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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-cráwan

(v.)

to crow

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Lind. 26, 74

Linked entry: cráwan

ge-ond-weardan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ond-weardan, -wardan; p. de

To answer

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Lind. 3, 15: 8, 8

sin-híwian

(v.)
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Lind. 20, 35

Linked entry: sinígaþ

under-lǽded

subductus ⬩ sublatus

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Lind, 5, 11: sublatus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 10

un-ádrysendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysendlíc, adj.

Unquenchable ⬩ inextinguishable

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Lind. Rush. 9, 43: Rush. 9, 45

un-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
un-þeccan, p. -þehte

To uncover

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Lind. 2, 4

níd-faru

(n.)
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At end of first line l. there for the, see Txts. p. 149

scendele

(n.)
Grammar
scendele, (?), an; f.

Abuse, reproach:

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Lind. Rush. 11,8

horn-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
horn-sceaða, an; m.

A pinnacle

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Lind. 4, 5

Linked entry: sceaþa

on-stíðian

(v.)

to make hard

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Lind. Rush. 12, 40

ge-strician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strician, p. ede

To knit

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Lind. 4, 21

Linked entry: strician

ge-penian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-penian, p. ede; pp. ed

To stretch out ⬩ extend

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Lind. 12, 49: 14, 31

wénþ

(n.)
Grammar
wénþ, (?);

beauty,

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beauty, Similar entries v. wén-líc Wénðe cum formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Lind. 24, 50. Ðrǽles (ðrǽlles, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 46. Ic cuoeðo ðrǽle mínum, Lind. 7, 8. Hé sende óðerne ðrael, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 4.

eorþ-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gealla, an; m. [gealla gall]

The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury ⬩ fel terræ, erythræa centaurium

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Lin Eorþgealla [MS. -gealle] fel terræ vel centauria, Wrt. Voc. 79, 50; Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 64, 5; Wrt. Voc. 31, 17. Eorþgealla centauria, Mone A. 373.

Linked entries: curmealle gealla

ou-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
ou-cnáwenness, e; f.

recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim

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Witodlíce gif Godes oncnáwennys ús gearcaþ ðæt éce líf, swá miccle swíðor wé éfstaþ tó lybbenne swá micclum swá wé swíðor on ðissere oncnáwennysse þeónde beóþ. Sóðlíce ne swelte wé on ðam écan life; ðonne biþ ús Godes oncnáwennys fulfremed. ...

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, es; n.

A boundary ⬩ limit ⬩ confine ⬩ border

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Lind. 6, 56. In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 21

Linked entries: mére mére-hwít

ymb-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-cirr, es; m.
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Lind. 1. 11, 12, 17. turning over, moving, stirring. v. ymb-cirran Wætres ymbcerr (-cer, Rush.) ł styrenise aquae motum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. the word also glosses versutia, Rtl. 120, 32

cælc

(n.)
Grammar
cælc, es; m.
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Lind. Rush. Stv. 10, 42

embeht

(n.)
Grammar
embeht, es; n.

An office, serving ⬩ ministērium

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Lind. 10, 40

Linked entry: ambeht

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