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Anglo-Saxon

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cól-þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
cól-þrǽd, -þréd, es; m.

A coal or blackened thread, plumb-line ⬩ perpendiculum

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A coal or blackened thread, plumb-line; perpendiculum Cólþréd perpendiculum Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 73

deáþ-bérnis

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-bérnis, deáþ-bér-niss,e ; f.

Death, destruction, pestilence ⬩ pernĭcies, pestilentia

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Lind. 21, 11

Linked entry: doeþ-bérnis

from-féran

(v.)
Grammar
from-féran, p. de

To go out, from

Entry preview:

Lind. 11, 9

ge-byrelíc beón

(v.; adj.)
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Lind. 4. 9

ge-fælan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fælan, -fællan; p. de; pp. ed

To overturn ⬩ overthrow ⬩ throw down ⬩ prosternere

Entry preview:

Lind. 20, 18

Linked entry: a-fælan

plúm-feðer

(n.)
Grammar
plúm-feðer, e; f.
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Down Plúmfeðera hnescnyss geonglíce lima ná gehlýwe plumarum mollities iuuenilia membra non foveat, Scint. 43

reord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
reord-hús, es; n.
Entry preview:

Lind. 14, 15

gestig

(adj.)
Grammar
gestig, adj.
Entry preview:

Lind. 25, 38

sóþ-cwǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwǽde, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Lind. 7, 18: 8, 26. Sóðcuéd, 3, 33

Linked entry: -cwǽde

súþ-west

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ-west, adv.
Entry preview:

South-west Án ðæra gárena líþ súðwest ( in africum ), Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 3

un-trymigan

(v.)
Grammar
un-trymigan, un-trymigian

to become weak ⬩ sick ⬩ infirm

Entry preview:

Lind. 6, 2

un-wǽded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wǽded, adj.

Not clothed

Entry preview:

Lind. 22, 11

Linked entry: -wǽded

un-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rúh, adj.

Not rough ⬩ smooth

Entry preview:

Lind. Rush. 19, 23

un-settan

(v.)

to displace ⬩ put down

Entry preview:

Lind. 15, 36

wǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
wǽtness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Lind. 8, 6

wiht-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
wiht-mearc, e; f.
Entry preview:

A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75

wil-cume

(int.)
Grammar
wil-cume, (-a); interj.
Entry preview:

Lind. 25, 23

wráþian

(v.)
Grammar
wráþian, p. ode

To be angry ⬩ to anger

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To be angry Ða ténu ongunnun wráðiga (wurǽðia, Lind. indignari), Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 41

wúsc-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wúsc-bearn, es; n.

A beloved ⬩ an adopted child

Entry preview:

Lind. 13, 33

Linked entry: wýsc

ge-hénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hénan, p. de; pp. ed

To humble ⬩ accuse ⬩ condemn ⬩ despise ⬩ humiliare ⬩ accusare ⬩ condemnare ⬩ spernere

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Lind. 23, 2. He gehéned wæs he was condemned. Cd. 217; Th. 276, 18; Sat. 190. Gehéneþ mec spernit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 16

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

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