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Anglo-Saxon

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ǽtren-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ǽtren-ness, e; f.
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Poisonousness For bǽre lyfte wylme and ǽter-nesse, Lch. ii. 146, 16

beorþor-cwelm

Grammar
beorþor-cwelm, beorþor-cwealm.
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Substitute for Cot. II:

casul

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For Som. Ben. Lye substitute Casul byrrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 33

ceaster-wyrt

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For Lch. ii. 375, 24 substitute: Ceasterwyrte sǽd, Lch. ii. 102, 21

cumbol

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For see cumul

cúþ-nes

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For 'Scint. 38 . . . to know' substitute Þinges cúðnesse, Hml. A. 200, 165

dæg-swǽsendo

(n.)
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food for one day; cibus unius diei, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 30

Linked entry: swǽsende

dréfedness

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For hwí forgetst þú úre dréfednesse ( tribulationis ), Ps. L. 43, 24. Add

ge-swícung

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For 'R. . . . Angl.' substitute Búton geswícincge sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103

gilping

(n.)
Grammar
gilping, e; f.
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Boasting, arrogance, vainglory For ídelre gylpincge pro vana gloria Scint. 144, ll

hǽmed-gemána

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For' Cot. 129, Lye' substitute Hǽmedgemánan matrimonia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 4

hǽmed-wíf

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For 'Cot. 136 Lye' substitute Hǽmedwíf matrona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 19

ymb-wlátend

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For the second citation substitute Emwlátenddum spectatoribus, i. speculatoribus, An. Ox. 3507

ýr

(n.)
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For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )

blissian

(v.)
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Hí for hire hǽle blyssodon, Hml. S. 7, 281

egþ-wirf

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A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

wæfer-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-stów, e; f.

A place for spectacles ⬩ an amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles, an amphitheatre Weaferstówa amphitheatrum, Lchdm. i. lxi, 9

Linked entry: wafung-stów

on-unspéd

(n.)
Grammar
on-unspéd, (?), e; f.

Indigence, poverty

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Indigence, poverty For hwý ofergytest onunspéde ( inopiae ) úre, Ps. Spl. 43, 27

twaltiga

(n.)
Grammar
twaltiga, palma,
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apparently an error for palm-twig, q. v.Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 14

þæc-tigele

(n.)
Grammar
þæc-tigele, an; f.

A tile for a roof

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A tile for a roof Þaectigilum imbricibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 56

Linked entries: tigele þecc-bryce

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