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Anglo-Saxon

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hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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Efficax, hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, 142, 54. swift Gif hé hwæt biþ, ne tweóþ nǽnne mon ꝥ hé hwæt ne sié cuicumque velocitas adest, manifestum est esse velocem, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 30.

mǽte

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mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. Hý getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12.

on-innan

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Þonne hit hát wǽre, and mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 25.

winnan

Grammar
winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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add: to be ill Hé winneð, and eft in þǽre untrumnise se mon swelteð, Archiv cxxix. 34, 25. Hé winneð (hine ádl gestandeð, v.l. ), 30. <b>I c.

wine-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-leás, adj.

Friendless

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Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740. Wineleás guma, 289, 9; Wand. 45. Ic mé féran gewát folgaþ sécan, wineleás wræcca, 442, 9; Kl. 10.

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth,a rent, tear made by an animal, a bitea coila breach, infraction of a law

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Gif hund mon tóslíte oððe ábíte L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 1. Wið nædran slite, Lchdm. ii. 10, 21. Wyrma slite Exon. Th. 77, 4; Cri. 1251. Slita morsuum Germ. 392, 30. a coil of a snake (?) Nædre sprotum slitas (?)

Linked entry: slítan

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life 316, 22; Mód. 52

Linked entry: slíþe

sorh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-leás, adj.

free from anxiety or caresecurefree from sorrow

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Ic hit ðé geháte, ðæt ðú most sorhleás swefan, ðæt ðú ondrǽdan ne þearft aldorbealu eorlum, Beo. Th. 3348; B. 1672. Ne sculon wé nǽfre sorhleáse beón, ac symble úrne deáðes dæg beforan úres líchoman eágum settan, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 22.

of-þinen

(adj.; part.)

too moist

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too moist (?)

Linked entry: þínan

bysmrigan

(v.)
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to mock, revile, Mt. Bos. 20, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2713; An. 1359

cleóða

(n.)
Grammar
cleóða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poulticemalagma

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A plaster, salve, poultice; malagma Ðone hálwendan cleóðan malagma, Mone B. 2976

munuc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-stów, e; f.

A place for monkslocus monachorum

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A place for monks; locus monachorum, Bd. 3, 24; 5. 556, 42

borettan

(v.)
Grammar
borettan, p. te

brandish

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To move to and fro, brandish Borettið, borętit vibrat, Txts. 107, 2147

cnyttels

(n.)
Grammar
cnyttels, es; m?

A knitting threadstringthong; nervus

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A knitting thread, string, thong; nervus Strenga, cnyttelsa nervorum Mone B. 2858

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULLfilledcompleteentireplēnussătiātusconfertusintĕger

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Se fulla móna the full moon, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 29. Hwá is ðæt ne wundrige fulles mónan who is there that wonders not at the full moon? Bt. Met. Fox 28, 81; Met. 28, 41.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Gemiltsa þín mód mé tó góde, Hy. 2, 2. Tó bealwe . . . tó góde, Cri. 1107: Verc. Först. 129, 28. For góde, R. Ben. 116, 20.

eosul-cwearn

(n.)
Grammar
eosul-cwearn, e; f.

An ass-mill, a mill turned by asses ăsĭnāria mŏla

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An ass-mill, a mill turned by asses; ăsĭnāria mŏla, Cot. 16

morþ-wyrhta

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Ðider ( to hell ) sculan mánsworan and morð-wyrhtan, Wlfst. 26, 16. Add

tó-worpenness

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Add: overthrow, subversion Druncen is micel módes tóworpennys ( subuersio ), Chrd. 74, 15

cneordnys

(n.)
Grammar
cneordnys, -nyss, e; f.

Diligencestudylearningstudiumdisciplina

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Diligence, study, learning; studium, disciplina Cneordnysse studio, disciplina Mone B. 2464:1034