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Anglo-Saxon

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brícst

Grammar
brícst, pres. and fut. of brúcan.

shalt eatedes,

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shalt eat; edes, Gen. 3, 19;

cneátian

(v.)
Grammar
cneátian, p. ode; pp. od

To arguedisputecontend disceptarecontendere

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To argue, dispute, contend; disceptare, contendere Cneátian disceptare Mone B. 967. Cneátiaþ contendunt 1867

cnuian

(v.)
Grammar
cnuian, p. ode; pp. od

To pound

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To pound Lchdm. ii. 340, 15

bi-hófian

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hófian, p. ode; pp. od

To have need of, to need, requireegere, indigere

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To have need of, to need, require; egere, indigere,Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 33; Gú. 332

CRAFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRAFIAN, crafigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To askCRAVEimploredemandsummon peterepostularein jus vocare

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To ask, CRAVE, implore, demand, summon; petere, postulare, in jus vocare Gif hwá wíte crafige if any one crave a fine L. C. S. 70; Th. i. 412, 24. Se man crafode hine on hundrede the man summoned him before the hundred court Lchdm. iii. 288, 4.

cear-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
cear-wylm, -welm, -wælm, es; m. [wylm heat of mind, emotion]

agitationsollicita perturbatio, agitatio

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Sorrowful or anxious emotion, agitation; sollicita perturbatio, agitatio Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ the anxious emotions become cooler, Beo. Th. 569; B. 282. Á wæs sæc cnyssed cearwelmum the contest was ever tossed with waves of sorrow, Elen.

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shootstalkplantbush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

sceaft-lóha

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft-lóha, an; m. (or -e; f.?)
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The strap attached to the shaft of a missile Scaeptlóan hastilia telorum, Txts. 66, 489. Sceptlóum amentis, 42, 106

Linked entry: sceaft-tog

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

blóstmian

(v.)
Grammar
blóstmian, part. blóstmiende; p. ode; pp. od

To BLOSSOM, blowefflorere

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To BLOSSOM, blow; efflorere Seó beorhtnes ðæs blóstmiendan feldes wæs gesewen the brightness of the blossoming field was seen, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 38

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
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Grein suggests comparison with λαισήïoν a buckler, target, and that the word like rand may mean the rim of the shield and also the body of the shield. Either rendering is admissible so far as the sense is concerned

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

fynegian

(v.)
Grammar
fynegian, p. ode; pp. od [fynig mouldy]

To become mouldy or mustymūcescĕre

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To become mouldy or musty; mūcescĕre Ðæt ðæt hálige húsel sceole fynegian that the holy housel should become mouldy, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 7

Linked entry: ge-finegod

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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Grammar wirnan, with gen. of what is prohibited, and dat. of that to which the prohibition is given Se líchoma getácnaþ ðone engel ðe him tógénes stent, and him wiernð his unnyttan færelta, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 9.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To put oncoverclotheinduĕrevestīre

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To put on, cover, clothe; induĕre, vestīre Giwoeria to cover, conceal, Rtl. 103, 3. Ðe he mid gewered wæs quĭbus indūtum ĕrat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, note 39, 41. Gewered mid wæstme covered with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 5; Gen. 462.

Linked entries: warian werian

a-bifian

(v.)
Grammar
a-bifian, -bifigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To be moved or shakento tremblemovericontremere

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To be moved or shaken, to tremble; moveri, contremere For ansýne écan Dryhtnes ðeós eorþe sceal eall abifigan a facie Domini mota est terra. Ps. Th. 113, 7

hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE caligabreeches, hose.]a husk, a covering for a grain or seed

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R. hosen; pl: Chauc. hosen: Icel. hosa; f. a covering for the leg between the knee and the ankle, serving as a kind of legging or gaiter: O. H.

Linked entry: leðer-hose

denu

Grammar
denu, [Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.]
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In hæsldene; of hæsldene, iii. 401, 2. On hwǽtedene norðeweardre; of hwǽtedene, Cht. E. 293, 22. See also Txts. 545. v. eorþ-, mór-, wæter-denu. Add

ǽlpig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽlpig, adj. [=án-lípig, án-lépig, from án one, hleáp a leap]

Eachsingleunicus

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Each, single; unicus Ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde, ne án gyrde landes that there was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, Chr. 1085; Th. i. 353, 12

firra

(adj.)
Grammar
firra, m: firre; f. n. adj. [comp. of feor, adj. far]

Fartherultĕrior

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Farther; ultĕrior On ðære firran Ispánie in the farther Spain, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 26

Linked entry: feor

ge-feterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feterian, -fetrian; p. ode, ade; pp. od ad

To fetterbindcompĕdīrevincīre

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He gefeteaaþ fǽges monnes handa he fetters the hands of the doomed man, Salm. Kmbl. 317; Sal. 158. He gefeterode fét and honda bearne sínum he fettered the feet and hands of his child, Cd. 140; Th. 175, 27; Gen. 2902.

Linked entry: ge-fetrian