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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-stund

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stund, es; n.

A noisedin

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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

teón-word

(n.)
Grammar
teón-word, es; n.
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33

DREÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DREÓR, es; m.

Blood cruor

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Dreóre fáhne stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447. Dreóre druncne drunk with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2005; An. 1005

ge-wring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wring, es; n. [ge-wringan comprimere, wringan to wring, torquere]

What one can wring or press outdrinkstrong drinkpotussiceraσίκερα

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What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48

Linked entry: -wring

weorold-wita

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wita, an ; m.
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A secular or lay councillor Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21.

tó-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-þringan, p. -þrang, pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To press asunderscatter by pressure

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To press asunder, scatter by pressure Hwílum ic wíde tóþringe lagustreáma full hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive wide apart the cups of the floods (i.e. the clouds), sometimes let them again glide together, Exon.

dióre

(adv.)
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dearly, with great price, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

feld-rude

(n.)
Grammar
feld-rude, an; f.

Wild ruesilvestris rŭta

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Wild rue; silvestris rŭta, Ben. Lye: Lchdm. Glos. vol. iii. p. 325

rǽd-wita

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-wita, an; m.
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298

ge-négan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-négan, p. de; pp. ed

To approach one with anything, to address,

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To approach one with anything, to address, Elen. Kmbl. 769: El. 385

tynge

(adj.)
Grammar
tynge, adj.
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Skilful with the tongue, rhetorical Tingcum rhetoricis, facundis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41

Linked entry: tingce

þrilig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrilig, adj.

Woven with three threads

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Woven with three threads Þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrielig

un-deáded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáded, adj.

Not deadened

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Not deadened Wiþ springe ge ádeádedum ge undeádedum, Lchdm. ii. 8, 7

Linked entry: -deáded

un-hlís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hlís, un-hlíse?; adj.

Of evil reputedisreputable

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Of evil repute, disreputable On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475

Linked entry: hlís

be-seolfrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seolfrian, -silfran
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to cover with silver Besi(l)frede deargentatae, Ps. Srt. 67, 14

beorc

(n.)
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a bark Wiþ hundes beorc (gebeorc, v. l. ). Lch. i. 28, 20

Linked entry: birce

breóst-nirwett

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-nirwett, es; n.
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Oppression of the chest, angina pectoris Wiþ breóstnyrwette, Lch. iii. 76, 3

Linked entry: nirwett

gird-wíte

(n.)
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Take here <b>gyrd-wíte</b> in Dict

hypebán-ece

(n.)
Grammar
hypebán-ece, es; m.
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Sciatica Wiþ hypebánece, Lch. i. 170, 8. Cf. hype-wærc. þeóh-ece

sundorcræftiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sundorcræftiglíce, adv.
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With special skill, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 18. See preceding word