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Anglo-Saxon

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wráþian

(v.)
Grammar
wráþian, p. ode

To be angry ⬩ to anger

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To be angry Ða ténu ongunnun wráðiga (wurǽðia, Lind. indignari), Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 41

á-mánsod

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Ne ǽnig man gemánan wið ámánsode (-mánsu*-*mode, v. l. ) hæbbe, Wlfst. 71, 3. Add

Linked entry: -mánsod

cirlisce

(adv.)
Grammar
cirlisce, adv.
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As in the case of a 'ceorl' Gilde man cirlisce, Ll. Th. i. 188, 14

démed-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
démed-lic, ; adj.
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That may be judged Hwæthugu démedlices aliquid judicabile, Gr. D. 336, 20. v. for-démedlic

fǽcen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
fǽcen-nes, (?)

deceit ⬩ guile ⬩ wile

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deceit, guile, wile Wá middangeard from fǽknissum vae mundo a scandalis, Mt. R. 18, 7

fore-bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
fore-bisceop, es; m.

A high priest

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A high priest Abiathar wæs in ðǽm tíd fore*-*biscop, Mt. L. 1, 18 note

ge-þeódlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódlǽcan, p. ge-þeódlǽhte
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To adhere, cleave to Ðá rihtan geðeódlǽhtun mé recti adheserunt mihi, Ps. L. 24, 21

Linked entry: -þeódlǽcan

ge-fill

(n.)
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a fall Getimbro temples foresægde ðá gefaello aedificationes templi praenuntiat ruituras, Mk. p. 5, 7

Linked entry: ge-fæll

ge-wæccan

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Hé ðǽm doruorde bebeád ꝥte gewæhte ianitori praecipiat ut uigilet, Mk. L. 13, 34. Add

hundteóntigfealde

(adv.)
Grammar
hundteóntigfealde, adv.
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Mt. R. 19, 29

leác-blæd

(n.)
Grammar
leác-blæd, es; n.
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A leek leaf Þis man sceal wið ꝥ gedrif wrítan on þreóm leácbladan, Nap. 41

mete-awul

(n.)
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a meat-hook (?) Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

recenian

(v.)
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Add: to pay Recna man iungere Brún án marc gol, C. D. iv. 59, 8

þringan

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In l. 9 the MS. has þrym̃e (not þryme). Add Gúðcyst on þrang, Exod. 343

un-fæger

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Swá sceort man and swá unfægger (-fæger, v.l. ) on ansýne, Gr. D. 46, 20. Add

be-lecgan

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Add: to cover with material Sé þe mé ( a book ) frætewum belegde, Nap. 35, 18

for-dilemengan

(v.)
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to dissemble, not to observe Ne fordilemenge man gyltas neque dissimulent peccata, Chrd. 18, 9

fram-lic

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His dǽde beóð framlica (fran-, MS.) opera eius fortia erunt, Archiv cxxviii. 300, 10. Add

byccen

(adj.)
Grammar
byccen, adj.
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Of a goat Tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles bucinas), Chrd. 48, 26

Linked entry: biccen

reord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
reord-hús, es ;n.;

A house; or ;room where meals are taken;

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; A house; or ;room where meals are taken; Reordhús ;cenaculum,; Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15

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