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Anglo-Saxon

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æ
þ

on-stíðian

(v.)

to make hard

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Lind. Rush. 12, 40

ge-strician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strician, p. ede

To knit

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Lind. 4, 21

Linked entry: strician

ge-penian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-penian, p. ede; pp. ed

To stretch out ⬩ extend

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Lind. 12, 49: 14, 31

á-spelian

(v.)
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Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI. Th. ii. 176, 34. Sý se hordere áspeled (-ad, v. l.) æt þǽre þénunge cellarius excusetur a coquina, R. Ben. 59, 2.

Linked entry: spelian

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna

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Feores aþolian to endure life, Exon. 27 a; Th. 81, 7; Cri. 1320. Feores berǽdan to deprive of life, Andr. Kmbl. 266; An. 133. Feores getwǽfan to separate from life, Beo. Th. 2871; B. 1433. Feores geunnan to grant life, L.

Linked entries: feorg ferh ferhþ fiorh fyorh

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, es; n.

A boundary ⬩ limit ⬩ confine ⬩ border

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Lind. 6, 56. In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 21

Linked entries: mére mére-hwít

ymb-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-cirr, es; m.
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Lind. 1. 11, 12, 17. turning over, moving, stirring. v. ymb-cirran Wætres ymbcerr (-cer, Rush.) ł styrenise aquae motum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. the word also glosses versutia, Rtl. 120, 32

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.

Art, mechanical art, mechanics

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Art, mechanical art, mechanics Orþancscipe mechanica (the word occurs at the end of a list of the arts. Cf. in a similar list searocræft mechanica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 61), Hpt. Gl. 479, 61.

cælc

(n.)
Grammar
cælc, es; m.
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Lind. Rush. Stv. 10, 42

embeht

(n.)
Grammar
embeht, es; n.

An office, serving ⬩ ministērium

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Lind. 10, 40

Linked entry: ambeht

embeht-mon

(n.)
Grammar
embeht-mon, -monn, es; m.

servant-man, servant, minister ⬩ servus, minister

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Lind. War. 9, 35

for-holen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-holen, pp. of for-helan.

concealed ⬩ hidden

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Lind. 8, 17;

gaast

(n.)
Grammar
gaast, es; m.

A ghost ⬩ spirit ⬩ spīrĭtus

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Lind. Skt. 4, 24

in-bewindan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bewindan, p. -wand

To wrap up ⬩ enwrap

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Lind. 23, 53. Innbewunden involutum, 2, 12

in-búan

(v.)

to inhabit

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Lind. 23, 21

of-blindian

(v.)

to make blind

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Lind. Rush. 12, 40

Linked entry: blindian

pening-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
pening-sliht, es ; m.
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Lind. 17, 25

Linked entry: sliht

ge-wana

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wana, -wona, an; m.

A lack ⬩ want

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Lind. 19, 20

Linked entry: wana

seorðan

(v.)
Grammar
seorðan, seordan (?) ; p. searð
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Lind. 5, 27

Linked entry: serð

bie

be

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Lind. War. 10, 44, Similar entries for bió; subj. of bión to be

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