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Anglo-Saxon

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eárede

(adj.)
Grammar
eárede, adj.
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Having a handle Eárede (printed earde, but see Angl. viii. 450) fæt cratera, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 25

fleax-líne

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-líne, an; f.
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Hé sceal fela towtóla habban; flexlínan, spinle, reól, Angl. ix. 263, 10

for-gryndan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gryndan, p. de

destroy

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To send to the bottom, destroy Hit eall se gífra flód forswealh and forgrinde, Angl. xi. 2, 40

ge-fær

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Oð þára Israhéla bearna gefære of Egyptum, Angl. xi. 9, 8. Add

ge-treów

(n.)
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faith, fidelity Gif þé þurh getreówa findan þá þe findan, forgef mé þone cræft, Angl. xii. 512, 7

Linked entry: treów

leóþ-wíse

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Þás þing magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 3. Add

lár-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
lár-fæsten, es; n.
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A fast imposed as discipline Ǽfæstenu . . . and mínra dǽda gewitena lárfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 63

fóre-gísel

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-gísel, gen. -gísles; m. [gísel a hostage]

A foremost hostageprincipal or eminent hostagepræstans vel electus obses

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Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþas geseald, and Eást-Engle fóregísla vi the Northumbrians and East-Angles had given oaths to king Alfred, and the East-Angles six principal hostages, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 4

sam

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Add: sam . . . sam Sam (tam) gebróþrum, sam (quam) eallum geleáffullum, Angl. xiii. 414, 706.

býge

(n.)
Grammar
býge, bíge, es; m. [býgan to bow]
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A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26.

Linked entry: bíge

bén-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
bén-dæg, es; m.
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A rogation day Þá dagas synt geháten on Lýden rogacionum dies, and on Englisc béndagas, Angl. viii. 329, 26

datárum

(n.)
Grammar
datárum, indecl. m.
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Date Be þám datárum nonarum Aprilium, Angl. viii. 304, 46. Gif man rǽt þæne datárum on Sunnandæge, 302, 20

ge-gyltan

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Hé gegylte on neorxnawonge, Angl. xi. 1, 15. Ic eom ondetta synne þe hié on gegyltan, 98, 21. Add

hæcewol

Grammar
hæcewol, l. cæce-pol
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a catch-pole, tax-gatherer Kæcepol (printed . æcewol, but see Angl. viii. 449) exactor, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 44

hord-fæt

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Add: — Búrþén cancellarius vel scriniarius [hordfæt scrinium vel cancellaria, Angl. viii. 452, omitted after], Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 3

ort-geard

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Angl. ix. 261, 24. Add: — Orceard rǽran, Synt orceardas gedafenlice æpplum sunt pomaria congrua malis, Lch. i. lxii, 8

un-gelustfullung

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelustfullung, (?), e; f.
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unclǽnre in concupiscentia et in delectaíione inmunda, Angl. xi. 116, 12

ge-hrepian

(v.)
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Add Wé habbað þás þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 324, 6. Wé habbað be Ianuarium manega þing gehrepode, 309, 24

Linked entry: ge-hrepod

canter-cæppe

(n.)
Grammar
canter-cæppe, (-cæpp?), an; f.
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A cope Se abbud mid cantercæppan (cappa) gescrýdd, Angl. xiii. 403, 546. III. cantercæppa[n?], Cht. Th. 429, 23

Linked entry: cæppe

ciric-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-gang, es; m.
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Church-going, churching of a woman Oþ cyricgange sc̃a Marian usque ad purificationem Sanctae Mariae, Angl. xiii. 399, 484