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Anglo-Saxon

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B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old Saxon, the sister dialect, we find that the Old Saxons used a softer aspirated labial ƀ = bh.

hlynnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlynnan, p. ede

To sound, make a noise, shout

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To sound, make a noise, shout Gúþwudu hlynneþ scyld scefte oncwyþ the war-wood resounds, shield replies to shaft, Fins. Th. ii; Fin. 6. Gársecg hlynede the ocean roared, Andr. Kmbl. 476; An. 238.

asse

(n.)
Grammar
asse, an; f: assen, e; f.

A she-assasina

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Finde gyt áne assene ye [two] shall find a she-ass, Mt. Bos. 21, 2. Rit uppan tamre assene rides on a tame she-ass, 21, 5. Lǽddon ða assene to him adduxerunt asinam, 21, 7

Linked entry: assa

óþ-beran

(v.)
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Mec sǽ óþbær on Finna land the sea bore me forth to the land of the Fins, Beo. Th. 1163; B. 579 : Exon. Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10. Sumne fugel óþbær (bore off) ofer heánne holm, 291, 13; Wand. 81

feoh-fang

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Th. i. 384, 10. the fine inflicted for bribery, the right to receive such fines Huic libertati concedo additamentum, in qua nomina consuetudinum Anglice praecepi ponere . . . fyhfænge, Cht. Th. 411, 31

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be daylucescere

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Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins. Th. 4; Fin. 3. Swylce hit ealle niht dagie [dagige MSS. P. S.] as though it were day all night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 1

Linked entry: dægian

un-dearninga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dearninga, un-dearnunga, -deornunga; adv.

Without secrecy or concealmentopenly

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Kmbl. 809; El. 405: Fins. Th. 45; Fin. 22. Undearnunga, Elen. Kmbl. 1237; El. 620. Ðú ofer ealle undearnunga ðíne bearn sprecest and beslde cwyst locutus es in aspectu filiis tuis et dixisti, Ps. Th. 88, 16.

feoht-wíte

(n.)

a fine for fighting

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a fine for fighting

a-beþecian

(v.)
Grammar
a-beþecian, subj. ðú abeþecige; p. ode; pp. od [be, þeccan to cover]

To uncoverdetectfind hiddento discoverdisclosedetegere

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To uncover, detect, find hidden, to discover, disclose; detegere Búton ðú hit forstele oððe abeþecige unless thou steal it, or find (it) hid, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 9

án-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
án-wíte, es; n.

A simple or single finea mulct or amercementsimplex mulcta

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A simple or single fine, a mulct or amercement; simplex mulcta Ealle forgielden ánwíte let them all pay a single fine, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 17

deór-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
deór-mód, adj. [deór I. brave, bold; mód mood, mind]

Bold of mind, bravefortis anĭmi

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Kmbl. 1251; An. 626: Fins. Th. 46 ; Fin. 23. On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Diran héton in the plain which the brave men called Dura, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 14; Dan. 171. Deórmódra síþ the march of the brave, 147; Th. 183, 25; Exod. 97

weder-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
weder-dæg, es; m.

A day of fine weather, a fine day.

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A day of fine weather, a fine day. v. weder, I a Beorht sumor, wearme wederdagas, Exon. Th. 191, 30; Az. 96

an-findan

(v.)

to discoverfinddeprehendere

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to discover, find; deprehendere.Cot. 61

Linked entry: an-funden

íð-fynde

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-fynde, adj.

Easy to find

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Easy to find Ýðfynde, Andr. Kmbl. 3092; An. 1549

six-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-gilde, adj.
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Requiring six-fold payment or fine. Diácones feoh . vi. gylde a deacon's property (when stolen) shall be paid for with a sixfold fine, L. Ethb. I; Th. i. 2, 5

F

At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf five; hæuþ, hæfþ haveth; Euen, efen even. In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

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In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

an-gytan

(v.)
Grammar
an-gytan, [an, gytan to get]

To finddiscoverunderstandknowinvenireintelligere

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To find, discover, understand, know; invenire, intelligere, R. Ben. 2

mægþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ-bót, e; f.

The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman

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The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes let the fine to be paid by an unmarried woman be the same as that by a free man (for the same offence), L. Ethb. 74 j Th. i. 20, 9.

hwǽte-smedeme

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-smedeme, an; f.
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Fine wheaten flour Hunig and hwǽte-smedman, Lchdm. iii. 18, 5

Linked entry: smedema

weard-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
weard-wíte, es; n.

A fine for neglecting to keep guard,

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A fine for neglecting to keep guard, Chart. Th. 411, 31