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Anglo-Saxon

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ealeðe-tún

(n.)
Grammar
ealeðe-tún, es; m.

An ale-house ⬩ taberna

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Ben. Lye

lǽring-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lǽring-mann, es; m.

A disciple ⬩ discipulus

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Ben. 5, Lye

ge-dreóg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, es; n.

A retiring ⬩ modesty ⬩ modestia

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Ben. 8

Linked entries: ge-dríhþ -dreóg

ge-mimorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mimorlíce, adv.

By heart ⬩ memoriter

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Ben. Inter. 13

Linked entry: -mimorlíce

cnáwing

(n.)
Grammar
cnáwing, e; f.

Knowledge, ⬩ a knowing; ⬩ cognitio

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Ben. Lye

cólne

(adj.)

pertaining to coals ⬩ carbonarius

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Ben. Lye

frioh

(adj.)
Grammar
frioh, adj.

Free ⬩ līber

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Free; līber Beó he frioh he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3

ge-healden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-healden, part. p.

Satisfied

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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21

Linked entry: -healden

ge-hringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hringan, ge-hringian; p. (o)de ; pp. ed. od
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Ben. 73, 14. Sé gehringed ( pulsetur ) belle, Angl. xlii. 380, 212. Beóþ gehringde ( pulsantur ) ealle bécnu, 428, 902. Gehrinde, 401, . 525. Gehringede, 402, 537. Gehringode, 530

Linked entry: hringan

sacu

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Ne flít hé . . . ne sace ne ástyreð . . . þá beóð Godes bearn þá þe gesibsume beóð and sace ne ástyriað . . . Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 1-8. <b>I a.

EODOR

(n.)
Grammar
EODOR, eoder, eodur, edor, eder, es; m. I.

a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house ⬩ sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum

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a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house; sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum Héht ðá eahta mearas on flet teón in under eoderas he commanded then eight steeds to be led into the court under the enclosures, Beo. Th. 2078; B. 1037.

Linked entries: eder edor eodur eðer

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bite ⬩ the bite

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Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O. Frs. bénes biti.)

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Sculan þá gebróðra hwíltídum ( certis temporibus) beón ábyse-gode mid heora handa geswince, hwíltídum (certis iterum ) mid rǽdinge, R. Ben. 73, 4-6. Se móna is hwíltídum weaxende, hwíltídum wani-ende, Hml. Th. ii. 214, 32

un-æþelboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþelboren, adj.

Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth

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Not nobly born, not of noble birth Gif se æþelborena ðone unæþelborenan oferþýhð, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum ðonne se unæþelborena, R. Ben. 12, 15-17.

Linked entry: æþel-boren

twirǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
twirǽdness, e; f.
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Ben. Interl. 109, 17. Twirédnesse discordias, Kent. Gl. 1124

Linked entry: án-rǽdnes

ǽrendung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrendung, e; f.

A command ⬩ mandatum

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Ben. 38

Linked entry: érndung

an-hyldan

(v.)

to incline ⬩ inclinare

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Ben. in proœm

an-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
an-wreón, p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon; pp. -wrogen [an = un un-, wreón to cover]

To uncover ⬩ reveal ⬩ revelare

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Ben. 3

ár-wyrþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-wyrþlíce, adv.

Honourably ⬩ reverently ⬩ solemnly ⬩ kindly

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Ben. 58

a-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
a-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touch ⬩ tangere

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Ben. interl. 7

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