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Anglo-Saxon

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hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Why ⬩ what! ⬩ ah!

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Hwæt iudas hét ðá settan ðæt líc ah! then Judas bade them put down the body, H. R. 13, 26. Hwæt mé ðín hand ðyder lǽdeþ etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, Ps. Th. 138, 8.

Linked entries: hwet hwá hwata hwilc-hwega

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter

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His líf ðæm his naman wæs gelíce gegearwod his life was ordered in accordance with his name, 167, 32.

bi-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten
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To deprive by fighting; pugnando privare Feore bifohten deprived of life, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 23; Rä. 4, 32

Linked entry: be-feohtan

copp

(n.)
Grammar
copp, es; m.

A cup, vessel ⬩ calix, vas

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Lind. 9, 41. Copp vas Cot. 175

Linked entry: cop

eordian

(v.)
Grammar
eordian, p. ode; pp. od

To dwell, inhabit ⬩ hăbĭtāre

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To dwell, inhabit; hăbĭtāre Ða on lífes hús eordiaþ they dwell in the house of life. Ps. Th. 134, 21

fett

(adj.)
Grammar
fett, adj.

Fat ⬩ pinguis

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Fat; pinguis He biþ anlícost fettum swínum he is most like to fat swine, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26

ge-nacian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nacian, p. ode, ede, pl. odon, edon; pp. od, ed
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Lind. 2, 4

Linked entry: nacian

irre-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
irre-mód, adj.

Of angry mood ⬩ angry-minded

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Of angry mood, angry-minded Eode yrremód, him of eágum stód líge gelícost leóht unfæger, Beo. Th. 1456; B. 726

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]
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Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

ge-sceód

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceód, part. p.
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Provided with shoes, shod Gesceóde [gescóed, Lind.] mid calcum calciatos sandalis, Mk. Bos. 6, 9: Homl. Th. ii. 264, 9

Linked entry: ge-scód

stand

(n.)
Grammar
stand, es; m.
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A stand, stay, pause, delay Miððý stondas (stando, Lind.) monige wérun cum mora multa fieret, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35

stæg

(n.)
Grammar
stæg, es; n.
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A stay, a rope supporting a mast Stæg safo (in a list of nautical words), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 60

tó-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-geagn, prep. adv.
Entry preview:

Lind. 14, 13

Linked entry: geagn

þurh-trymman

(v.)

to confirm thoroughly ⬩ corroborate

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Lind. 10, 25

wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
wærlan, p. de
Entry preview:

Lind. 9, 1. v. bi-, ge-, ymb-wærlan

Linked entry: ge-wærlan

ymb-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden
Entry preview:

Lind. 9, 42

crístelmǽl-beám

(n.)
Grammar
crístelmǽl-beám, es; m.
Entry preview:

On crístelmǽlbeám ( in a list of boundaries ), C. D. v. 389, 13

ge-hilt

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(used like pl. of hilt with singular meaning] ge-hiltu

mæcca

(n.)
Grammar
mæcca, an; m.
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A consort Ic hæbbe crístenne fæder. . . and his mæcca mín módor is of þyssum lífe gewiten, Hml. S. 33, 103

rísan

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Add Gié dóeð ꝥte ne rísedt facitis quod non licet, Lk. L. 6, 2. Rísað congruunt, An. Ox. 8, 328

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