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Anglo-Saxon

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Iclingas

(n.)
Grammar
Iclingas, pl.
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Kmbl, iv. 300, 24; and there is Icklingham in Suffolk. ]

martyr-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-dóm, es; m.

Martyrdom

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Hé ( Stephen ) is fyrmest on martyrdóme, ii. 34, 22. His martyrdóme wyrþe ejus martyrio condigna, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 7. Hé gearcodon heora mód tó ðam martyrdóme, Homl. Skt. 5, 150. Martyrdóm ( martirium ) þrowiende, Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 36: Menol.

med-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
med-spédig, adj.

Unprosperouspoorly provided

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Unprosperous, poorly provided Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off

gleó-beám

Grammar
gleó-beám, glig-beám, es; m.

A glee-beamharpmusicum lignumharpa

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A glee-beam, harp; musicum lignum, harpa Nis hearpan wyn, gomen gleóbeámes there is no joy of harp, the mirth of the glee-beam, Beo. Th. 4518; B. 2263.

be-swincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swincan, p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen

To toil, labour, make with toillaborare

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Ðæt hrægl is beswuncen laboratur vestis, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48

Linked entries: swincan be-swuncen

BLǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLǼTAN, p. blǽtte; pp. blǽtted; v. n.

To BLEATbalareto cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat

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Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, 22; Som. 24, 12

un-gesibsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesibsum, adj.

Prone to discordquarrelsome

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Ðǽm ungesibsumum is tó cyðanne admonendi sunt dissidentes, Swt. 348, 5

Linked entry: ge-sibsum

wiþ-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defencean obstructionobstacle

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a defence Ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte, hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht I scan the mind to see how the soul is fortified within, how its defences are built, Exon.

Linked entry: wiþer-steall

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)

án-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
án-gilde, adj.
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To be compensated for, for which ángilde (q.v.) is to be paid Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ꝥ hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte unless either of them previously made the condition that he was not to be liable to make compensation for damage done to the

blótan

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Ger. plózta libuit: Icel. blóta is strong and weak]

cóþu

Grammar
cóþu, l. coþu,
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Ǽlcne man warnian wið þás deófollican coðe, þæt is wið þás hellican unþeáwas, Wlfst. 245, 21: Angl. viii. 337, 7

dyderung

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Manega drýmen maciað menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, and bedydriað menn, swylce hí soðlice swylc þincg dón; ac hit is dydrung mid deófles cræfte, and gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung, Hml. S. 21, 464-9.

freót-man

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Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig freótmonna for his sáwle, C. D. B. iii. 652, 18 ; Shrn. 159, 6. Add

frum-meolc

Grammar
frum-meolc, -meoluc.
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, the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to have been used vaguely in a favourable

ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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is nú gelǽswod seó heord Crístes gesamnunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 254

ge-neát-scólu

(n.)
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A band of retainers (v. ge-neát; I a) Swylt ealle fornóm secga hlóðe and hine sylfne (Heliseus, who is described as æðeles cynnes ríce geréfa, 18) mid . . . hý helle sóhton.

ge-tawa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tawa, pl. f.
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Ðis syndon þá wǽpena þe deófol mid oferswíðed bið; ꝥ is ofthrædlice rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu. Ðis syndan þá getawa þe mon mæg heofona ríce mid begytan, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 3

full-dón

(v.)
Grammar
full-dón, p. -dyde
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Praeteritum imperfectum, þæt is unful*-*fremed forðgewiten, swilce þæt ðing beó ongunnen and ne beó fuldón, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 124, 5. [O. H. Ger. fol-tuon perficere. ]

Linked entry: dón

fúlnes

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Fólnesse (but the o is not quite distinct) turpitudinem, Kent. Gl. 171