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wíg-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-leóþ, es; n.

A war-song ⬩ the trumpet's summons

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A war-song, the trumpet's summons Gemundon weardas wígleóþ . . . býman gehýrdon flotan, Cd. Th. 191, 27; Exod. 221

candel-twist

(n.)
Grammar
candel-twist, es; m.

A pair of snuffers ⬩ emunctoria

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Gl. 82; Som. 73, 50; Wrt. Voc. 47, 54

Linked entry: twist

CANNE

(n.)
Grammar
CANNE, an; f.

A CAN, cup ⬩ crater

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Gl. 24; Som. 60, 38; Wrt. Voc. 24, 38

fór-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-neáh, fór-neán; adv.

Very nearly ⬩ nigh ⬩ nearly ⬩ almost ⬩ about ⬩ prŏpe ⬩ fĕre ⬩ pæne ⬩ paulo mĭnus ⬩ circĭter

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 45. Míne fórneán astyrode synt fét mei pæne mōti sunt pĕdes, Ps. Lamb. 72, 2. Fórneán þreó þusend circĭter tria millia, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 42, 43

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem

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Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21. Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51.

gegninga

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Substitute: Directly, straightway, of motion, without deviating Hý gongað gegnunga tó Hierusalem, Gú. 785. of time, at once Embe hand, hrædlíce sóna þǽrrigte, génunga jam jam, cito, Germ. 388, 73.

Æðelréd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele, réd = rǽd counsel] .

Æthelred ⬩ Æthelred ⬩ Æthelrédus ⬩ Æthelred Atheling ⬩ Æthelred

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Æthelred, third son of Æthelwulf, and brother of Alfred the Great. Æthelred was king of Wessex for five years, A.D. 866-871; Æthelred, Æthelrédus Hér féng Æðelréd to West Seaxna ríce here, A.

Linked entry: Æðeréd

æwul

(n.)

A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish ⬩ a WEEL ⬩ nassa

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Gl. 102 ; Som. 77, 85; Wrt. Voc. 56, 9

ceorl-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-strang, adj.

manlike ⬩ fortis, virilis

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Gl. 5; Som. 56, 10; Wrt.Voc. 17, 18

declínung

(n.)
Grammar
declínung, e; f.

A declension ⬩ declinātio

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 3. On fíf declínungum in five declensions, 6, 2

edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
edwistlíc, adj.

Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive ⬩ substantiālis

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Gr. 32; Som. 36, 24

Linked entry: edwistfull

fót-síþ-sticcel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-síþ-sticcel, es; m.

A cloak ⬩ mantle ⬩ chlămys ⬩ y̆dis, ⬩ χλăμύs, ⬩ ύδos,

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Gl. 65; Som. 69, 40; Wrt. Voc. 40, 67

gát-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
gát-bucca, an; m.

A he-goat ⬩ căper

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Gl. 20; Som. 59, 37; Wrt. Voc. 22, 78

Linked entry: bucca

lenden-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-reáf, es; n.

an apron

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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 112; Wrt. Voc. 40, 22

mæst-twist

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-twist, es; m,

A rope to support a mast, ⬩ a stay

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Gl. 104; Som. 77, 127; Wrt. Voc. 56, 44. Mæstwist, 63, 48

biscop-heáfod-lín

(n.)

a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads ⬩ infula

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Gl. 64; Som. 69, 10

Linked entry: bisceop-heáfodlín

bóc-cest

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cest, e; f.

A book-chest, book-shop, tavern ⬩ taberna

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Gl. 17; Som. 58, 89; Wrt. Voc. 22, 7

ge-fégincg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fégincg, -fégung, e; f.

A joining ⬩ composing ⬩ conjunction ⬩ compositio ⬩ conjunctio

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Gr. 5; Som. 3, 47

bell-tácn

(n.)
Grammar
bell-tácn, bell-tácen, es; n.
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A signal given by a bell Sóna swá hý ꝥ belltácen gehýrað þǽre nigoðan tíde, ꝥ is seó nóntíd, Hml. A. 140, 65

brand-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
brand-ísen, es; n. [brand II.
a burning
, ísen
iron
]

a burning ⬩ iron ⬩ A BRANDING-IRON, a tripod; ⬩ andena, tripes

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Gl. 30; Som. 61, 77; Wrt. Voc. 27, 7: 82, 54