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Anglo-Saxon

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lah-brecende

(adj.)
Grammar
lah-brecende, adj.
Entry preview:

Sacrilegious Wið God múðe mid lah*-*brecendum woffigende erga Deum ore sacrilego blasphemantem Scint. 9. 9

Linked entry: brecan

hysp-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hysp-full, adj.
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Scornful Hipsfulre gebisrn[r]u[n]gce ridiculoso ludebrii, An. Ox. II. 180

íren

(adj.)
Grammar
íren, adj.
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Íren hiorð asula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 21. Áne írene hierstepannan, Past. 160, 7: 162, 23. Mid írenum þíslum sleán, Bl. H. 189, 30. Add

irfe-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
irfe-leás, adj.
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Without live stock

irlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
irlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Angrily Heó gebealh heó swíðe eorlíce wið hire suna with fierce anger was she incensed against her son, C. D. iv. 54, 30

Linked entry: eorlíce

Ispánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Ispánisc, adj.
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Spanish Leandro þám Ispániscan biscope, Gr. D. 237, 21

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

easy to do Hú iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10. Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

íþ-hilde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-hilde, adj.
Entry preview:

Easily held, content (cf. ge-healdan; <b>XI a.</b>). Take here examples given under éþ-hylde in Dict., and add Éþhelde vel fulhealden contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 1. Ná his éðhylde weldǽde non suo contentus officio, Scint. 133, 3. Hæbbende

Linked entry: eáþ-hylde

íþ-wilte

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-wilte, adj.
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That may be easily turned (v. wiltan) Éþwiltum méce romphea uersatili, i. mobili ł uolubili, An. Ox. 1151

Lǽden-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
Lǽden-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Latin Nú hæfst þú mé ofte gebedon ꝥ ic þé út árehte mid Lǽdenlicre sprǽce þæs eadigestan Nicholaes gebyrdtída, Nap. 40

lǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽge, (?); adj.
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Fallow, unploughed; in cpds. lǽg-æcer, C. D. iii. 442, 9

-hygd

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-hygd, adj.

Similar entry: ofer-hygd

-hygdig

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-hygdig, adj.
Entry preview:

Add:

hygeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
hygeleáslíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Thoughtlessly, with levity, carelessly Efston ealle preóstas tó cyrcan, and ná higeleáslíce ( non inhoneste uel inconposite ) gangon in, Chrd. 34, 5

hyhtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
hyhtlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Pleasantly On þám græswonge gréne stondað ge-hroden hyhtlíce beorhtast bearwa, Ph. 79

hwirflede

(adj.)
Grammar
hwirflede, adj.
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Rounded, round Sinewealt (and) hwyrflede teres atque rotunda (ut globus astrorum. Ald. 272, 22), An. Ox. 23, 42. Cf. hwirfling

in-stæpe

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpe, adv.
Entry preview:

Hý farað, and instepe æft cumað, Solil. H. 62, 31. Add

in-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
in-weard, adv.
Entry preview:

Suá huelc suá inweard hígige tó gangenne on ðá dura ðæs écean lífes quisquis intrare aeternitatis januam nititur, Past. 105, 14. Add

hwearf

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
hwearf, adj.
Entry preview:

Dele. For and hwearf l. andhwearf, pp. of andhweorfan to oppose

leóþ-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-wís, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Poetical, rhythmical Celeuma, idem et toma, i. leta cantatio lewis (leóþwís ?) plega (for celeurna see gladung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20

Linked entry: lewis

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