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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-frígian

(v.)

to embrace

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Lind. 10, 16

ge-græppian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-græppian, p. ade; pp. ad

To seize

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Lind. 14, 31

Linked entry: græppian

ge-sagu

(n.)

a narration

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Lind. 1, 1

Linked entry: sagu

scripen

Grammar
scripen, scripende gloss
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Lind. Rush. 19, 21

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful

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Lind. 14, 19. Unrótsande wæs contristatus est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 9. to make sad or sorrowful Alle gidroefde ł unrótsade (unródsad ł gestyred, Lind.) wérun omnes conturbati sunt, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 50

sceácere

(n.)
Grammar
sceácere, es; m.

A robber

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Lind. 10, 1. Þeáfas and sceácaras fures et latrones, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, I. Mið sceácerum (sceácrum, Rush.) i mið sétnern cum seditiosis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7

Linked entry: tó-sceácerian

plaster

(n.)
Grammar
plaster, es; n. (?)
Entry preview:

Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé beþunga and plaster lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae? Dóm. L. 6, 80

Linked entry: blaster

ymb-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen
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To circumcise Gé ymbceorfas (-cearfas, Lind.) ðone monno circumciditis hominem, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 22. Tó ymbceorfanne (-cearfanne, Lind.) ðone cnæht circumcidere puerum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 59. Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21

Samaringas

(n.)
Grammar
Samaringas, Samaritane, Samaritanisce; pl.

The Samaritans

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The Samaritans Innan Samaritana ceastre (in burgum ðæra Samaritanesca, Lind. ; in cæstra Samaringa, Rush. ) in civitates Samaritanorum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 5. Tó Samaritaniscum, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 4, 9. Similar entries v. next word (Samaritanisc)

ár-morgen

(n.)

early dawn

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Lind. War. 18, 28 : 20, 1

from-slitnis

(n.)
Grammar
from-slitnis, from-slit[t]nis, se; f.

Desolation ⬩ desolatio

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Rush. and Lind. 13, 14

Linked entry: slítness

here-man

(n.)
Grammar
here-man, -mann, es; m.

A soldier

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Lind. 7, 8

hwerflung

(n.)
Grammar
hwerflung, e; f.

Wandering ⬩ error

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Lind. 24, 24

Linked entries: hwearflung hwyrfolung

neáh-gebýrild

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-gebýrild, es; m.

A neighbour

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Lind. 15, 9

Linked entry: ge-býrild

ge-weddian

(v.)

to betroth

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Lind. 1, 27

ge-frohtian

(v.)

to be afraid ⬩ expavescere

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Lind. 16, 6

ge-hercnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hercnian, p. ode; pp. od

To hear

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Lind. 22, 22

ge-hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrstan, p. te

To murmur

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Lind. 15, 2

ge-scearfan

(v.)

to cut off ⬩ succidere

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Lind. 13, 9

ge-screngce

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-screngce, adj.

Withered, shrunken, dry ⬩ aridus

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Lind. 6, 8

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