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ealdor-ner

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-ner, aldor-ner, es; n.

A life-salvation, life's safety, refuge, asylum ⬩ vitæ servātio, refŭgium

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A life-salvation, life's safety, refuge, asylum; vitæ servātio, refŭgium Cwom him to áre and to ealdor-nere he come to them for mercy and for their life's salvation, Exon. 53 b; Th. 189, 4; Az. 54

Linked entries: aldor-ner feorh-ner

be-sorgian

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

To be sorry for, to care for, be anxious about, fear

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To be sorry for, to care for, be anxious about, fear; curare Gif ðú me lufodest, ðú hit besorgodest if thou lovedst me, thou wouldst be sorry for it, Apol. Th. 20, 27. He deáþ ne bisorgaþ he cares not for death, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 32; Ph. 368. Ðú hæfst

Linked entry: bi-sorgian

ceápung-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
ceápung-gemót, es; n.

a market ⬩ mercatus

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a market; mercatus; A meeting for trade, Cot. 133

Linked entry: ge-mót

fugel-tras

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-tras, pl. m.

Poles or forks for spreading nets ⬩ ămĭtes

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Poles or forks for spreading nets; ămĭtes, Cot. 13

hrá-gífre

(adj.)
Grammar
hrá-gífre, adj.

deadly

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Greedy for corpses, deadly Hrágyfra funestus, Cot. 90, Lye

ge-wascan

(v.)
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In l. 3 for hræglhús, gewoxene l. hræglhúse, gewaxene

un-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-scyld, e; f.

Innocence

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Innocence For unscylde propter innocentiam, Ps. Spl. 40, 13

Linked entries: scyld un-

ár-geweorc

(n.)
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For Cot. 79 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 75

bleó-reád

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For Cot. 135 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 8

ceápung-gemót

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For Cot. 133 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 62

cweorn-bill

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For Cot. 125 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 43

crymbing

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For Cot. 56 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 66

eft-spellung

(n.)
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For Cot. 271 l. Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 36

ele-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ele-leást, e; f.
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Lack of oil For eleleáste, Gr. D. 44, 21

frécen-ful

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For Mone B. 685, 686 substitute An. Ox. 628

grennung

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For 'Som.' substitute Grennung, graennung rictus, Txts. 93, 1738

morgen-colla

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Add: For colla cf. (?) cwelan. v. Angl. xxxi. 258

plicgan

(v.)
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For 'Plicged (plicgeð?)' l. Plicgeð

pullian

(v.)
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In 1. 2 for sper[n]don. l. sperdon

trem

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In l. 5 for viii. l. xiii., and add:

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