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Anglo-Saxon

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æ
þ

sendeþ

(v.)
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Beo. Th. 1204; B. 600

cærc-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
cærc-ærn, a

prison ⬩ carcer

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carc

(n.)
Grammar
carc, CARK,

care ⬩ cura

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Ben. Lye

Linked entries: be-carcan cearc

ge-upped

(v.)
Grammar
ge-upped, part.

Revealed

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Revealed Ne mihte Scs Neotus behýdd beón ðá ðá God hine geupped habben wolde St. Neot could not be hid when God would have him revealed, Shrn. 12, 15

Linked entry: uppan

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

firlen

distance

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Þá gebróðra þe feorr beóð on geswince and hig ne magon for ðám fyrlene heora cyrcan gesécan, R. Ben. 78, 5. Þeáh þe hé on fyrlene wǽre, Hml. S. 6, no: 18, 174. Sum dǽl þæs folces on fyrlene wæs fram Mathathiam, 25, 237.

wearda

(n.)
Grammar
wearda, (?), wearde (?), an; m. or f.

A watchman or a watch

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Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg a look-out place: O. H. Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Ben. 59, 4. Gebiddaþ eów gemǽnelíce orate pro invicem, Scint. 30, 12 : 37, 6 : 64, 16

Linked entries: -mǽne-líce ge-ménelíce

BENC

(n.)
Grammar
BENC, e; f.

A BENCH ⬩ scamnum ⬩ abacus

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A BENCH; scamnum, abacus Bugon to bence they turned to a bench Beo. Th. 659; B. 327. On bence wæs helm a helm was on the bench Beo. Th. 2491; B. 1243

Linked entries: bænc BANC

fælsian

(v.)
Grammar
fælsian, p. ode; pp. od

To cleanse, purify ⬩ lustrāre

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To cleanse, purify; lustrāre Ðæt ic móte Heorotfælsian that I may purify Heorot, Beo. Th. 869; B. 432. He Hróþgáres sele fælsode he had purified Hrothgar's hall, Beo. Th. 4694; B. 2352

Linked entry: felsan

æft-beteht

re-assigned

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Ben. 4

ælcra

(adv.)
Grammar
ælcra, adv.

Otherwise ⬩ aliter

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Ben. 62

andigende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
andigende, part.

envying

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Ben. interl. 55

ant-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ant-fenge, adj.

Acceptable ⬩ acceptabilis

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Ben. 5

cleót

(n.)

a clout

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cliewe

(n.)

a clew

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cist-mǽlum

(adv.)

earnestly ⬩ certatim

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ciépe-mon

(n.)

a merchant

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cild-sung

(n.)
Grammar
cild-sung, e; f.

Childishness ⬩ puerilitas

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cystlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
cystlíc, adj.

Munificent ⬩ munifĭcus

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Ben. Lye

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