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Anglo-Saxon

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wác-lic

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Add: poor with regard to physical properties Hé wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22. Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora

sceadd

(n.)

a shad

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a shad Ic geann Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonnesceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

Dorm-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorm-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f. [by the Britons called Cair-Dorm, by Antonīnus Durobrivæ, from the passage over the water; and the Anglo-Saxons, for the same reason, called it also Dornford]

Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen

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Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, Som. Ben. Lye

hwirfel

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfel, es; m.

A whirl-pool

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A whirl-pool [?] On ðone hwyrfel, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 8

lícwyrþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lícwyrþ-ness, e; f.
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Good pleasure On ðínre lícwyrþnysse in beneplacito tuo, Ps. Lamb. 88, 18

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Psalmody On sealmglige in psalterio, Blickl. Gl. Sealmglywe, Ps. Lamb. 143, 9

ge-brytsen

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Wǽron .xii. cýpan fulle on þám eebrytsnum, E.S. 49, 345, 17. Add

flǽsc-besmitenness

(n.)
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carnal defilement On nánre flǽscbesmitennysse ( carnis contagio ) ge-brosnude, Scint. 69, 11

Linked entry: be-smitenness

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n.

A secret place

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A secret place On gehildum in abditis, Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13

Linked entries: ge-heold ge-hyld hild

under-standing

(n.)
Grammar
under-standing, e; f.

Intelligence

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Intelligence On andgyte inran under-standincge sense interioris intelligentie, Scint. 221, 13

Linked entry: -standing

un-getǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-getǽslíce, adv.

Inconveniently ⬩ incommodiously

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Inconveniently, incommodiously Ðonne ðæt scyp ungetǽslícost on ancre rít, Shrn. 179, 17

Linked entry: ge-tǽslíce

un-hlís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hlís, un-hlíse?; adj.

Of evil repute ⬩ disreputable

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Of evil repute, disreputable On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475

Linked entry: hlís

wyrtig

(adj.)
Grammar
wyrtig, adj.
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Full of herbs On ánum wyrtigan hamme, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 312

yfel-full

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-full, adj.
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Wicked, evil On dǽdum yfelfullum in factis malitiosis, Anglia xi. 116, 13

brémel-þyrne

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Of ðǽre þyrnan on ðá brémbelþyrnan, C. D. iii. 419, 13. Add

ceaster-herpaþ

(n.)
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a high road (?) Andlang furh on ceasterherpað, C. D. v. 217, 1

Linked entry: here-pæþ

ceoslen

(adj.)
Grammar
ceoslen, adj.
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 161

deorc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deorc-ness, e; f.
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Darkness, obscurity On swá micelre deorcnysse in tanta obscuritate, Scint. 228, 3

díc-walu

(n.)
Grammar
díc-walu, e; f.
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A ditch-bank (?) On ðá eástlangan dícwale, C. D. v. 334, 28

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

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