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án-hyrne

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Add: as noun, a unicorn (; as adj., having one horn) Ánhyrne monoceros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 41. Of þám hornum þára ánhyrna (unicornuorum), Ps. Th. 21, 19. Ánhyrnera, Ps. Srt. 21, 22. Ánhyrnra, 28, 6: 77, 69

an-lícnes

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</b> an image used for worship, an idol; :-- Anlícnyssa simulacrorum, An. Ox. 3472. Hiora anlícnessa ( imagines ) hefenisc fýr forbærnde, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 14. Rachel hæfde þá andlícnyssa (idola) forstolen, Gen. 31, 32.

án-spræce

(adj.)
Grammar
án-spræce, adj.

One speaking ⬩ speaking as one

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One speaking, speaking as one, Ps. Th. 40, 7

Linked entry: -sprǽce

ác-bearo

(n.)
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an oak-grove On ácbeara, C. D. v. 232, 27

Linked entry: bearo

át-leáh

(n.)
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an oat-field In átleahe geat, C. D. iii. 80, 10

Linked entry: leáh

ác-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
ác-wudu, a; m.
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An oak wood Betwénan ácwudu and wulleleáh, C. D. vi. 218, 23

Linked entry: wudu

án-willíce

(adv.)
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Ánwillíce, An. Ox. 3239. Add

an-bídung

Grammar
an-bídung, l. an-bidung (and-),
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And*-*bidunga inducias, i. moras, An. Ox. 3396

an-biscopod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
an-biscopod, part.

Unbishoped ⬩ unconfirmed ⬩ non confirmatus ab episcopo

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Unbishoped, unconfirmed; non confirmatus ab episcopo, L. Edg. C. 15; Wilk. 83, 40

án-lípum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-lípum, adv.
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R. 26, 22. v. án-lápum in Dict

Linked entries: án-lápum -lípum

synder-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
synder-ǽ, f.

A separate, private law, law for an individual

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A separate, private law, law for an individual Syndurae privilegium, Rtl. 190, 19, col. 2

Linked entry: syndur-ae

ác-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
ác-leáf, es; n.

An oak-leaf ⬩ quercus folium

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An oak-leaf; quercus folium Ácleáf, Lchdm. iii. 311: L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 19

ác-treó

(n.)
Grammar
ác-treó, -treów, es; n.

An oak-tree ⬩ quercus

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An oak-tree; quercus Under áctreó under the oak-tree. Exon. 115a; Th. 443, 10; Kl. 28

án-standende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-standende, part.

One standing alone

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One standing alone Ánstandende, án-stonde, oððe munuc one standing alone, or a monk, Ælfc. Gl. 3 ?

Linked entry: án-stonde

scip-ác

(n.)
Grammar
scip-ác, f.
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An oak-tree fit for shipbuilding(?) On ðás cipác; of ðǽre scipác, C. D. iii. 382, 16

Linked entry: ác

ǽ-gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-gafol, (-e?); adj.

Free from tax, rent, &c.

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Free from tax, rent, &amp;c. Án híwissce ǽgefæles landæs hidam liberam, C. D. v. 137, 23

Linked entry: gafol

æf-gælþ

(n.)
Grammar
æf-gælþ, e; f.

Superstition

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Superstition Efgælþe superstitionis An. Ox. 8, 186. Æfgælþe superstitione 8, 176 : 3233. Æfgælþa, 4021. Ídelum æfgælþum superstitiosa cultura 3933

Linked entry: gælþ

ǽ-celma

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Ǽcelman mulas, An. Ox. 1386. Add

Linked entry: ǽ-cilma

an-medla

Grammar
an-medla, l. -médla,
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and add Hwǽr beóð þonne his wlencea and his anmédlan?, Bl. H. 111, 34. v. on-médla in Dict., and cf. an-mód

át-land

(n.)
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land where oats are grown Tó þǽre fyrh þæs bisceopes átlondes, Cht. E. 208, 34. [D. D. oat-land. Oatland as local name.]

Linked entry: land

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