

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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[The word seems to have the same force as haga in the same charter, as æt Batenhale and æt Batanhagan both occur.] Æt Wreodanhale, i. 166, 18. On Rischale; of Rischale, iii. 399, 18. On hwítan heal; of hwítan heale, iii. 444, 4-5.

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

bæce-ring

(n.)
Grammar
bæce-ring, es; m.

A grate formed as a ring used for baking ⬩ a gridiron ⬩ craticula

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A grate formed as a ring used for baking, a gridiron; craticula, Cot. 99

hleów-hræscnes

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For forcæncednysse l. forsc[r]æncednys; e, and add:

ceáp-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-strǽt, e; f. [ceáp = saleable commodities, strǽt = a street, public place, market]

a market ⬩ vicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus;

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a market; vicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus; A street or place for merchandise, Som. Ben. Lye

hǽt

(n.)
Grammar
hǽt, heat.
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For forms that might be taken as oblique cases of such a nominative see hǽtu

-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

ofer-ild

Grammar
ofer-ild, ofer-ildu, ofer-ildo.
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Is þǽre æfteran helle onlícnes genemned oferyldo ; for þan him ámolsniað þá eágan for ðǽre oferyldo, Verc. Först. 107, 3. Ǽlc óþer oferylde and geogeþe reliqui, R. Ben. 115, 11. Add

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13

níd-faru

(n.)
Grammar
níd-faru, e; f.

A journey one is forced to take ⬩ death

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A journey one is forced to take, death Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuirthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sié, Archaeologia, vol. xxviii. p. 357

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustus ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus

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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34. Búton Agustuse sylfum without Augustus himself

Linked entry: Augustus

þeón

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On p. 1052,; l. 33, for 20 l. 16. 1. add Hí forð fremedon and þungon ( profecerunt ) þurh þá wununge heora geférscipes. Gr. D. 205, 5. Þonon hé forð þeón sceolde unde proficsre debuit, 200, 11.

múl

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. ¶ for múl in local names see C. D. vi. 316. Add

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