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Anglo-Saxon

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wæscestre

(n.)
Grammar
wæscestre, an; f.
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One who washes. used of a man Iobinus wæs mín wæscestre (fullo), Gr. D. 191, 23 : 192. of a woman Hé wæs lufigende his wæscestran (presbyteram) swá swá his ágne swuster . . . þá þá hine geseah seó his wæscestre, Gr. D. 276, 1-14

an-lec

(n.)

a respect

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a respect, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67, MS. D

þole-mód

(n.)
Grammar
þole-mód, (?) patience
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Patientia ðæt is ðolmód, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 334, MS. D

æsp-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
æsp-hangra, an; m.
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An aspen wood On ðonæ æsphangran, C. D. v. 173, 11

fédels-swín

(n.)
Grammar
fédels-swín, es; n.
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A fatted swine (?) .i. fédelsswín, C. D. B. i. 367, 40

Linked entry: fédels

fleax-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-æcer, es; m.

A flax-field

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A flax-field On ðá flexæcyras, C. D. v. 389, 16

for-lǽtedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽtedness, e; f.

Intermission

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Intermission Bútan forlǽtednesse (-end- ? -en- ?) sine intermissione, Gr. D. 227, 16

Linked entry: -lǽtedness

ge-metfæstlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-metfæstlic, adj.
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Moderate, gentle Mid gemetfæstlicre þreáunge modesta increpatione, Gr. D. 145, 17

gníþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gníþelíce, adv.
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Scantily, sparingly Geótende swíþe gnéðelíce exigue fundendo, Gr. D. 51, 13

hreód-gírd

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-gírd, e; f.
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A reed, cane [H]reó[d]gyrde calamum, Germ. 390, 48

holen-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
holen-stybb, es; m.
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A holly-stump Æt ðǽm holenstypbum, C. D. iii. 383, 27

mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽle, adj.
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Marked, spotted On mǽlan beorh middeweardne, C. D. v. 166, 3

norþ-hyrne

(n.)
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a north-corner Tó mórmǽde norðhyrnan, C. D. iii. 449, 20

ofer-hogodness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hogodness, e; f.
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Pride: — Þurh oferhogodnysse gást per superbiae spiritum, Gr. D. 144, 4

pric-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
pric-þorn, es; m.
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A prickly thorn tree On pricþorn, C. D. iii. 436, 16

stígan

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2 Add Hé ofer þone geard stáh, Gr. D. 23, 26

strengu

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Add: v. Gr. D. 48, 5: 214, 28 under preceding word

þearlwísness

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Seó strengð þǽre þearlwísnesse vis districtionis, Gr. D. 336, 25. Add

þrowend-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þrowend-hád, es; m.
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Martyrdom Þæs þrowendhádes seó geearrung martyrii meritum, Gr. D. 231, 8

un-ætspornen

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For 'Dial. l, 9' substitute: Gr D. 60, 26, and add :

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