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Anglo-Saxon

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feber-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feber-ádl, e; f.

A fever-disease ⬩ fever ⬩ febris

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Lind. 8, 15

ge-cláded

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cláded, part.

Clothed ⬩ clad ⬩ vestitus

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Lind. 5, 15

horn-píc

(n.)
Grammar
horn-píc, es; n.
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Lind. 4, 9

Linked entry: píc

hréð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréð-ness, e; f.

Fierceness ⬩ roughness ⬩ cruelty

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Lind. 8, 24

in-hirdmann

(n.)
Grammar
in-hirdmann, es ; m.

body-guard

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Lind. 8, 9

Linked entries: in-cempa hirdmann

in-þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
in-þicce, adj.

Gross ⬩ thick

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Lind. 13, 15

mete-bælg

(n.)
Grammar
mete-bælg, es; m.

A bag for food ⬩ wallet

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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35

symbel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-hús, es; n.

A banqueting-hall, dining-room

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Lind. 22, 12

teárian

(v.)
Grammar
teárian, p. ode
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Lind. ii. 35

Linked entry: tæherende

þadder

(adv.)
Grammar
þadder, adv.
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Lind. 7, 35

Linked entry: þæder

þreóhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þreóhund-wintre, adj.

Three hundred years old

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Three hundred years old Hé wæs on ðisum lífe þreóhundwintre and fíf-and-sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 23

un-clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-clǽnsian, p. ode

To defile ⬩ pollute

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Lind. 13, 29. Unclaensia inquinare, p, 17, 12

weorþere

(n.)
Grammar
weorþere, es; m.
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Lind. 9, 31. Sóðo uorðares ueri adoratores, 4, 23

mild-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mild-ness, e; f.
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of things
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Ne métte ic nǽfre on mínum lífe swá mycles sáres ne yfeles gemǽccan, Verc. Först. 120, 14

héra

(n.)
Grammar
héra, an; m.

One who obeys another ⬩ a servant ⬩ follower

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Lind. 10, 43. Héra ł þegn minister, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 26. Héro ministros, Rtl. 11, 35. Æþelinga hleó beorna beággifa hérna hildfruma the shelter of princes, ring-giver of warriors, warlike chief of his followers, Elen, Kmbl. 201; El. l01

sóþ

(prefix)
Grammar
sóþ, occurs in the Northern specimens apparently corresponding to Latin pro
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Lind. 1, 50. Sóð cymes procedit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 26. Sóðcuom processit, Rtl. 2, 37: procedit, 57, 6. Sóðfylga prosequere, 29, 36. Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, 29, 28. Sóðlǽde producere, 108, 36. Also (?) sóð-cwide proverbium;

windung

(n.)
Grammar
windung, winnung, e; f.
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Lind. 13, 38. Wynnunga, 26. Wynnung, 25. Ða halm ł ða windungo (winnunge, Rush.) paleas Lk. Skt. Lind.3, 17. Bisin of winnuncum parabolam de zizaniis Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 4. [Cf. O. H.

GǼLAN

(v.)
Grammar
GǼLAN, p. de; pp. ed.

to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri

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v. trans. to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense; retardāre, mŏrāri, impĕdīre Hú lange gǽlst ðú úre líf quousque anĭmam nostram tollis? Jn. Bos. 10, 24.

Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa

sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽtian, sǽtan; p. ode
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To lie in wait for, waylay (with gen. ) Forðam hé hine ne meahte mid openlícum gefeohte ofersuíðan sǽtaþ ðonne diógollíce and sécþ hú hé hine mǽge gefón quia enim publico bello perdidit, ad exercendas occulte insidias exardescit, Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227

Linked entries: sǽt sǽtan sǽtnian

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