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Anglo-Saxon

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bádian

(v.)
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Tó gemóte hé cóme ofþe hine man bádode (? cf. iii gemót on geáre búton hé hit gebicge oþþe gebidde,433, 33) he should come to the meeting or a fine might be exacted of him Cht. Th. 432, 32. Add

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.

Severely, ⬩ sorely, ⬩ strictly, ⬩ hard. ⬩ very, ⬩ very much, ⬩ exceedingly, ⬩ excessively ⬩ very, ⬩ to a great degree, ⬩ very much, ⬩ to a great extent, ⬩ exceedingly

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Hig þearle etaþ nimium comedunt, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 11. Gehwylc mé drincan sealde þearle each gave me abundance to drink, Exon. Th. 485, 1; Rä. 71, 7. Drinc swýþe þearle drink very largely, Lchdm. i. 78, 10.

défre

(adj.)
Grammar
défre, adj.

Timely, seasonable

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Lye; comp. of défe?

hwæcca

(n.)

a chest ⬩ hutch

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a chest, hutch Corn-hwæcca area frumentaria, Lye

Linked entry: corn-hwæcca

ge-blissung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blissung, e; f.

A rejoicing ⬩ joyousness ⬩ hilarity ⬩ hĭlārĭtas

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Conc

be-smitenness

Grammar
be-smitenness, In I. 2 after colludio add:
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Colludium, turpis ludus, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 643

Linked entry: smitenness

hleówung

(n.)
Grammar
hleówung, hlýwing, e; f.

Shelter, ⬩ refuge

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Conc. 11, Lye

Linked entry: hlýwing

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

land ⬩ country

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With this meaning the word occurs in charters which Kemble [Cod.

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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On fúlan pyt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 20. On wulfputt; of ðam pytte on ða wógan ǽc, 449, 31-32. Tó wulfpytte, Cod. Dip. B. i. 280, 20. Gelǽste man á ðone sáwelsceat æt openum pytte (cf. æt openum græfe, L.

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animal ⬩ wild beast

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Ic gefó heortas, and báras, and rǽgan, and hwílon haran, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 29. Wyrmas and wildeór, Beo. Th. 2864; B. 1430. v. wilde-deór, and following words

Linked entry: wildedeór

á-spring

(n.)

a water-spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ seaturigo

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a water-spring, fountain; seaturigo,Hom. de Comp. Cordis, Lye

pistol-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-rǽdere, es; m.
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Conc. 5

Linked entry: under-diácon

corn-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
corn-berende, adj.
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Corn-bearing Þá cornberendan granigera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 22

Linked entry: beran

frum-byrdling

Grammar
frum-byrdling, l.-birdling,

A youth ⬩ one whose beard has just come

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and add: A youth, one whose beard has just come

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342

Linked entry: þrýh

cásering

(n.)
Grammar
cásering, e; f.

A cæsaring, a coin with an emperor's image, a coin ⬩ drachma ⬩ didrachma

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A cæsaring, a coin with an emperor's image, a coin; drachma = δραχμή didrachma Gif wíf losaþ cásering si mulier perdiderit drachmam. Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 15, 8. Ne unband cásering non solvit didrachma, Mt. Lind. Stv. 17, 23

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To taste ⬩ gustare

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Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343

Linked entry: býrian

cyne-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-hláford, es; m. [hláford a lord]

A royal lord, sovereign lord, king ⬩ regius vel supremus dominus, rex

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A royal lord, sovereign lord, king; regius vel supremus dominus, rex Be his cynehláfordes geþafunge with the permission of his royal lord, Cod. Dipl. 593; A. D. 965-975; Kmbl. iii. 127, 8.

fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo

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A FISHER; piscātor Ic eom fiscere ĕgo sum piscātor, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 1: Wrt. Voc. 73, 40. Hí wǽron fisceras ĕrant piscātores, Mt. Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16.

fulluht-ere

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-ere, fulwiht-ere, es; m. [ful, full; uht, wiht; ere; es; m.]

A baptizer ⬩ the Baptist ⬩ baptista

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A baptizer, the Baptist; baptista On ðám dagum com Iohannes se Fulluhtere in diēbus illis vēnit Joannes Baptista, Mt. Bos. 3, 1: 14, 2: Mk. Bos. 6, 14: Lk. Bos. 7, 20, 28, 33: Homl. Th. i. 356, 7: 358, 22: 478, 1, 30.