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Anglo-Saxon

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stæpe

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</b> the mark left by the foot, a trace (lit. or fig.); vestigium :-- Ðonne beóð ðá fét gesewene, ðonne mon ongiet mid hwelcum stæpum ðæt náwht wæs ðurhtogen, ac ðeáh ðæt unclǽne mód féhð on ðá ládunga, and mid ðǽre beheleð his fét and ðá stæpas

ge-endebrednian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebrednian, p. ade; pp. ad

To set in order ⬩ ordinare

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Lind. 1, 1. Geendebrednege ordinare, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 2

Linked entry: endebyrdnian

sprǽc-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc-ærn, -ern, es; n.
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Lind. Rush. 18, 28: 19, 9. Cf. sprǽc-hús

tyge-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
tyge-hóc, es; m.
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A hook to pull with, the word occurs in a list of implements Scafan, sage, cimbíren, tigehóc, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entry: hóc

þír

(n.)
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Lind. 18, 17. [The Scandinavian form þýr?]

un-wyrttrumian

(v.)
Grammar
un-wyrttrumian, p. ode
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Lind. 13, 29

á-dreógendlic

(adj.)
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Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3

riht-regol

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Add: a lawful rule of life Wé bebeódað ꝥte Godes þeówas hiora ryhtregol on ryht healdan, Ll. Th. i. 102, 15

ed-hwyrft

Grammar
ed-hwyrft, <b>.
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</b> Add: Hé ús edhwyrft forgeaf tó þám écean lífe þe wé ǽr forworhton, Verc. Först. 78, 18

wacen

(n.)
Grammar
wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.
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Lind. 14, 25. Ymb ða feárða wacune (wacan, Lind.) circa quartam uigiliam, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 48. On ða æfterra wacone (waccane, Lind.) in secunda uigilia, Lk. Skt.

Linked entries: a-wacan wacan wacon wæcen weacen

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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Lind. 6, 17

BOD

(n.)
Grammar
BOD, es; pl. u, o, a; n.
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Lind. Stv. 22, 36: Mk. Lind. Stv. 12, 28, 29, 30, 31: Lk. Lind. Stv. 2, 1. Bod on cine diploma, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 110; Wrt. Voc. 46, 67.

récels

(n.)
Grammar
récels, es; n.
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Lind. 19, 39. Genim ðás ylcan wyrte for rýcels (récels, MS. O.), Lchdm. i. 302, 6

Linked entries: rýcels rícels

be-légan

(v.)
Grammar
be-légan, bi-légan; p. -légde; pp. -légd

To surround with flame ⬩ circumflagrare flamma

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To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma Líge belégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe] Cd. 188; Th. 234, 22; Dan. 296

Linked entries: bi-légan be-légan

bretta

(n.)
Grammar
bretta, an; m.
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A steward, lord, the Lord; dispensator, dominus, Deus Lífes Bretta Lord of life, Ps. C. 50, 122; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 122

feorh-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-þearf, e; f.

Distress of life, urgent need ⬩ vītæ necessĭtas

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Distress of life, urgent need; vītæ necessĭtas Drihten me hraðe gefultuma æt feorhþearfe Dŏmĭne ad adjūvandum me festīna, Ps. Th. 69, 1

ge-gerelad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gerelad, -gerlad; part.

Clothed ⬩ indutus

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Lind. 1, 6

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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Lind. 8, 25. Gelósiga perdet, 16, 25. Ðæt gelósade quod perierat, 18, 11

Linked entry: losian

hálgawaras

(n.)
Grammar
hálgawaras, pl.
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Lind. 27, 52

in-líhtian

(v.)
Grammar
in-líhtian, p. ode

To illumine ⬩ enlighten

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Lind. 11, 36. Inlíchtade inluminasset : inlíchtet inluminatus, Jn. Skt. p. 6, 1, 2

Linked entry: -líhtian

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