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wíg-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg-bǽre, adj.

Warlike ⬩ martial ⬩ eager for fighting

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Warlike, martial, eager for fighting Wígbǽre bellicosus, pugnandi cupidus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 36

Barda

(n.)
Grammar
Barda, an; m.

The Apennines

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The Apennines Fór Hannibal ofer Bardan þone beorg, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 33

acas

(n.)
Grammar
acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

An axe ⬩ securis

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Acasa, a Northumbrian form]. Axe, Mt. Rush. Stv. 3, 10

Linked entry: axe

gylece

(n.)
Grammar
gylece, gyleca ?, an; f.
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Some part of a monk's dress Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece ford þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14

stellan

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Þá þára gásta gehwylc his ácsunge synderlíce gerehton, . . . þá stelde (stælde, v. l.) þǽr án forð in heora middle (unus in medium prosiliit), Gr. D. 189, 13. Add

EOLH

(n.)
Grammar
EOLH, cole; gen. eolhes, eolces, eolcs, eolx; m. [eolx vĭdētur genĭtivus ab eolc, eolh, Ettmül. Poet. 288, 15, note]

ELK ⬩ alces

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The Rune RUNE = x seems to stand for the genitive of this word in the Runic poem, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter x, but for eolhx = eolcx = eolcs = eolces of an elk, as, — RUNE [eolhx = eolces] secg eard [seccard MS.] hæfþ oftust on

Linked entries: elch elh eóla

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a face ⬩ countenance ⬩ facies ⬩ vultus ⬩ a view ⬩ aspect ⬩ sight ⬩ form ⬩ figure ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ visus ⬩ visio ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ figura ⬩ a thing to be looked upon ⬩ a sight ⬩ spectaculum ⬩ a view or sight producing desire or longing ⬩ a desire of anything ⬩ want or lack of anything ⬩ desiderium ⬩ defectus

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Th. 5660; B. 2834. a view, aspect, sight, form, figure; aspectus, conspectus, visus, visio, species, forma, figura Fæger ansýne fair in aspect, Runic pm. II; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 341, 19.

Linked entries: and-sýn an-sién an-sín an-sión ehsýne on-seón on-sién sín

a-springan

(v.)
Grammar
a-springan, -spryngan, -sprincan; p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen; v. intrans.

to spring up ⬩ arise ⬩ originate ⬩ break forth ⬩ surgere ⬩ assurgere ⬩ oriri ⬩ exoriri ⬩ rumpi ⬩ prorumpi ⬩ to spring out ⬩ lack ⬩ fail ⬩ cease ⬩ fall away ⬩ deficere ⬩ desinere

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Ne ðám fore yrmþum ðe ðær inwuniaþ líf aspringeþ nor, through sorrows, shall life fail to them that dwell therein, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 8 ; Cri. 1685: 30 b ; Th. 94, 11; Cri. 1538.

Linked entries: a-sprincan a-spryngan springan

norþ-land

(n.)

a northern land

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a northern land Hé fór on Sciððie ða norþland, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3

drync-gemet

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For Nap. 17 substitute Chrd. 15, 24. The Latin is: Prelati quantum debent dare ... nequiuerint

sund-deáw

(n.)
Grammar
sund-deáw, (?), a plant name, rosemary:?-Sundeáw (=sund-deáw? v. sund, II.) rosmarinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 77.
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Sundew remains as a name for drosera rotundifolia, v. E. D. S. Pub., Plant Names

Linked entry: sunn-deáw

cíp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cíp-lic, adj.
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For sale þes sáwle his cýplice hæfð hic animam suam uenalem habet, Scint. 98, 17

démed-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
démed-lic, ; adj.
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D. 336, 20. v. for-démedlic

dysigu

(n.)
Grammar
dysigu, (-o); indict. or gen. e; f.
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Folly, stupidity Neátum gelíce for eówre dysige, Bt. 26; F. 90, 3. v. dysig; n

ge-unblissian

(v.)
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to make unhappy, distress Se bisceop wearð geunblissod for þám blódes gyle, Nap. 22, 25

Linked entry: un-blissian

gós-fugol

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Substitute for Th. Chart. 471, 31 Sex gósfuglas, tén hennfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8

médren-cynn

(n.)
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In l, 2 for reht meódrencynn l. rehtmeódrencynn, and take the passage to riht-médrencynn

ofer-fylness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fylness, e; f.
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Overfullness Hwílum þá swefn for oferfylnesse ( plenitudine ) þǽre wambe . . . beóð ácende, Gr. D. 339, 3

sumer-bóc

(n.)
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a lectionary for the summer Brihtríc hæfð . . . .i. mæssebóc and winterrǽdingbóc and sumerbóc, Nap. 60

u

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Án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 178, 7. Add

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