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lof-sum

(adj.)
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lof-sum, adj.

excellent ⬩ noble

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Deserving praise, excellent, noble Wæstm wæs lofsum, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 17; Gen. 468

bóc-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
bóc-sum, adj.

Obedient, flexible, BUXOM ⬩ obediens, flexibilis ⬩ flexibilis ⬩ flexibilis ⬩ flexibilis

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Obedient, flexible, BUXOM; obediens, flexibilis

weorc-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
weorc-sum, adj.
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Grievous, noxious Deáðes beámes weorcsumne wæstm, Cd. Th. 37, 23; Gen. 594

ang-sum

(adj.)
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Hí þæne ancsuman weg geceósað, be þǽm se Hǽlend cwyð, 'Ancsum and neara is se weg þe tó lífe lǽt,' R. Ben. 20, 9. Add

nyht-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
nyht-sum, adj.
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Abundant Nihtsumere wynne opulenti luxus, An. Ox. 322. Nihtsume abundantes, Ps. L. 71, 12. Þá nihtsumestan spryttinga uberrima plantaria, An. Ox. 1129

tæl-sum

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cwém-sum

Similar entry: ge-cwémsum

will-sum

Similar entry: wil-sum

ang-sum-líc

(adj.)

troublesome ⬩ anxious ⬩ tristis ⬩ sollicitus

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troublesome, anxious; tristis, sollicitus

Linked entry: ang-sum-líce

ang-sum-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ang-sum-líce, adv.

sorrowfully ⬩ eriste

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sorrowfully; eriste

sám-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-cwic, -cucu; adj.

Half-dead

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Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild. Homl. Th. ii. 150, 16

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other

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In this sense it is used as sum in the parallel passage. — Sum man hæfde twegen suna homo quidam habuit duosfilios, Lk. Bos. 15, 11. Similar entries v. sum. sometimes, though rarely, án may be used as the English article a, an.

Linked entries: ǽn ain án ána án-for-lǽtan ánga án-ne ánra ánra-gehwá feáwa for án

sam

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Sam þe fram þám foresǽdon fæder, sam þe fram æfterfyligendum hys tam a predicto patre, quam a sequacibus suis, Angl. xiii. 375, 140: 377, 176. (2 a) sam þe . . . sam :-- Sam þe him sylfum, sam æftergencgum hyra tam sibi, quam successoribus suis, Angl.

súr

(adj.)
Grammar
súr, adj.
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Sour Súr meolc oxygala, acidum lac, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 2. Áwyl on súrum ealaþ, Lchdm. ii. 34, 15: 134, 10. Genim súrne æppel, 132, 15. Dó on súre flétan, 130, 12. Forgá súr and sealtes gehwæt, 56, 23. Genim súre cruman berenes hláfes, 134, 8.

sam

(con.)
Grammar
sam, conj.

Whether, or

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Hý gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer fætels biþ oferfroren sam hit sý sumor, sam winter, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 21, 17. Sam hý fæsten sam hý ne fæsten omni tempore siue jejunii siue prandii, R. Ben. 66, 14.

Linked entries: ge-sam som

sur

Grammar
sur, glosses lurco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 41,
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read (?) siir

Linked entry: sýr

sun-

(prefix)

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sóm

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sám-

(prefix)
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half-; the prefix denotes imperfection

Linked entry: sǽmra

som

Similar entry: sam

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