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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx

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work; ŏpus, ŏpuscŭlus Eue wæs geweorc Godes Eve was God's work, Cd. 38; Th. 51, 6; Gen. 822: Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 4; Cri. 112.

Linked entries: ge-werc ge-worc geweorc-lic

malscra

Grammar
malscra, v. next word.

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on-sceacness

Grammar
on-sceacness, v. preceding word.

Linked entry: sceacness

on-wealg

Grammar
on-wealg, v. next word.

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poc-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
poc-ádl, . v. next word.

stríþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
stríþ-líce, v. preceding word.

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swíþ-ferom

Grammar
swíþ-ferom, v. next word.

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þeówene

Grammar
þeówene, v. preceding word.

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-ware

(suffix)
Grammar
-ware, v. preceding word.

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ǽ-lǽten

Grammar
ǽ-lǽten, v. preceding word.

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á-tendend

Grammar
á-tendend, v. preceding word.

Linked entry: -tendend

ealdor-botl

Grammar
ealdor-botl, v. preceding word.

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ed-staþelig

Grammar
ed-staþelig, v. preceding word.

Linked entry: -staþolig

efn-etan

Grammar
efn-etan, v. next word.

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neb-wlátung

Grammar
neb-wlátung, For 'frontositas . . . word'
Entry preview:

substitute Nebwlátung, ǽwyscnes inpudentia, An. Ox. 4306

þærsc-wald

Grammar
þærsc-wald, -wold,

Similar entry: þerscold

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
Entry preview:

Síde worude (worulde, MS.), Cd. Th. 118, 11; Gen. 1963. Hié sceoldan ðæt hǽþene weorod geflýman, Blickl. Homl. 221, 30. Hé gesamnode weorod (werod, v.l.), Chr. 380; Erl. 11, 5. Weored, 449; Erl. 13, 10.

Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud

wundor-weorold

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-weorold, e; f.

The wondrous world

Entry preview:

The wondrous world Geond ðás wundor-woruld, Exon. Th. 421, 12; Rä. 40, 17

wócor

(n.)
Grammar
wócor, e; f.

Increase ⬩ fruit ⬩ offspring

Entry preview:

Increase, fruit, offspring Sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces on ðæt wudufæsten, wócor gelæded eorðan túdres, Cd. Th. 79, 17 ; Gen. 1312. Féd feora wócre, 81, 9 ; Gen. 1342. Ða gemunde God sunu Larneches, and ealle ða wócre ðe hé wið wætre

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, e; f. [a poetical word]
Entry preview:

War, battle; pugna, prælium In the Scandinavian mythology Hildr is the name of one of the Valkyrias, and Grimm considers that the word occurs, denoting a person, in the Anglo-Saxon poetry, e. g. gif mec hild nime. Beo.

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