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Anglo-Saxon

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in-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
in-sittende, part.
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Sitting within Ealra wǽron fífe eorla and idesa insittendra, Exon. 112 b; Th. 432, 3; Rä. 47. 7

giellan

(v.)

to yell

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to yell, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 19; Rä. 25, 3: 82 a; Th. 309, 25; Seef. 62

ge-dreag

(n.)

multitude ⬩ tumult

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multitude, tumult, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 11; Cri. l000 : 103 a; Th. 389, 19; Rä. 7, l0

gegn-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
gegn-pæþ, es; m.

A path along which one goes to oppose another

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A path along which one goes to oppose another, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 27; Rä. 16, 26

ymb-seten

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-seten, ymb-setenn, e; f.
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A row of vines Oemsetinne wiingeardes amtes ( = antes?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 17. v. ymb-settan, ; seten, II

wrǽste

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽste, adf.

Delicately ⬩ elegantly

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Th. 427, 30; Rä. 41, 99

wil-gehléþa

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gehléþa, þa, an; m.

A pleasant comrade

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Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5

stæf-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-rǽw, e; f.

A letter-row ⬩ an alphabet ⬩ an alphabet

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A letter-row, an alphabet Mid stæfrǽwe endebyrdnesse tósceádene alphabeti ordine distinctum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 40

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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to plunder, rifle, spoil, waste, rob a person Úte hí reáfaþ ( vastabit ) swurd, Deut. 32, 25. Se ðe reáfaþ man leóhtan dæge he who robs a man by daylight, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 11. Ǽghwá mec reáfaþ, Exon. Th. 482, 4; Rä. 66, 2.

cwýst ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cwýst ðú, cwýst ðú lá, cwýst tú lá sayest thou? used in questions, as interrog. adv. numquid? — Cwýst ðú eom ic hyt? Mt. Bos. 26, 22

whether it am I? ⬩ numquid ego sum?

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Wyc. note rr; numquid ego sum? Vulg: Ps. Spl. 29, 12: 7, 12

dógian

(v.)
Grammar
dógian, p. ode; pp. od
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-Ic dógode I suffred, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 17; Rä. 1, 9

hyge-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-blíðe, adj.
Entry preview:

Kmbl. 3378; An. 1693: Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 31; Rä. 27, 20

neáh-búend

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-búend, es; m.

A near-dweller ⬩ a neighbour

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Th. 407, 8; Rä. 26, 2

óþ-rówan

(v.)
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to row off Hié ú ó;þreówon they rowed out and away, Chr. 897 ; Erl. 96, 7

regnig

(adj.)
Grammar
regnig, adj.

Rainy

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Th. 380, 18;Rä. 1, 10. sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 33

Linked entry: rénig

þyrrian

(v.)
Grammar
þyrrian, (-an?)

to make or to become dry

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Th. 410, 25; Rä. 29, 4

Linked entry: þyrran

unrǽd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
unrǽd-síþ, es; m.

A foolish ⬩ unprofitable way

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Th. 393, 2; Rä. 12, 4

wǽg-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-fæt, es; n.

A water-vessel ⬩ a cloud

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Th. 384, 33; Rä. 4, 37

ádle

(n.)
Grammar
ádle, an; f.

A disease ⬩ morbus

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A disease; morbus Ne yldo ne ádle neither age nor disease, Exon. 112a; Th. 430, 7; Rä. 44, 4

ǽrend-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-spræc, e; f.

A verbal message ⬩ nuntiatio

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A verbal message; nuntiatio Ǽrendspræce abeódan to announce a verbal message, Exon. 123a; Th. 472, 13; Rä. 61, 15

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