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Anglo-Saxon

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un-geteórigendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geteórigendlic, adj.
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Inexhaustible, unfailing Wé magon þurh ꝥ ús gegaderian þæne ungeteórigendlican goldhord, Nap. 87

brócung

(n.)
Grammar
brócung, e; f. [bróc,
affliction, sickness
]

affliction, sickness ⬩ Sickness ⬩ ægritudo

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Sickness; ægritudo Þurh his brócunge through his sickness, Homl. Th. i. 472, 7

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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Plundering Þurh hǽðenra manna gehresp and gestrodu, Nap. 30. See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

ge-flǽscod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-flǽscod, adj.
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Incarnate Þurh ꝥ geflǽscode Godes word, Hml. S. 23 b, 597

Linked entry: flǽscod

langmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
langmód-ness, e ; f.
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Patience, long-suffering Geþyldig þurh langmódnysse patiens per longanimitatem Scint. 10, 17

be-brúcan

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Add Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bél, Shrn. 4, 5

cýpan

(v.)
Grammar
cýpan, cípan; ic cýpe, ðú cýpest, cýpst, he cýpeþ, cýpþ, pl. cýpaþ; p. cýpte, ðú cýptest, pl. cýpton,cíptun

To sell ⬩ vendere

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To sell; vendere Ic wylle cýpan volo vendere, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19. Ic cýpe míne þingc ego vendo meas res, 26, 33. Hwǽr cýpst ðú fixas ðine ubi vendis pisces tuos? 23, 21. Ðú sældest vel cýptest folc ðín vendidisti populum tuum, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 14

Linked entries: be-cýpan cípan cíptun

slápolness

(n.)
Grammar
slápolness, e; f.
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Ic syngede þurh slǽwþe and þurh slápelnesse per accidiam et somnolentiam, Confess. Peccat

mǽg-rǽdenn

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Hé cwæð tó his hláforde þe him wæs þurh his dohtor on mǽgrædenne accersito ejus domino sibi per f iliam propinquo Gr. D. 181, 19. Be his freóndum þe him gesibbeste synt and þurh mǽgrǽdenne nébste, Hml. A. 139, 36. Add

plætt

(n.)
Grammar
plætt, a sounding blow, a smack : in the compound
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eár-plætt Drihten ús sealde hǽlu þurh ðám eárplættum, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25

Linked entries: eár-plætt spor-plætt

ge-híwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwian, <b>; IV.</b>
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Manega geleáfan Crtítes ... þurh leáse híwunge gehealdan hí gehíwiað ( simulant ), Scint. 129, 12. Add

ǽ-swice

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swice, es; m.
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Failure in the keeping of the law Þurh lahbrycas and ǽswicas, Wlfst. 164, 3

Linked entry: swice

gilp-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-ness, e; f.
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Boastfulness, pride Þurh gelpnesse heortan per jac-tantiam cordis Ps. L. fol. 182 b

Linked entries: gelp-ness gelp-ness

lár-leást

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Hí ná cunnan náþor þurh lárleáste ne lǽdan ne lǽran, Wlfst. 276, 6. Add

hæfenleást

(n.)
Grammar
hæfenleást, e; f.

Poverty, penury

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Poverty, penury Þurh hæfenleáste through poverty, Lchdm. iii. 442, 19 : Ps. Lamb. 43, 27

ofer-weder

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-weder, es; n.

Storm, tempest

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Storm, tempest Heora scipu sume þurh oferweder wurdon tóbrocene. Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 22

stric

(n.)
Grammar
stric, es; m.(?)
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Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh stric oððe steorfan, þurh unwæstm oððe unweder, L. I. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 29

þorfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þorfa, adj.
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[Icel. þurfi or þurfa wanting, in need of. Cf. Goth. ga-þaurbs continens.] Cf. þearfa

Linked entry: þorfnian

un-wærscipe

(n.)
Grammar
un-wærscipe, es; m.

Heedlessness ⬩ inconsiderateness ⬩ imprudence

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Heedlessness, inconsiderateness, imprudence Ða gé forluron þurh unwærscipe, Homl. Th. i. 68, 4

Linked entry: wær-scipe

in-gyte

(n.)
Grammar
in-gyte, es; m.
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Infusion Þurh ingyte háliges gástes per infusionem sancti spiritus, Angl. xiii. 395, 424

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