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Anglo-Saxon

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án-hyrne

(adj.)
Grammar
án-hyrne, adj.

One-hornedhaving one hornunicornis

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Gl. 18; Som. 58, 129; Wrt. Voc. 22, 43

Linked entries: án-hyrned -hyrne

ceosel-stán

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel-stán, cysel-stán, es; m.

Sand-stone, gravelglarea, calculus

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Gl. 11; Som. 57, 46; Wrt. Voc. 19, 48

Linked entry: cysel-stán

deorcung

(n.)
Grammar
deorcung, e; f.

Twilightcrepuscŭlum

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Gl. 94; Som. 75, 122; Wrt. Voc. 53, 3. Deorcunge, ǽfnunge crepuscŭlo, Mone B. 178

Linked entry: þeorcung

ferigan

(v.)
Grammar
ferigan, ferigean

to carryconveybear

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 33: Beo. Th. 671; B. 333

for-bígels

(n.)
Grammar
for-bígels, es; m.

An archa vaultan arched roofarcusfornixcămĕraκαμάρα

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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 32; Wrt. Voc. 26, 31

ge-ǽfenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽfenian, -ǽfnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ǽfen evening]

To draw towards eveningbecome eveningvesperascĕreadvesperascĕre

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Gr. 35; Som. 38, 10. Geǽfenedan dæge advesperascente die, Prov. 7

hrycg-teúng

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-teúng, e; f.

A spasm

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Gr. 10; Som. 57, 16; Wrt. Voc. 19, 24

hulfestre

(n.)
Grammar
hulfestre, an; f.

A ploverpluvialis

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Gl. 38; Som. 63, 24; Wrt. Voc. 29, 44

in-spinn

(n.)
Grammar
in-spinn, es; n.

a spindle

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Gl. 110 ; Som. 79, 46; Wrt. Voc. 59, 17. Inspin, Wrt. Voc. 66, 15

Linked entry: -spinn

leornung-hús

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-hús, es; n.

a school

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Gl. 107; Som. 78, 76; Wrt. Voc. 57, 54; Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 56

líg-hrægel

Grammar
líg-hrægel, [?]
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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 30; Wrt. Voc. 26, 29. Cf. Ducange duo 'orbicularia de opere ad acum' under orbiculare

plúme

(n.)
Grammar
plúme, an; f.
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Gr. 6; Som. 5, 60. Plumae prunus, Txts. 88, 822 : plumum, 87, 1600

Linked entries: plýme plún

gós-hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
gós-hafoc, es; m.
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Gl. 36; Som. 62, 120; Wrt. Voc. 29, 16. [Chauc. gos-hauk: Icel. gás-haukr: O. H. Ger. gaus-hapich.]

bleó-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
bleó-reád, -reód; adj.

BLUE RED, purple, myrtle-colouredcæruleorumber, myrteus

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Gl. 79; Som. 72, 89; Wrt. Voc. 46, 46

geond-stredan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-stredan, p. -stredde; pp. -streded, -stred

To scatter about, sprinklespargĕre

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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 37. Geondstred scattered over, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 18

scild-truma

(n.)
Grammar
scild-truma, an; m.
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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29. Of sceltruman testudine, Hpt. Gl. 475, 66

hacod

(n.)
Grammar
hacod, es; m.

A pikelucius, mugila pike

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Gl. 102; Som. 77, 69; Wrt. Voc. 55, 72; 77, 73. Hacodas lucios, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33

Linked entry: hæced

hand-fæstung

(n.)
Grammar
hand-fæstung, -fæstnung, e; f.

A giving of the hand by way of pledge or assurancemarriage with the encumbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought offstriking a bargain, the joining hands.emunitas, cautio, testamentum, privilegium.

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Gl. 13; Som. 57, 110; Wrt. Voc. 20, 48

heáh-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæsten, es; n.

A chief fortress, a city

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Gl. 54; Som. 66, 109; Wrt. Voc. 36, 29. Héhfæsten polis (πόλιs), Rtl. 195, 14

broel

(n.)
Grammar
broel, brogel, es; n. [corrupted from the Mid. Lat. brolium or briolium]

A park, warren stored with deervivarium, hortus cervorum,

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A park, warren stored with deer; hence the BROYL, a wood in Sussex, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; vivarium, hortus cervorum, Som