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rysce

(n.)
Grammar
rysce, an; f.
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A bed of rushes (?) Of bæccæ funtan on ðá riscæan; of ðǽre riscæan on sagelmære, C. D. iv. 27, 15

æt-faran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-faran, p. -fór
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To go away, make off Án fox þone scóh geiæhte and ætfaran (-en, MS.) þóhte. Shrn. 14, 23. Cf. oþ-faran

ǽ-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceap, es; n.

What is cut off, a remnant, patcha patch

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What is cut off, a remnant, patch Ðæt ésceapa commissura, Lk. L. 5, 36. Ǽscapo subsiciva, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 34

Linked entry: ǽ-scapo

ast

(n.)
Grammar
ast, l. ást, e; f.
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On odene cylne macian ofn and áste and fela ðinga sceal tó túne, Angl. ix. 262, 3. See in D. D

lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lama, loma, lame; adj.

Lamemaimedcrippledweakparalysedpalsiedparalytic

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Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce cwómon healte hreófe and blinde oft to him from far cane the lame, the crippled, the halt, the leprous, and the blind, Elen. Kmbl. 2425; El. 1214. Lamena [lamana, MS.

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

for-fang

(n.)
Grammar
for-fang, -feng, fore-feng, -fong, es; m.

a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost propertyapprehensiothe reward for rescuing such propertymerces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property; apprehensio Be forstolenes mannes forfenge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15, note 32.

Linked entries: fore-feng for-feng

ful

(n.)
Grammar
ful, full, es; n.

a cuppōcŭlumwhat contains liquidsA collection of waterthe seacloudsreceptācŭlum liquĭdimărenūbes

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the sea [lit. the cup of the waves ], Beo.

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, es; m.

A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancermorsus, cancri morbus vel cancer

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Wið apan bíte for the bite of an ape, 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: L. Ethb. 35; Th. i. 12, 5: Beo. Th. 4126; B. 2060. Þurh sweordes bíte through the bite of the sword, Apstls. Kmbl. 68; Ap. 34. Bíte írena the bite of swords, Beo. Th. 4511; B. 2259.

here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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Add: On ðá strét; andlang strét. . . on ðone herepað; of ðám herepað . . . on ðá strét; of ðǽre stréte, C. D. iv. 49, 6-13. For weg see C.

Linked entry: her-pæþ

simble-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
simble-gemaca, an; m.
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan

ed-wít

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Add: a source or cause of disgrace Edwít probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 21.

Cantwara mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara mægþ, e; f.
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The county of Kent, men of Kent; Cantianorum provincia On Cantwara mægþe in the county of Kent, Bd. pref; S. 471, 26

fyrn-syn

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-syn, -synn, e; f.

A sin of yorepriscum peccātum

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A sin of yore; priscum peccātum Fyrnsynna fruma the author of sins of yore, Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 9; Jul. 347

eald-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
eald-wérig, adj.

Vile of old jampridem malignus

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Vile of old; jampridem malignus Ealdwérige Egypta folc the folk of Egypt vile of old, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 24; Exod. 50

Linked entries: wearg eald-a-wered

here-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
here-mæcg, es; m.

A man of warwarriorman

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A man of war, warrior, man [used of the men of Sodom when attacking Lot], Cd. 114; Th. 149, 31; Gen. 2483

pos-hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
pos-hlíwe, an; f.
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Some kind of shelter (?) Tó poshlíwan; of poshlíwan, C. D. iii. 82, 2. Cf. (?) Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30

gafol-swán

a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock.

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Add: a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.
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A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hidesCod. Dip. B. i. 414, 21. Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.

Patienceresignationpatientia

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Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mǽge geþyld biþ middes eádes often forbear when vengeance is in your power, patience is half happiness, Prov. Kmbl. 25