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Anglo-Saxon

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fleax-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-æcer, es; m.

A flax-field

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A flax-field On ðá flexæcyras, C. D. v. 389, 16

geótend-ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
geótend-ǽder, e; f.
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An artery Gif þú geótendǽdre ne mæge áwríþan, genim ꝥ selfe blód þe ofyrnð, gebærn on hátum stáne, and gegníd tó dúste, lege on þá ǽdre ꝥ dúst, and áwríð swíðe, Lch. ii. 148, 16: 16, 7. See preceding word

hér-æfter

Similar entry: HÉR

lungen-ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
lungen-ǽder, e; f.
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A lung-vein Lǽt him of lungenǽdre blód. Lch. ii. 106, 24

æcer-ceorl

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Ealle æcerceorlas rustic/, aratores, Chrd. 68, l. Add

ǽfen-collatio

(n.)
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an evening reading Gif hwylc bróðor . . . tó heora ǽfencollationem ( ad collationem, v. . -ǽfen-rǽding) ne cymð, Chrd. 60, 35

Linked entry: collatio

ǽfen-offrung

(n.)
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an evening sacrifice, Chrd. 3021

ǽfen-þegnung

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Ǽfenþénunge bréman, Chrd. 114, 16. Add

æfter-cneóreso

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-cneóreso, posterity, nepotes, Rtl. 61, 18.

Ǽfter-hǽþa

(n.)
Grammar
Ǽfter-hǽþa, AElig-acute;fter-hǽþe ?. l. AElig-acute;fter-hǽþa.

Similar entry: hǽþa

sceáp-ǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-ǽtere, es; m.

The carcase of a sheep

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The carcase of a sheep (?) Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and .ii. scípǽteras, and i. gód metecú, L. R. S. 8 ; Th. i. 436, 27

Linked entry: ǽtere

æcer-splott

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-splott, es; m.

An acre-plot, an acre

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An acre-plot, an acre Ðæs healfes weres bóc and ðæs æcersplottes ðe ðǽrtó líð (cf. Cum unius jugeris sibi adjacentis portione, (134, 33), C. D. vi. 136, 12

Linked entry: splott

æcer-weg

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-weg, es; m.

A field-road

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A field-road Andlang æcerweges . . . eft on ðone æcerweg, C. D. vi. 137, 17, 22

ǽfen-gebéd

Grammar
ǽfen-gebéd, 1. -gebed,
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and add Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 30

ǽfen-gereordung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereordung, e; f.

Supper

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Supper Tó ǽfengereordunga lambes ad cenam Agni Hy. S. 82, 3

ǽfen-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-geweorc, es; n.

Evening-work

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Evening-work Sele bollan fulne tó gedrin-canne æfter ǽfengeweorce, Lch. ii. 190, 3

ǽfen-gifl

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Gyf wé fæstað and ðæt underngereord tó ðám ǽfengifle healdað, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, ac . . bið ðæt ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. Gif hý on twá mǽl etað, sý gehealden ðæs pundmǽtan hláfes se þridda dǽl tó ðám ǽfengifle, R. Ben. 63

ǽfen-glóma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glóma, an; m.

Evening-twilight

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Evening-twilight Seó niht hafað seofon tóðdǽlednyssa. Crepusculum ys seó forme, ðæt ys ǽfenglðma, Angl. viii. 319, 27: Lch. iii. 242, 27

Linked entries: niht-glóm glóma

ǽfen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽfen-líce, adv.

In the evening

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In the evening Árlíce mane, éfenlíce vespere Rtl. 166, 3

ǽfen-lof

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-lof, es; n.

Even-song

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Even-song Æfter ǽfenlofe post uespertinalem laudem Angl. xiii. 437, 1035

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