þunung
A creaking ⬩ a rattle
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A creaking, a rattle Þununge crepitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 25. Þununga crepundiorum, 23, 64
wudu-herpaþ
A public road through a wood
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A public road through a wood On ðone wuduherpaþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 213, 2
wund-swaþu
The trace of a wound ⬩ a scar
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The trace of a wound, a scar Wundsweðe míne cicatrices meae, Ps. Surt. 37, 6
sáwere
A sower
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A sower Út eode se sáwere his sǽd tó sáwenne, Mt. Kmbl. A. 13, 3.
weaxhláf-sealf
A salve consisting of a cake of wax
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A salve consisting of a cake of wax Wið weaxhláfsealfe gemeng, Lchdm. ii. 246, 9
bryhtm
a glance
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a glance Eágan bryhtm an eye's glance, a moment, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 20
slíþness
A formation (?), a graven image
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A formation (?), a graven image Hí þeówedon slíþnesse servierunt sculptilibus Ps. Spl. T. 105, 33
Linked entry: slíþe
hlóþ-sliht
Slaying by a member of a 'hlóþ'
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Slaying by a member of a 'hlóþ', L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 5
hlyn
The name of a tree, ⬩ maple [?]
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The name of a tree, maple [?], Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 17; Rä. 56, 9
Linked entry: hlin
scip-steall
A place for a ship
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A place for a ship Andlang streámes on scypsteal, God. Dip. B. iii. 316, 16
þeór-wyrm
A worm in a boil
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A worm in a boil Wiþ þeórwyrme on fét, Lchdm. ii. 12, 2: 118, 25
wiht-mearc
A weight-mark ⬩ a plumb-line
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A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75
áttor-sceaða
A poisonous destroyer ⬩ a venomous dragon ⬩ serpent ⬩ hostis venenosus ⬩ draco venenosus ⬩ serpens
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A poisonous destroyer, a venomous dragon, serpent; hostis venenosus, draco venenosus, serpens Bútan ðam áttorsceaðan save to the venomous destroyer, Exon. 96 a; Th. 357, 24; Pa. 33: Beo. Th. 5670; B. 2839
Linked entries: átor-sceaða sceaþa
leód-wita
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A man of intelligence in a people Ðá wǽron þeódwitan [leódwitan, MS. H.] weorþscipes wyrþe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12. v. Grmm. R. A. 267
Linked entry: þeód-wita
ge-lagu
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Substitute: <b>ge-læg,</b> es; n. A lay, layer, material spread out, a stretch of water Ofer holma gelagu, Seef. 64. [Cf. Icel. lag a layer.] Cf. licgan
hell-rún
A sorceress
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A sorceress, one who has a spirit of divination Helrún pithonis (cf. pithonissa, spiritus inferni. Corp. Gl. H. 6, 252), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 64: 69, 20. Fram helrúnum a pithonibus, 3, 37
Linked entry: hel-rán
Clofes hoo
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Cliff, near Rochester Her sinoþ wæs æt Clofes hoo [æt Clofes hó, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 822] there was a synod at Cliff, Chr. 822; Th. 111, 14, col. l; 110, 14, col. l, 2. Æt Clofes hóum at Cliff, Th. Diplm. A. D. 803; 52, 32: A.
Linked entry: Cleofes hoo
sweord-bora
one who bears a sword for his own use, a swordsman ⬩ one who bears his lord's sward, a swordbearer
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one who bears a sword for his own use, a swordsman Sweord spata vel pugio, swyrdbora spatarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 8. Swurdbora, 84, 13.
wearda
A watchman or a watch
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Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16
G
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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;