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Anglo-Saxon

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æscstede-ród

(n.)
Grammar
æscstede-ród, e; f.

A cross marking a battlefield

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A cross marking a battlefield ? Of dære greátan apeldre on æscstederóde, C. D. iii. 135, 22

horn-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
horn-fisc, es; m.

A garfish, a kind of pike garfish,esox belone

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A garfish, a kind of pike Hornfisc plegode glád geond gársecg, Andr. Kmbl. 740; An. 370

slífe-scóh

(n.)

a loose shoe easily drawn on, a slipper

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a loose shoe easily drawn on, a slipper Socc, slébescóh soccus Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 69

Linked entry: slébe-scóh

hláford-gift

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-gift, hláford-gift, es; m. or n.
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Grant by a lord (? cf. hláford ; II 4 a), appointment by a lord to a command(?)

loppe

(n.)
Grammar
loppe, an; f.

A flea a spidera silk-worm

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Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.

a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolfa fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf

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as an epithet of a warrior, a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod, Byrht.

breahtm

(n.)
Grammar
breahtm, brehtm, bearhtm, beorhtm, byrhtm, es; m.

A noise, tumult, sound, cry;fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor, vociferatio to break

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A noise, tumult, sound, cry; fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor, vociferatio Ðá wearþ breahtm hæfen then a noise was raised, Exon. 36 a; Th. 118, 1; . 233. Breahtem stígeþ a tumult rises, 83 b; Th. 314, 25, note; . 19.

béce

(n.)
Grammar
béce, bǽce, beóce, an; f.

A beech-treea tree bearing mastfagusæsculus

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A beech-tree, a tree bearing mast; fagus, æsculus Béce fagus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 21

Linked entries: bǽce beóce

eád-wacer

(n.)
Grammar
eád-wacer, es; m.

A watchman of propertybonōrum custos

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A watchman of property; bonōrum custos Exon. 101 a; Th. 380, 30; . 1, 16

Linked entry: wacor

heoru-sweng

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-sweng, es; m.

A blow with a sword,

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A blow with a sword, Beo. Th. 3184; B. 1539: Andr. Kmbl. 1903; An. 954

iú-mann

(n.)
Grammar
iú-mann, es; m.
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A man of old, of a former time Iúmonna gold, Beo. Th. 6096; B. 3052

Linked entry: geó-mann

mearc-denu

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-denu, e; f.

A valley which serves as a boundary

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A valley which serves as a boundary mearcdene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 23

mere-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
mere-hrægel, es; n.

A sea-garmenta sail

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A sea-garment, a sail Merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3815; B. 1905

mere-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
mere-wíf, es; n.

A water-witchwoman living in a lake

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A water-witch, woman living in a lake (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 3042; B. 1519

míl-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
míl-gemet, es; n.

A mile-measurea mile-stone

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A mile-measure, a mile-stone On ðæt mílgemæt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 21

bócce

(n.)
Grammar
bócce, beóce, béce, bǽce, an; f.

A beech-treefagusæsculusa beech-tree

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A beech-tree; fagus = φηγόs; æsculus. Similar entries v. bóc, e; f. a beech-tree

Linked entries: béce béce

scip-steall

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steall, es; m.
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A place for a ship Andlang streámes on scypsteal, God. Dip. B. iii. 316, 16

synnicge

(n.)
Grammar
synnicge, (-ecge)an f.

A sinner, a sinful womanpeccatrix

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A sinner, a sinful woman; peccatrix Seó ( Mary Magdalen ) wæs ǽrest synnecge, Shrn. 107, 10

þeór-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-wyrm, es; m.
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A worm in a boil Wiþ þeórwyrme on fét, Lchdm. ii. 12, 2: 118, 25

þunung

(n.)
Grammar
þunung, e; f.

A creakinga rattle

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A creaking, a rattle Þununge crepitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 25. Þununga crepundiorum, 23, 64