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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-wenge

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Þonne þú geslegen sié on án gewenge, wænd ꝥ óðer tó, R. Ben. 28, 1. Add

gryre-lic

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Ic eom gryrelic horrida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 33. Gryrelicum horrisonis, 30. v. on-gryrelic (?). Add

holing

(n.)
Grammar
holing, e; f.
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Digging, excavation Þá ongunnon hí on þám stán-clife hwylcehugu holinga dón, Gr. D. 113, II

ífig-twig

(n.)
Grammar
ífig-twig, es; n.
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An ivy-twig Wiþ sunbryne; merwe ífigtwigu, wyl on butran, smire mid, Lch. ii. 324, 16

ísen-græf

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-græf, es; m.
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An ironstone quarry On tsengrafas ; oi isen-grafan, C. D. v. 234, 30. Cf. Isern-ðre

mæstan

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Þú mæstest on ele heáfod mín inpinguasti in oleo caput meum, Ps. Rdr. 22, 5. Add

mylen-weg

(n.)
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a road to a mill Andlang ðæs mylanweges on þone Lundenweg, C. D. vi. 31, 29

reord

Grammar
reord, speech.
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On Englisce reorde in sua, id est Anglorum, lingua, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 12. Add

scír-lett

(n.)
Grammar
scír-lett, a piece or
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measure of land On bisceopes scírlett; ofer ƀ. scírlett, Cht. E. 239, 9. Cf. geoc-led

snáwig

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Kł Ianuarius gif hé biþ on Sæternesdæg, þonne biþ snáwig winter, Archiv cxx. 298, 18. Add

súþe-weard

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Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðeweardum. Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 24. Add

tæflung

(n.)
Grammar
tæflung, e; f.
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Gambling Ús syndon synderlíce on þisum dagum forbodene ... ídele sprǽca and tæflunga and beórscypas, Nap. 61

tó-gelaþung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-gelaþung, e ; f.
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An assembly On þám synt engla weredu and rihtwísra tógelaðung þǽr symle wuniendra, Verc. Först. 173

Linked entry: ge-laþung

un-gemetfæst

Grammar
un-gemetfæst, <b>. I.</b>
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Hý wǽron ungemetfæste on eallum tídum heora lífes and oferhýdo tó fulle. Wlfst. 255, 3. Add

un-lǽdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽdlic, adj.
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Miserable Þá Iúdéas bǽdon swíde unlǽdlicre béne,swá him syþþan eall unlǽdlic on becwóm. . Nap. 65

Linked entry: lǽd-lic

ypplen

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Ypplene fastigio, i. summitate, An. Ox. 2862. On yplen in altum, Ps. Rdr. 74, 6. Add

beám-wer

(n.)
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a weir made of logs Beneoðan beámwer on ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 31

féran

Grammar
féran, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Add On weg féran to travel, Lch. ii. 330, 9. add : Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 23

sceadu-genga

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu-genga, an; m.

One who walks in darkness

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One who walks in darkness Com on wanre niht scríðansceadugenga (Grendel), Beo. Th. 1410; B. 703.

sceacged

(adj.)
Grammar
sceacged, adj.

shagged

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Having hair on the head, shagged Sceacgede comosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 71. Sceagode, 132, 7

Linked entries: feaxede sceacga sceagod

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