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trendan

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hé cýð hwanon hé cóm pomum licet ab arbore igitur unde reuoluitur tamen prouidit unde nascitur, Angl. i. 285. Add

má-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
má-cræftig, adj.

Very (?) skilledpowerful

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skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, e; f.

An awlsubula

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An awl; subula Hwanon sceó-wyrhtan æl unde sutori subula, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33: L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10. Æl subula, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 27; Wrt. Voc. 16, 2

égor-streám

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Hwanon eágorstreám ofer ýða gewealc eówic bróhte?, An. 258. Ǽnig . . . þára þe . . . on eágorstreám ceól gesóhte, 379. Þǽr git eágorstreám earmum þehton, B. 513. Mere . . . eágor streámas, An. 492. Add

sigor-fæst

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Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

meagol-ness

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Nú gerýst hyt tó swutelianne niid ealre heortan meagolnysse hwanon hé cóm, Angl. viii. 325, 37. Wé sceolon þǽre micclan lufan úrum Drihtne singallíce þancian ǽghwæþer ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum ge eác mid ealre heortan meagolnysse, Hml. A. 153, 39.

hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
hwider, adv.

Whither

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Ðú nást hwanon hé cymþ ne hwyder hé gǽþ non scis unde veniat et quo vadat, 3, 8: 12, 35

Linked entries: hwæder hwyder

fætt

(v.)
Grammar
fætt, part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented bracteātus

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Hwanon ferigeaþ gé fætte scyldas whence bear ye your ornamented shields? 672; B. 333

seámere

(n.)
Grammar
seámere, es; m.
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Hwanon seámere (sartori) nǽdl ? nis hit of mínon geweorce ? Coll. Monast. Th. 30. 33

prútian

(v.)
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to be proud Gif man þone ærcediácon oððe þone právost ágyte ꝥ hí wyllon módiggan oððe prútian si reperti fuerint superbi aut elati, Chrd. 18, 30, Gif him deóflu hwæt on heora geþance lǽren hwanon hí módigian magon oððe prútian ( unde laudari aut extolli

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Hwanon fiscere ancgel?, Coll. M. 30, 33. Hú geféhst þú fixas? Angil ic wyrpe, 23, 11. Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add

á-scrúdnian

(v.)
Grammar
á-scrúdnian, á-scrútnian; p. ode

To examineinvestigate

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Ꝥ wé áscrútnion his fare and ápinsiun his síð hwanon hé cóme, Angl. viii. 305, 46. Heora gerýna áscrútnian, 301, 32. Hig habbað áscrútnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmógun Catus cwydas, 321, 28

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Who; what. in direct questions [with indic. or subj.] Quis hwá is werlíc hád que hwilc is wíflíc, cujus hwæs, cui hwama quo fram hwam ... Gif ic cweðe quis hoc fecit hwá dyde ðis ðonne biþ se quis interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som.

CULTER

(n.)
Grammar
CULTER, cultur ; gen. es; m?

COULTER or CULTER dagger culter, sica

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A COULTER or CULTER dagger ; culter, sica Hwanon ðam yrþlinge culter búton of cræfle mínon unde aratori culter, nisi ex arte mea? Coll. Monasl. Th. 30, 31: Wrt. Voc. 74, 73 . Cultur sica, 287, 5 .

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take toattachdeprehenderecapereinvenire

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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L.

winter-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
winter-tíd, e; f.

Winter-timewinter

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Winter-time, winter Hit is wintertíd nú, and ic wundrie þearle hwanon þes wyrtbrǽð þus wynsumlíce stéme, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 35.

folc-scearu

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Is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded on þysse folcsceare. An. 684. Wæs gefrége in þǽre folcsceare, geond þá werþeóde wíde lǽded, mǽre morgenspel, El. 968. ¶ in B. 73 Kemble would take folc-scearu = folc-land public land, C.

Linked entry: scearu

þæge

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þæge, þage; pron. pl.
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Saga mé hwanon wæs Adames nama gesceapen? Ic ðé secge, fram iiii steorrum. Saga mé, hwæt hátton ðage? Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 1

Linked entry: þage

scear

(n.)
Grammar
scear, es ; m. (?)

A plough-share

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Hwanon ðam yrþlinge sylan scear oððe culter, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid ðære syl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, 19, 19. Hé sceal habban scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 4

nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
nǽdl, e; f.

A needle

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Hwanon seámere nǽdl unde sartori acus, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33. Þurh nǽdle (nédle, Rush.) eáge per foramen acus, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 24 : Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Þurh nǽdle þyrel, Mk. Skt. 10, 25 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1.