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Anglo-Saxon

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súþ-heáfod

(n.)
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a south head Andlang hlinces on þæt súþheáfod, C. D. iii. 414, 2

þrístness

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On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge is ǽlc þrýstnes (presumptionis occasio) forboden, Chrd. 45, 29. Add

wáwa

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On heáhsetle cwyldes ł wáwan in cathedra pestilentiae, Ps. Rdr. l, l. Add

west-rihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
west-rihtes, adv.
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Due west Ðanon westrihtes on ðá ealdan stánreáwe, C. D. iii. 450, 2

wiþ-lædness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-lædness, e; f.
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A carrying of, leading away On wiðleáðnysse in abductione, Ps. Cant. 391, 36

brád

(adj.)
Grammar
brád, <b>. II</b> 1.
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Hring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 9. Add

fantbletsung

(n.)
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consecration of a font On þǽre fantbletsunge, E.S. 49, 342. v. fánt-hálgung

Hebréisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Hebréisc, adj.

Hebrew

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Hebrew On Hebréisc specan to speak in Hebrew, Nicod 4; Thw. 2, 28

of-calen

(adj.; part.)

very cold

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very cold Petrus stód ofcalen on ðam cauertúne, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 27

Linked entry: calan

cosp

(n.)
Grammar
cosp, es; m.

A fetter ⬩ compes

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A fetter; compes On cospas into fetters Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32

Linked entry: cops

slege-bítel

(n.)
Grammar
slege-bítel, es; m.

A beetle, hammer, mallet

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A beetle, hammer, mallet Sleah ðonne on mid slegebýtle Lchdm. ii. 342, 7

sweor-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-wærc, es; m.

A pain in the neck

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A pain in the neck Lege on ðone sweorwærc, Lchdm. ii. 44, 22. :?-

sealh-hangra

(n.)

a meadow where sallows grow

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a meadow where sallows grow On sealhangran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 234, 18

Linked entry: wír-hangra

sláh-hyll

(n.)

a hill where sloes grow

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a hill where sloes grow On sláhhyll, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 367, 3

ge-worc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-worc, es; n.

A work ⬩ factūra

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A work; factūra On geworce ðínum in factūra tua, Ps. Spl. 91, 4

Gillinga

(n.)
Grammar
Gillinga, Gillinga-hám

GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour

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GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 1, 18

wígbed-sceáta

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceáta, an; m.

An altar-cloth

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An altar-cloth On weófodsceátan in palla altaris, R. Ben. Inter. 99, 10

Linked entry: sceáta

ge-dreópan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreópan, p. ge-dreáp

To drop

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To drop Lǽt gedreópan on þá eágan ǽnne dropan. Lch. ii. 34, 25

á-wæscan

(v.)

to wash

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to wash Áwæsc ealle, Lch. ii. 38, 16. Áwæsc on háligwætre, 110, 14

á-wrigennes

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Swá hé geseah on ǽr þurh Godes áwrygennysse, Hml. S. 3, 102. Add

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