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Anglo-Saxon

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scír-mǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
scír-mǽled, adj.
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Brightly marked, bright with inlaid ornaments Scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230

sirwe

(n.)
Grammar
sirwe, an ; f.
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An artifice, device, plot, wile Syrwan (serwan) insidiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13 ; Zup. 84, 14

smylte

(adv.)
Grammar
smylte, adv.
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Quietly, mildly, gently Ðonne smylte bláweþ súþan-westan wind, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 17

stencan

(v.)
Grammar
stencan, p. te
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To pant, emit breath with effort Stenecendra renula anhelantium cursorum, Hpt. Gl. 406, 8

Linked entry: stincan

spring-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
spring-wyrt, e; f.
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Wild caper, caper-bush, -plant, -spurge; Euphorbia lathyris, Lchdm. ii. 104, 2: 106, 1

swefel-sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
swefel-sweart, (?); adj.
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Dark with the smoke of sulphur (?) Suefl-sweart sulforia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 61

weorold-earfeþe

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-earfeþe, es; n.
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Labour or trouble of this life Strong wind woruldearfoþa. Met. 7, 26, 35, 49

wyrt-eceddrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-eceddrenc, es; m.
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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11

Linked entry: eced-drenc

áweg-ádrífan

(v.)
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated

fisting

(n.)
Grammar
fisting, físting, e; f.
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Breaking wind (silently) Físting fesiculatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 16: i. 46, 23. Substitute:

ge-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smittian, p. od
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To smudge, smear with dirt, befoul Gesmittad cacabatus, An. Ox. 7, 323 : 8, 282

Linked entry: smittian

ge-fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Substitute: Belted, provided with a belt Twá sweord gefetelsode, C. D. ii. 380, 28

ge-wilsumness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilsumness, e; f.
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A free-will offering Gewilsumnessa múðes mínes voluntaria oris mei, Ps. L. 118, 108

Linked entry: wilsumness

ge-trúwad

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-trúwad, ge-trúwod; adj.
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Inspired with confidence Gebyld, getrúwad fretus, i. fiduciam habens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 71

ge-tunecod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tunecod, adj.
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Provided with a tunic, dressed in a tunic Ge-tunecude togatos, Germ. 393, 155

Linked entry: tunece

langmódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
langmódlíce, adv.
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Patiently, with long-suffering Bróþerlice yfelu sóð lufu langmódlíce ( longanimiter ) byrð, Scint. 5, 2

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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Heó gefylled wæs wísdómes gife she was filled with the gift of wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 2285; El. 1144.

on-fundelness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fundelness, e; f.
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Hyt déþ onfundelnysse ðæs sylfan þinges it will give proof of the same thing, the second method will prove as efficacious as the first, 162, 1

Linked entry: -fundelness

ge-stund

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stund, es; n.
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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their

lifer

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Wiþ þǽre lifre swile, Lch. ii. 200, 1 (and often). His lifere iecor eius, Kent. Gl. 218. Swát ýðum weóll þurh báncofan, blód lifrum swealg (the blood streaming out brought with it parts of the inside of the body ? C f.. Add: —