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Anglo-Saxon

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wír-treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
wír-treówen, -tríwen; adj.

myrtle-tree ⬩ myrtle

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myrtle-tree, myrtle Þweah mid wearmum wýrtrýwenum (-treówenum,v. l.) wóse, Lchdm. i. 236, 1

Linked entry: treówen

ymb-hygdiglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hygdiglíc, adj.
Entry preview:

Careful, anxious, solicitous, sedulous Mid emhédilícere geornfulnysse sollicita (curiosa, sedula) intentione Hpt. Gl. 410, 9

wund-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
wund-swaþu, e; f.

The trace of a wound ⬩ a scar

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The trace of a wound, a scar Wundsweðe míne cicatrices meae, Ps. Surt. 37, 6

dómisc

(adj.)
Grammar
dómisc, adj.
Entry preview:

Of the final judgement, of doomsday Mid ðý dómiscan fýre onǽled, Sal. K. 148, 30

fóre-áþ

Grammar
fóre-áþ, fór-áþ. l. fore-áþ, for-áþ,
Entry preview:

Hé móste mid his foráðe his hláford áspelian, Ll. Th. i. 192, 2. and add

fréfrung

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Þíne fréfrunge geblissodan míne sáwle consolationes tuae laetificabuntur animam meam, Ps. L. 93, 19. Add

ge-bán

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bán, ge-bǽne, es; n.
Entry preview:

Bones Mid his gebána reliquium (gebǽnum, v.l.) apud mortua sua ossa, Gr. D. 86, 11

Linked entries: bán ge-bǽne

ge-beddian

(v.)
Entry preview:

to make a bed Him wearð gebeddod mid hnescre bed*-*dinge, Hml. S. 37, 191

Linked entry: beddian

forþ-gyrd

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Mid forgyrdum antelis, Hpt. 31, 14, 335. Add

lǽttewestre

(n.)
Grammar
lǽttewestre, an; f.
Entry preview:

A female guide Ongan ic biddan míne lǽttewestran, Sancta Maria, Hml. S. 23 b, 508

on-þracung

(n.)
Grammar
on-þracung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Fear: — Sýn gescrýdde mid sceame and anðracunge induantur confusione et reuerentia, Ps. L. 34, 26

Linked entries: an-þracung þracung

sinc

Grammar
sinc,
Entry preview:

Se sélesða sinces brytta (sincbrytta, v. l. ) Ælfryd mid Englum, Gr. D. 2, 15. Add

spátl

Grammar
spátl, [El. 300. The MS. has spald.]
Entry preview:

Se sácerd æthrínð mid his spátle þæs mannes nose and eáran, Wlfst. 35, 12. Add

sýferlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Add Þá dyde se áðum swá . . . sýferlíce mid byrnendre árfæstnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 2

Linked entry: séferlice

un-bunden

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Hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe, Gr. D. 214, 14. Add

ymb-weorpan

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Sió sunne wæs eall útan ymbworpenu mid þryfealde gyldene hringe, Verc, Forst. 97, 16. Add

wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
wærlan, p.de

To wend, turn

Entry preview:

To wend, turn Ðona foerde ł mið ðý wærlde praeteriens, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 1

Linked entry: ge-wærlan

háten

(adj.)

heated

Entry preview:

heated Mid hátene ísene with heated iron, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 24

on-hinderling

(adv.)
Grammar
on-hinderling, adv.

Back

Entry preview:

Back Onhinderling hweorfaþ míne feóndas convertentur inimici mei retrorsum, Ps. Th. 55, 8: 69, 3

Linked entry: -hinderling

orgel-word

(n.)
Grammar
orgel-word, es; n.

An arrogant, insolent speech

Entry preview:

An arrogant, insolent speech Ðá cwæþ se ealdorbiscop mid orgelworde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 21

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