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Anglo-Saxon

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cépan

(v.)
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Add: to observe, notice. with acc. Zachéus cépte þæs Hǽlendes fær, Hml. Th. i. 580, 28. with clause Sé ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépð hé hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, Hml. Th. i. 484, 10.

hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing

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Mid godwebbenum hræglum with purple raiment, Blickl. Homl. 95, 20. Hrægl spolia, Ps. Spl. 67, 13

Linked entry: hrægl

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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Add: to touch with the hand, come in contact with Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán, Mt. 9, 20) þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13.

feorh-eácen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feorh-eácen, part.

Endued with life ⬩ living ⬩ vītâ auctus ⬩ vīvens

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Endued with life, living; vītâ auctus, vīvens Feorheáceno cynn inc hýrað eall all races endued with life shall obey you two, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 17; Gen. 204

gilp-hlæden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gilp-hlæden, part. p.

Vaunt-lade

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Vaunt-laden Cyninges þegn gums gilp-hlæden gidda gemyndig a king's thane, a man filled with lofty themes, with memory rich in songs, Beo. Th. 1740; B. 868

geond-geótan

(v.)
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Ꝥ of þám ilcan wíne wǽron gesewene uneáðe ealle þá fatu geondgotene ut ex eodem vino omnia vascula vix infusa viderentur, Gr. D. 58, 27. <b>III a.</b> to saturate, soak with :-- Grytte geondgotene mid wíne, Lch. ii. 200, 9.

teoru

(n.)
Grammar
teoru, teoro, teru(-o), tearo, taru: gen. teorwes, also tearos; n.: teora, tara, an; m.
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Wiþ teorwe, 132, 5. Meng wiþ sóte sealt, teoro, hunig, 76, 8: 134, 11. Dó of ðínum eáran ðæt teoro, 112, 3. Meng wiþ pipor and wiþ teoran, 76, 7

Linked entries: tara tearo tero treów-teoru blæc-teru

hwéne

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Add: Almost always with comparatives. with adj. Syxtig míla brád, oþþe hwéne brádre, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 31. Sió lyft bioþ hwéne hnescran gecynde, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 27. with adv. Þæt is tó heriaune hwéne rihtlícor, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 13.

feld-wurma

(n.)

the plant wild marjoram

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the plant wild marjoram

ge-monnad

manned, supplied with men

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manned, supplied with men

á-blend

(adj.)
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efn-

(prefix)
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For compounds with efn-

ge-limpwíse

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Dele. l. gelimp, wíse

-lendan

(v.; suffix)
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to endow with land

leód-wita

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Add: cf. þeód-wita

wind-hladen

(adj.)
Grammar
wind-hladen, adj.

Wind-laden ⬩ windy ⬩ Lye

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Wind-laden, windy, Lye

coerin

(n.)

boiled wine

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boiled wine Cot. 61

gold-hroden

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-hroden, adj.
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Adorned with gold Cwén goldhroden the queen adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 1232; B. 614: 1285; B. 640: 3900; B. 1948: 4054; B. 2025: Exon. 86 a; Th. 324, 29; Víd. 102

ge-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-fæstlíce, adv.
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with certainty Ic his nát náht gefæstlíce nihil abs te dictum est quod me scire audeam dicere, Solil. H. 32, 9. firmly, with constancy Gelýf gefæstlíce Gode constanter Deo crede, 53. 12

ge-wyrmsed

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrmsed, ge-wyrsmed; adj.
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Lǽcedómas wiþ þǽre lifre wunde þonne se swile gewyrsmed tóbyrst, Lch. ii. 202, 14. Wiþ innan gewyrs-medum geswelle, 6, 27 : 72, 21

Linked entries: wyrmsan ge-wyrsmed

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