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sweart

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Add Sweartes geallan melancolie, i. fellis, An. Ox. 2950. add: — Mid sweartum tetris, i. nigris (tenebris), An. Ox. 1736. add: — Sweartum ceco (ceco carpitur igne et clandestinis inflammatur stimulis, Ald. 66, 11), An. Ox. 4653

Galmanhó

(n.)
Grammar
Galmanhó, Galmahó?

An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St. Mary'sabbātiæ nōmen ăpud Eborācum

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An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St.

ge-hírsumnes

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Hwæðer hé carfull sig tó godcundum weorcum and tó gehýrsumnysse si solicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam R.

heáfod-segn

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-segn, es; m.
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An ensign having a head (not a flag ?) Hét þá in beran eafor heáfodsegn, . . . helm, herebyrnan, gúðsweord, B. 2152-4.

trucian

(v.)
Grammar
trucian, p. ode.
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to fail in doing something Ne trucaþ heora nan ána ðurh unmihte ac ðurh gecynde ánre Godcundnysse hí wyrcaþ ealle ǽfre án weorc no one of them alone fails through want of power, but through the nature of one divinity they all work always the same work

wyllen

(adj.)
Grammar
wyllen, adj.

Woollenof woolwoollen stuff

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the word is printed wylnenan and put as a gloss to vetulae; the passage is : Cygnaeam vetulae senectutis caniciem, Ald. 25) hárnysse (in the margin is ða grǽgan hárnysse) cygneam canitiem, Hpt. Gl. 450, 62. Wyllene wearp lanea stamina, 417, 27.

edre

(adv.)
Grammar
edre, adv.

Immediately, at once, forthwith stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco

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Immediately, at once, forthwith; stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco Edre him ða eorlas agéfon ondsware the earls gave answer to him immediately, Andr. Kmbl. 801; An. 401: 1285; An. 643: 1900b; An. 952: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1300; El. 649

Linked entry: ædre

frum-spellung

(n.)
Grammar
frum-spellung, e; f.
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A first telling, an original story Titelung, frumspellung recapitulatio (the passage glossed is: Paradisum Cherubin conclusisse recapitulatio Geneseos originaliter declarat, Ald. 16, 35), An. Ox. 1153: 2, 31

Linked entry: spellung

eall-gylden

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-gylden, adj.

All-golden omnīno aurĕus

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All-golden; omnīno aurĕus He geseah segn eall-gylden he saw an ensign all-golden, Beo. Th. 5528; B. 2767: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 3; Jud. 46

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

brýd-ealoþ

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-ealoþ, indecl. n.

aleA bride-ale, bride or marriage feastnuptiale convivium

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[ealaþ ale] A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast; nuptiale convivium Hiî wǽron æt ðam brýdealoþ they were at the marriage feast, Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 15

lǽl

Grammar
lǽl, <b>. I.</b>
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Add: Lǽla uibices, An. Ox. 7, 246. Lǽlo, 8, 184. Add: Lǽl liuor, An. Ox. 32, 24. ¶ The word glosses linor = envy :-- Lę́la liuoris (rancida liuoris inuidia, Ald. 40, 14), An. Ox. 4, 52. Cf. lǽlian

heorþ

a hearthfire place

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Brǽdingce on heorþum tó móse assaturam (alimentorum) in focularibus (praeparatam) ad edulium, An. Ox. 376: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 30. as typical of the household or home Án mylen . . . and .vii. heorðas bútan ðon, and þreó cyrcan, C. D. v 316, 2

ofer-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-bregdan, -brédan.

To overspread, cover, draw a covering overTo break out over a surface

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To overspread, cover, draw a covering over Se ða burh oferbrægd blácan líge, Andr. Kmbl. 3080; An. 1543. Niht oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, 2613; An. 1308. Grammar ofer-bregdan, intrans.

burg-waru

(n.)
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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096

eall-wealda

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-wealda, adj.

All-ruling, almighty omnĭpŏtens

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All-ruling, almighty; omnĭpŏtens Eallwealdan Gode to almighty God, Andr. Recd. 414; An. 205

on-cunness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cunness, e; f.

An accusation(?), excuse(?)

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An accusation(?), excuse(?) Tó ácunnenne on-cunnisse ad excusandas excusationes, Ps. Surt. 140, 4

Linked entry: cunness

holm-weard

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

One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder

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One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder, Andr. Kmbl. 718; An. 359

ágnian

(v.)
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Add: to possess Ðá ðe ic áh ł ágnigo quae possidet , Lk. L. 18, 12. Alle ðá ðe ágnegæð ł áh (ǽngað, R.) omnia quae possidet, 12, 44. Ágnigeð (-, R.), 15. Ágnageð (-igað, R.), II, 21. Ágneges possidete. Mt. L. 25, 34.

awul

(n.)

an awlfuscinula vel tridens,

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an awl; fuscinula vel tridens,Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 78; Wrt. Voc. 27, 8

Linked entries: æl awel