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un-dilegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted outnot effaced

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Not blotted out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr wrát, ðeáh hé nǽfre náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat

ofer-flówan

(v.)
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., where the contents flow over the side or brim Ðý lǽs mon geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge, ðæt hit ðonne oferflówe, Past. 459, 15

samod-wist

(n.)
Grammar
samod-wist, e; f.
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A being together, common existence Tó þon ꝥ wé sýn swá myccle strangran wið úrum feóndum, swá myccle wé gefremede beóð under eádmódnesse tó þǽre samodwiste þæs ordfruman eallra gesceafta ut tanto nostris hostibus potentiores simus, quanto cum auctore

tó-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tellan, p. -teled

To distinguish in countingcount separately

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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than

ác-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
ác-cyn, -cynn, es; n. [ác oak, cyn kind]

A species of oakilex

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A species of oak; ilex, Mann

æscen

(adj.)
Grammar
æscen, adj.

Ashenashmade of ashfraxineus

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Ashen, ash, made of ash; fraxineus

fæla

(num.; adj.)

many

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many, Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 18

ge-weredlǽht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-weredlǽht, -werodlǽht

sweetenedmade sweetindulcoratus

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sweetened, made sweet; indulcoratus, Scint. 64

be-screopan

(v.)
Grammar
be-screopan, p. -scræp, pl. -scrǽpon; pp. -screpen

To scrape, BESCRAPEradere

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To scrape, BESCRAPE, make level; radere

blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
blódegian, p. ode; pp. od

To make bloodycruentare

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[blódig bloody] To make bloody; cruentare

þwærness

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Add: v. mann-, mód-, un-þwǽrness

be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adornelaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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Ne wát ic mec beworhtne wulle flýsum I know not that I was made with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 11; Rä. 36, 3. He lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét he commanded to make an earthen vessel, 74 a; Th. 277, 3; Jul. 575.

ge-wenian

(v.)
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</b> with complementary adjective, to make tame :-- Wudufuglas wel átemede þeáh heora láreówas him biódan þá ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon (with which they made them tame.

swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs, adj.
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. . . swǽse mæn foreigners . . . men of one's own race, natives L.

Linked entries: swáse swés

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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bibere aquas de Mara, eo quod essent amaræ, unde et congruum loco nomen imposuit vocans ilium Mara, id est amaritudinem, Ex. 15, 23.

Linked entry: bitter-nes

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Th. 139, 2 ; Gú. 587. evil, wickedness, malice, Similar entries v. weádǽd Nǽfre on his weorþige weá áspronge, mearce scyle mán inwides non defecit de plateis ejus usura et dolus, Ps. Th. 54, 10.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

efen-fela

(n.; num.)
Grammar
efen-fela, -feola; indecl.

So many, as many tŏtĭdem, tot

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So many, as many; tŏtĭdem, tot Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde efen-fela bega þeóda and þeáwa the Creator established spacious lands, as many of both nations and manners, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 17; Gn. Ex. 17.

Linked entries: æfen-fela em-fela

manigfeald-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
manigfeald-líc, adj.

Manifoldhaving many partsof many kindsvarious

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Manifold, having many parts, of many kinds, various Ðeáh hit ús manigfealdlíc þince, sum gód, sum yfel, hit is ðeáh him ánfeald gód, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 8.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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A-beran = beran to bear :-- Hefige byrðyna man aberan ne mæg a man is not able to bear heavy burdens, Mt. Bos. 23, 4. Ne here ge sacc nolite portare sacculum, Lk. Bos. 10, 4.

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Ðæt ða cristenan hine tó martyre ne macion that the Christians may not make a martyr of him, Homl. Skt. 5, 460. Hé (Lucifer ) wolde hine macian tó gode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 43.