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here-cumbol

(n.)
Grammar
here-cumbol, -combol, es; m.

A military signal

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It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour. They aim chiefly at a harsh note and a confused roar, putting their shields to their mouths, so that, by reverberation, it may swell into a fuller and deeper sound.'

cild-cradol

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Add: a cradle Tó his cildcradele feallende ipsius ad cunabula cadentes, Hy. S. 48, 17. On cildcradelum ástreht in cunis supinus, An. Ox. 2156: Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 19. as symbol of infancy, the cradle Crísten fram cildcradole, Hml. Th. i. 428, 23.

and-cweþan

(v.)
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This form seems to be given as an alternative to wiðercweðan, as a gloss to frustrari, contra dicere, Hpt. Gl. 491, 32. (?)

ides

(n.)
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The word occurs as a gloss to virgo, Kent. Gl. 1196, and a weak form, idesan, glosses juvenculam (Ald. 29, 14), An. Ox. 2136. It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An.

helle-hinca

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hinca, an; m.

The hell-limper, -hobblerthe devil lamed by his fall from heaven,

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Kmbl. 2343; An. 1173.

Linked entries: huncettan hinca

ilfette

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Æt ylfethamme, C.D. iii. 130, 34. Add

-a

(suffix)
Grammar
-a, affixed to words, denotes

A personan agentactor

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A person, an agent, or actor, hence, All nouns ending in a are masculine, and make the gen. in an; as from Cum come [thou], cuma a person who comes, or a guest: Swíc deceive [thou], swica a traitor: Worht wrought, wyrhta a workman, wright: Fóregeng foregoing

here-gang

(n.)
Grammar
here-gang, es; m.

An irruptionattack by an army

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An irruption, attack by an army Tó wiðscúfanne swá réþum heregange ad repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 37, MS. B

weorold-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceaft, e ; f.
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A creature of this world, an earthly creature Wuldres Waldend and woruldsceafta, Exon. Th. 188, 20; Az. 48. Woruldsceafta wuldor, 190, 16; Az. 74

líge-leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
líge-leóht, (?); adj.
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same kind, and an adjective lége-leóht seems to be implied as much as the adjectives hát and hwít).

beód-gæst

(n.)
Grammar
beód-gæst, es; m.

A guest at tablemensæ consorsconvictor

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A guest at table; mensæ consors, convictor, Andr. Kmbl. 2177; An. 1090

-wintre

(suffix)
Grammar
-wintre, The form is combined with the cardinals to make adjectives denoting the age of the object to which the adjective is applied. v. e.g. án-, fíf-, sixtíne-, sixtig-, hundseofontig-, hundtwégentig-wintre.

wár

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wár, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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It is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high, and its circumference is seventy miles, and the seventh part of a mile ...

fælniss

(n.)
Grammar
fælniss, e; f.

An offence scandălum

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An offence; scandălum From fælnissum ab scandălis, Mt. Rush. Stv. 18, 7

ǽwisc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-lic, adj.
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Shameful, infamous Tó ǽwisclicum ad infame , An. Ox. 4308. Ǽwyslicre, 7, 302

forliger-hús

(n.)
Grammar
forliger-hús, es; n.

A brothel

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A brothel Forligerhús lupanar, An. Ox. 5293. Tó forligerhúsum ad prostibula, 3328

cenning

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Cynninge (cennincge, An. Ox. 1764) matrice, 448, 4. Bið ðæt sǽd unnyt ágoten, næs tó nánre kenninge ðæs cynrenes, ac tó unclǽnnesse non ad usum generis, sed ad immunditiam semen effundit, Past. 97, 10.

á-blǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
á-blǽcung, e; f.
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Pallor Áblǽcungum (ǽ-, An. Ox. 4897, q. v.) palloribus Hpt. Gl. 518, 62

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽcung

or-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
or-firmþa, pl.
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Refuse Orfyrmþa peripsema, An. Ox. 609. Cf. ǽ-firmþa ; or-firme, -firm(u)

Linked entry: -firmþa