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Anglo-Saxon

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æðel-íc

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
æðel-íc, -íce. v. æþel-
ic, -
íce.

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æþel-ic

Grammar
æþel-ic, æþel-lic.
Entry preview:

Þǽre æþelican inlustris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 75. Add

inn-elfe

Similar entry: in-ylfe

ir-furlang

Entry preview:

On irfurlanges díc; and of irfurlanges díc ðæt on mǽrdíc, C. D. Hi. 405, 32. Cf. (?) furlang; II. (?)

Linked entry: fur-lang

ir-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ir-ness, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Anger Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten þurh eornessetó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ, 61. H. 123, 8, 11. Wé sceolon úrum þám néxtan forlǽtan ealle þá eornesse (yr-, v. l. ) and þá æfþancan þe hí wið ús gewyrcað, Hml, A. 160, 196, 201

Linked entry: eorness

ís-earn

(n.)
Grammar
ís-earn, es; m.
Entry preview:

A kingfisher Ísern (-ęrn, -aern) alcion, alchior, Txts. 39, 115. Ísen alcion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 44: alchior, 7, ll

Linked entry: earn

hring

Grammar
hring, in wópes hring.
Entry preview:

Add: Though a noun, hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase

ég-

(prefix)
Grammar
ég-, Used in composition
Entry preview:

water, sea; aqua, măre

-sweorf

(suffix)
Grammar
-sweorf, in ge-sweort
Entry preview:

rasura ferri, ferrugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 65: 35, 32

innihte

Grammar
innihte, l. in rihte,
Entry preview:

and see riht; II

on-rád

Grammar
on-rád, In l. 2
Entry preview:

for 'fatigue' substitute 'benefit'

sóþ-scipe

Grammar
sóþ-scipe, in fore-sóðscip
Entry preview:

prolatione, Mt. p. 15, 13

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, used in composition,—

water ⬩ sea ⬩ aqua ⬩ mare

Entry preview:

water, sea; aqua, mare

Linked entries: scill EÁ -mang ge- weard

mǽr-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-bróc, es; in.

A brook which forms a boundary

Entry preview:

A brook which forms a boundary, cf. mearc-bróc Tó mǽrbróce; of mǽrbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)

Linked entries: bróc mǽr-ác

swegran

(n.)
Grammar
swegran, in ge-swegran
Entry preview:

cousins; consobrimi i. ex sorore et fratre, vel ex duabus sororibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 18

-swelge

(suffix)
Grammar
-swelge, in ge-swelge
Entry preview:

Geswelge barathrum Hpt. Gl. 421, 30. Ge-swelgum charybdibus, voraginibus, 513, 29. Cf. swelwhe of a water or of a grownde vorago, Prompt. Parv. 482. [

tridwet

Grammar
tridwet, in getridwet spere
Entry preview:

hasta, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 40

westan-súþan

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
westan-súþan, in be-westansúþan
Entry preview:

to the south-west Be-westansúðan Corinton, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 10, 24, 27

Linked entry: be-westan-súþan

énd

Grammar
énd, l. end in.

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ana-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
ana-wyrm, es; m. [ana = an, in in, as in Goth. anahneiwan inclinare; wyrm a worm]

An intestinal worm ⬩ lumbricus

Entry preview:

An intestinal worm; lumbricus Gif anawyrm on men weaxe if an intestinal worm grow in a man, L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm, ii. 114, 13, 18, 23

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