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Anglo-Saxon

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solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a soler ⬩ flat roof of a house ⬩ an upper room ⬩ solarium, coenaculum

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Solere 273, col. 2. Solere or lofte solarium, hectheca Prompt. Parv. 464 (see note). Garytte, hey solere specula 187. ] Wicklif (Jos. 2, 6) uses the word for the flat roof of a house

Linked entry: solere

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es; n.

An advantage; ⬩ commodum

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Getǽse commodum, Cot. 59, Lye

Linked entries: ge-tǽsu ge-tése

Twi-fyrd

(n.)
Grammar
Twi-fyrd, -ford
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Æt Twyfyrde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 114, 33. Tó Twyfyrde, iii. 203, 22. Of Twufyrde . . . æft on Twyfyrde, v. 147, 28-148, 22. On Twyfyrd; of Twyfyrde, iii. 444, 7. ¶ - In Latin charters: Apud Twyfird, v. 130, 31.

þíxl

(n.)
Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.

a beam or pole of a waggon ⬩ temo ⬩ constellation, the Bear ⬩ a pole

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Of ðære ác in ða heortsole; of ðære sole in ða þísle; of ðære þísle eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6

Linked entry: þísl

æchir

(n.)

an ear of corn

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an ear of corn, Mt. Rush. Stv. 12, 1

ǽn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽn-líce, adv.

ONLY ⬩ singularly ⬩ elegantly ⬩ eleganter

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ONLY, singularly, elegantly; eleganter, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 37

Linked entry: án-líce

fóre-gulpon

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gulpon, p. pl. of fóre-gilpan.

boasted greatly

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boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13;

here-serce

(n.)
Grammar
here-serce, -syrce, an; f.

A coat of mail.

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A coat of mail. Beo. Th. 3027; B. 1511

líc-sirce

(n.)
Grammar
líc-sirce, an; f.
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 1105; B. 550

ungemet-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
ungemet-ceald, adj.

Excessively cold

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Excessively cold Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald, Met. 11, 59

Linked entry: ceald

gúþ-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-byrne, f.

A coat of mail

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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 648; B. 321

cýþþe

(n.)
Grammar
cýþþe, gen. dat. acc.
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of cýþ, Bt. 27, 3; Fox l00, 1, Cott. note 1

forþ-cymen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-cymen, pp.of forþ-cuman.

come forth

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come forth, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 28; Rä. 14, 10;

heoru-serce

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-serce, an; f.

A war-shirt, ⬩ coat of mail

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A war-shirt, coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5072; B. 2539

sulh-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-æcer, es; m.
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Comm. s

gupe

(n.)
Grammar
gupe, an; f.
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A buttock Gupan clunis, renibus, coxe. Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 77

letanía

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Add: — Wésungon seofon seolmas mid letanían (lataniis), Coll. M. 33, 29

bród

(adv.)
Grammar
bród, adv.

Freely, of free cost ⬩ gratis

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Freely, of free cost; gratis Bród gratis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 71

cræftigra

(adj.)

more skilful

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more skilful, comp. of cræftig. Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 18

infangeneþeóf

(n.)
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See also Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 227, 9, where is the form 'mid infangenum þeófe.'

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