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Anglo-Saxon

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á-gildan

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H. 51, 25. to render, pay what is due (v. riht, ) Ic ágylde dependo, i. reddo, persolvam , Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 80. Ágilst þú ( reddis ) Drihtene þás þing? Deut. 32, 6. Ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora gafol águldon, Bl. H. 185, 22.

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

ge-lómlic

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Voc. ii. 23, 34. that is done or happens often, frequent, constant Gelómlic ꝥ wæs . . . ꝥ . . . it often happened . . . that . . ., Bi. H. 223, 17. Gelómlic gibed continua oratio, Rtl. 74, 22. Folces men wið-hæfton þǽre gelómlican mynegunge, Ll.

Linked entry: lóm-lic

wáce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáce, adv.

Weakly ⬩ feebly ⬩ faintly ⬩ without boldness ⬩ feebly ⬩ inefficiently ⬩ without energy ⬩ remissly

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Weakly. feebly, faintly, without boldness Ic mínum gewyrhtum wáce trúwige I have feeble trust in my own merits, Anglia xii. 502, 9: Exon.

Linked entry: wác-scipe

ides

(n.)
Grammar
ides, e; f.

A woman

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A woman [it is a word little used except in poetry, and it is supposed by Grimm to have been applied, in the earliest times, like the Greek νύμφη, to superhuman beings, occupying a position between goddesses and mere women, v. D.

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-where ⬩ in no place ⬩ in no case ⬩ never ⬩ in no respect ⬩ not at all

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Ðeáh hé hire náwér ne geneálǽce on ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh though the sky nowhere approach the earth, it is everywhere equally near to it, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 22. in no case, never Ðás prepositiones ne beóþ náhwár ána, ac beóþ ǽfre tó sumum óðrum

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

folgere

a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent

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The word is used of women as well as of men Gif hwá mid his lotwrencum óðres mannes folgere (pedisequam) fram him ápǽce for hǽmedþinge, Ll. Th. ii. 186, 22

L

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The same name seems to have been given to the corresponding letter in the Gothic alphabet, though it occurs only in a, corrupt form laar = lagus.

ge-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrde, -bierde; adj.

Inborn ⬩ innate ⬩ natural ⬩ innatus ⬩ ingenitus ⬩ naturalis

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Him gebyrde is ðæt he géncwidas gleáwe hæbbe to him it is natural that he should have prudent replies, Elen. Kmbl. 1183; El. 593

Linked entry: ge-bierde

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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Mid rihtum landrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the regular law of the land, as it stands in the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35.

ge-rádnes

(n.)
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The word is not found in the printed vocabularies

ge-swǽre

Grammar
ge-swǽre, affliction.
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The form in Rtl. 41, 37 is gisuoenc

seám-penig

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Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 70 sqq

ægnian

(v.)
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Dele To terrify (in Dict. ), anad see ágnian; IV

blǽder-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
blǽder-wærc, es; m.
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Pain in the bladder Wiþ blǽdderwærce, Lch. ii. 320, 3

céne

(adv.)
Grammar
céne, adv.
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In warlike wise Céne belliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 38

innan-weard

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In 1. 4 after B. 1976 add cf. innor; II

ceol-wærc

(n.)
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pain in the throat Wið ceolwærc, Lch. ii. 312, 2

-rún

(suffix)
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in burh-rún Burgrúne Parcas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 10

á-þrotsum

(adj.)
Grammar
á-þrotsum, adj.

Wearisome

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Wearisome Áþrotsum is pertæsum est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 80

Linked entry: ǽ-þrot

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Malagma, quod. . . comprehendetur . . . comprehendatur in heáp bið gesamnod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 57. Ic (rain) eom . . . wedre gesomnad, Rá. 31, 2.