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Anglo-Saxon

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and-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
and-sýn, e; f.

A face ⬩ facies

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A face; facies Woldon hí ðæt hí mihton geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs cyninges they wished that they might be hidden from the face of the king, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25

flotian

(v.; part.)
Grammar
flotian, part. flotigende; p. ode; pp. od [floten, pp. of fleótan to float]

To float ⬩ fluitāre

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To float; fluitāre Beó án scip flotigende swá néh ðan lande swá hit nýxt mǽge let a ship be floating as near the land as it nearest can, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 6

glíw-cynn

(n.)
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On glywcú in tibiis (tibiis seems to have been taken in the sense of pipes, and to be explained as glýwcyn, a kind of music (?)), Ps. L. 146, 10. (?)

Linked entry: glywcum

abbad

(n.)
Grammar
abbad, abbod, abbud, abbot, es; m: abboda, an; m.

an abbot ⬩ abbās

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At length it began to be usual for the abbot to be in orders; and since the sixth century monks generally have been priests. In point of dignity an abbot is generally next to a bishop.

Linked entries: abbod abboda abbot abbud

dyfen

(n.)
Grammar
dyfen, e; f.

Desert, reward ⬩ merĭtum

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Ben. 2

ge-wardod

(part.)

seen ⬩ visus

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Ben. interl. 49

Linked entry: ge-weardian

sealm-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-getæl, es; n.
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Ben. 43, 19

wunigend

(n.)
Grammar
wunigend, es; m.

An inhabitant

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Ben. Interl. 5, 11

apostol-ic

Grammar
apostol-ic, apostol-lic.
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Ben. I. 61, 13. Mid þám apostolican werode, Wlfst. 242, 19. Add

for-crafian

(v.)
Grammar
for-crafian, p. ode

To demand

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Ben. I. 82, 3

Linked entry: crafian

full-rípod

(adj.)
Grammar
full-rípod, adj.
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Ben. 139, 9

ge-wenge

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Ben. 28, 1. Add

ofer-hogiend

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hogiend, es; m.

A despiser, contemner

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Ben. 48, 6

regn-weard

(n.)
Grammar
regn-weard, es; m.

A mighty guard

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A mighty guard Yrre wǽron begen réðe rénweardas ( Beowulf and Grendel ), Beo. Th. 1544;B. 770

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, song

a bed

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a bed Song ł bedd stratum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15: Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 12

brand

an error of the copyist for ⬩ a son.

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Beo. Th. 2045, note; B. 1020, note; an error of the copyist for bearn a son

hundred-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-gemót, hundredes gemót, es; n.
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Séce man hundredes gemót be wíte let the hundredmoot be attended under penalty of a fine, L. C. S. 17; Th. i. 386, 1

merigen

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Ben. 47, 9. add Swá swá ꝥ godspel sægð : 'Ne þenc þú be mergene,' Hml, S. 31, 57. Heó swór ꝥ Helias sceolde ðæs on mergen (merigen, v. l. ) sweltan, 18, 158

eft-swá-micel

(adv.)

Even so much ⬩ tantundem

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Ben. Lye

feax-eacas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eacas, -eacon?

Hair hanging down the forehead ⬩ forelocks ⬩ antiæ frontis ⬩ sive a fronte dependentes

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Ben. Lye

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