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Anglo-Saxon

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clæmming

(n.)
Grammar
clæmming, e; f.

A blotting, daubing, smearing, hardening ⬩ litura, oblimatio

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Lye

flett

(n.)

the floor of a house ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ sēdes ⬩ hăbĭtātio

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Lye

flýming

(n.)
Grammar
flýming, es; m.

A fugitive ⬩ runaway ⬩ exile ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul

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Lye. v. fleánning, flýma

Linked entry: fleáming

friþ-geár

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-geár, es; n.

A year of peace or jubilee ⬩ pācis annus ⬩ jūblĭæus annus

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Lye

gaflas

(n.)
Grammar
gaflas, pl. m.

Forks ⬩ props ⬩ spars of a building ⬩ a gallows ⬩ furcæ ⬩ patĭbŭlum

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Lye

Linked entry: geafel

hlóþere

(n.)

a robber

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Lye' substitute

hwelung

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Lye' substitute On hwelunge in clangore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 16

drinc-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
drinc-lagu, e; f.

Drinking-law ⬩ assisa potus

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Lye

here-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
here-þreát, es; m.

A troop ⬩ band of soldiers ⬩ cohortes

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A troop, band of soldiers, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 24; Exod. 574: cohortes, Cot. 51, Lye

ge-efenlǽcestre

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For 'Scint. 13, Lye' substitute Lang clǽnnyss æfter synne geefenlǽcestre ( imitatrix ) ys mǽdenhádes, Scint. 71, 11

Linked entry: efen-lǽcestre

hors-cræt

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For 'Lye' substitute

hrægel-gewǽde

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For Cot. 118, Lye substitute Hloðan, gegirelan liniamento, hræglgewǽdum liniamentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 4-5

eáþ-béne

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-béne, adj.

Exorable ⬩ deprĕcābĭlis

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Lye; Ps. Grn. ii. 200, 15, note

Linked entry: béne

fælg

(n.)
Grammar
fælg, e; f: fælge, an; f.

A felly, a part of the circumference of a wheel ⬩ canthus

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Lye

fald-wurþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fald-wurþ, adj.

Fold-worthy, liberty of folding ⬩ falda, sive lībertāte faldagii dignus, dōnātus

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Lye

Farnea eálond

(n.)
Grammar
Farnea eálond, es; n.

Farn island, on the coast of Northumberland, near Lindisfarne ⬩ Farnensis insŭla

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Lye

for-dician

(v.)
Grammar
for-dician, p. ode; pp. od

To obstruct, shut, or fence off with a ditch ⬩ fossâ obstruĕre

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Lye

fóre-ætýwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-ætýwian, p. ede; pp. ed

To fore-show ⬩ to go before and show the way ⬩ præmonstrāre

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Lye

fyðerling

(n.)
Grammar
fyðerling, es; m.

The fourth part of a number or measure ⬩ a farthing ⬩ quadrans

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Lye

eald-writere

(n.)
Grammar
eald-writere, es; m.

An antiquarian, one that writes of old or ancient matters ⬩ antīquārius

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Lye

Linked entry: wrítere

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