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Anglo-Saxon

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leóþ-lic

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Hé mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Add

mǽran

Grammar
mǽran, máran.
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Angl. i. 512). Add::

morþor-sliht

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Ic eom ealles anddetta, morðorslihta, mǽnra áða. . . and unsibbe, Angl. xi. 101, 35. Add

náwiht-ness

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Ignauia, þæt is ábrodennyss oððe náhtnyss, Wlfst. 58, 18 ; Angl. xi. 109, 39. Add

scort-ness

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Add Under sceortnysse sub breuitate, Angl. xiii. 446, 1158. For sceortnysse daga, 437, 1028

stillan

(v.)
Grammar
stillan, to stall.
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Substitute: to make a stall Hrýðeran styllan, Angl. ix. 262, 1. Horsan styllan, 23

ǽ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-líce, adv.

Lawfully, legitimately

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Æwlíce legitime, Angl. xiii. 369, 50

epactas

(n.)
Grammar
epactas, (-e, -an ?); gen. pl. epacta, epactana,

epacts

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epacts Þæs geáres ne beóð náne epactas, Angl. viii. 301, 29. Tó geáre synd feówertýne epactas, 327, 11. Hú fela epactas beón on geáre, 329, 35: Lch. iii. 228, 5, 8. On grécisc hí synt gecwedene epacte, Angl. viii. 302, 32.

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-treebetula

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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick.

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

á-brúcan

(v.)
Grammar
á-brúcan, p. -breác
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To partake of (gen. ), eat Hé ábreác ðæs forbodenan treówes æpples, Angl. xi, 1. 17

ceosel-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
ceosel-bǽre, adj.
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoselbǽrum sandum in glari(g)eris (sablonum) litoribus, Angl. xiii. 32, 126

coren-beág

(n.)
Grammar
coren-beág, es; m.
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A crown Be þǽm þyrnenan corenbége ofer Crístes hǽfde on róde, Angl. xi. 172, 32

ed-níwigend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-níwigend, es; m.
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A restorer, repairer, renewer God, scyppend and edníwigend ( reparator ) mennisces cynnes, Angl. xi. 115, 9

for-giting

(n.)
Grammar
for-giting, e; f.

Forgettingoblivio

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Forgetting; oblivio Forgitincge obliuionis, Angl. xiii. 440, 1064. On forgytincge in obliuione, Scint. 174, 13

Linked entry: -giting

lang-fǽre

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Treówa . . . langférran, Angl. viii. 327, 24. Add

mete-awul

(n.)
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Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

æfter-sanglic

(adj.)
Grammar
æfter-sanglic, adj.

Of matins

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Of matins Lofe hí singon æftersingallice (l. sanglice) laudes psallant matutinales, Angl. xiii. 398, 476

Linked entry: -sanglic

fylgend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fylgend-lic, adj.

That may be imitated.

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Cf. fylgean; II. 1 b Fyligendlicne imitabilem, Angl. xiii. 421, 803

gást-cund

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Ic eom andette Gode and menniscum men, gást-cundum lǽce, Angl. xi. 102, 58. Add

bebod-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
bebod-dæg, es; m.

A day appointed

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A day appointed (by the church) On ðám beboddagum þínra háligra, Angl. xi. 102, 67