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Anglo-Saxon

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wæfer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-hús, es; n.

A theatre ⬩ amphitheatre

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A theatre, amphitheatre Hé lǽdde hí tó ðam wæferhúse, ðǽr ða deór wunodon, beran and león, ðe hí ábítan sceoldon, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 49

mǽl-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-tíd, e; f.
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Nap. 84) metes ne ábítan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 7

ryðða

(n.)
Grammar
ryðða, an; m.

A large dog, mastiff blood-hound

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Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde, ðæt hé hine ábítan sceolde, Homl. Th. i. 372, 34

Linked entries: hryðða roð-hund

wyrm-galdere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdere, es; m.

A serpent-charmer ⬩ sorcerer

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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Hé hét sumne wyrmgaldere micle næddran hire in tó gelǽdan, ðæt seó hí ábítan sceolde. Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede, and seó næddre stód be hire; ðonne seó fǽmne onleát, ðonne onleát seó næddre.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The prefixed a- does not always appear to alter the signification : in this case it is generally omitted in modern English words derived immediately from Saxon,—thus, Aberan to bear; abrecan to break; abítan to bite.

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