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Anglo-Saxon

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Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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the inflection of monosyllabic adjectives Lætne, lætre, lætra, from læt late; hwætne, hwætre, hwætra from hwæt quick.

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge there life fled from Aschere, Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.

ofer-leóran

(v.)

to pass, pass away, pass byto pass moral bounds, deviate from right, transgress

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to pass, pass away, pass by Hé oferlióræs (-lióraþ, Rush.) from deáþe in lífe transiet a morte in vitam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 24. Oferleóraþ transeant, p. 4, 10. Oferhlióras transibunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 31.

ge-téman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-téman, -týman; p. de; pp. ed

To vouch to warrantyvocare ad warrantum

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The person from whom the accused party had the property, and who came forth as his warranter, was called the 'getýma' or 'geteáma,' and the process itself 'teám,'" LL. Th. Glos. v. L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8: L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10

Linked entry: tíman

hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.

An ornament suspended from the neck, a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck

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An ornament suspended from the neck, a bell [?]

Linked entry: ge-hopp

a-wacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wacan, p. -wóc, pl. -wócon ; pp. -wacen ; v. intrans.

to AWAKEexpergisciexpergefierievigilareto wake into beingto arisebe bornoririprovenirenasci

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to AWAKE; expergisci, expergefieri, evigilare Awóc of ðam slǽpe awoke from sleep, Gen. 9, 24.

Linked entry: a-wóc

frymþelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
frymþelíc, adj. [frymþ a beginning]

Primitivefirstprīmĭtīvus

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Of ðam frymþlícan from the original, Blickl. Homl. 107, 5

Linked entry: frymlíc

lagu-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-síþ, es; m.

A sea-journey

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Lagosíþa rest rest from sea-journeyings [on coming out of the ark], 73; Th. 89, 26; Gen. 1486

BOX

(n.)
Grammar
BOX, es; m? n?

The BOX-treebuxusbuxus sempervirensthe box-tree or box-wood

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Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 14

Linked entry: box-treów

ge-scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyndan, p. de.

to hastento cause to hasten, to drive

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to hasten Heofon-torht swegl gescyndeþ the heaven-bright sun hastens, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 2; Sch. 74. to cause to hasten, to drive Ða twegen drýmen wurdon gescynde of ðam earde the two wizards were driven from the land, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 8

be-helan

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From þǽm uncystum ðe mé beholen synt ab occultis delictis meis, Ps. Th. 18, II. Add

feferian

(v.)
Grammar
feferian, p. ode

feverish

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To be feverish, suffer from fever Febrende wæs febricitans, Mk. L. 1, 30. Gyf hé feforgende (fefrigende, v. l.) sý, Lch. ii. 220, 18. Syle drincan fefergindum, 122, 15. Tó þám fefergendan (-um, v. l.), 138, 5: 212, 13.

Linked entry: febrende

hwifer

(adj.)
Grammar
hwifer, (?); adj.
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Perhaps this adjective may be inferred from the following words in Suffolk names Tó hwifermirsce, C. D. iii. 275, l. Wifærmyrsc, 273, 26. Tó hwifræme-[ra, v. C. D. B. iii. 603, 40], 275, 12. Ic gæan þæs landes æt hwi-fersce, 272, 16

hæg-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-þorn, es; m.

Hawthorn

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Of ðam mappuldre tó ðam hægþorne from the maple to the hawthorn, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 424, 3

Linked entries: hege-þorn haga-þorn

galdor-cræft

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Galdurcreftas bióð ágalene from ðǽm snottran, Ps. Srt. 57, 6. Galdorcræfta aruspicum Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 3 a. Séc lytle stánas on swealwan bridda magan. . . hí beóþ góde wiþ . . yflum gealdorcræftum, Lch, ii. 306, 13.

ge-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽdan, -lédan; part. -lǽdende; he -lǽdeþ, -lǽdt, -lǽt, pl. -lǽdaþ; p. ic, he -lǽdde, ðú -lǽddest, pl. -lǽddon; impert. -lǽd, pl. -lǽdaþ; subj. pres. -lǽðe, pl. -lǽden; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd

To leadconductbearbringderivebring outbring forthproducebring updūcĕrededūcĕreăgĕreindūcĕredeferreperferrederīvāreedūcĕreprodūcĕreedŭcāre

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He wæs fram Háligum Gástum gelǽd on sumum wéstene ăgēbātur a spīrĭtu in desertum, Lk. Bos, 4, 1 : Chr. 693; Erl. 43, 19

Linked entries: ge-lǽt ge-lédan

cunnian

(v.)
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Hié bǽdon ꝥ hié ealle cunnoden, mehten hí heora gemǽnan fiénd him from ádón, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 14. Cunna hwæðer ðú mæge ádón ðone cíð of ðínes bróður eágan, Past. 225, 8. Hé wolde cunnian gif hé mihte hí gebígan fram Godes biggencgum, Hml.

ge-rýne

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Add: what is kept from observation or knowledge, a secret, mystery Gerýna vel dígla sacramentum vel mysterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 26. Dyrne gerýna abdita (secretorum) arcana (produntur), An. Ox. 4216.

Linked entry: rún

cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
cristen, def.se cristena; sup. se cristenesta; adj. [Crist Christ]

Christian christianus

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Fram óðrum cristenum mannum from other Christian men Ors. 6, 9; Bos. 120, 22; 6, 12; Bos. 121, 25. Hí cristene men pinedon they tormented Christian men 6, 11; Bos. 121, 17;f 6, 19; Bos. 123, 16.

symbel

(n.)
Grammar
symbel, symel, es; n.

a feast, banquet, entertainmenta feast,

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Ðonne árás hé fram ðam symle surgebat a media coena, Bd. 4, 24;S. 597, 7. Ðæt hám weorud tó symble gesomnod wæs and hé sæt mid him æt ðam symble vicani coenantes epulabantur, resedit et ipse cum eis ad convivium, 3, 10;S. 534, 26-28.