Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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dæg

(n.)
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ǽrest .iii. scipu, Chr. 787; P. 54, 4. time during which something exists Hé geseah þá ceastre and cwæð: 'Eálá, gif þú wistest on þysum þínum dæge,' Lk. 19, 42. v. ár, bæd-, bebod-, bén-, ceáp-, cípe-, clǽn*-*sung-, eáster-, eáster-freóls-, foran-, fugol

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Nis nænigu gecynd cwiclifigende, ne fugol ne fisc ..., Sal. 419. Þone feónd þisse menniscan gecynd, Bl. H. 31, 32. Þá hálgan setl gefylde mid þǽre menniscan gecynde, 121, 35: Past. 411, 32. Tó wlitegum engla gecynde, Hml. Th. i. 12, 14.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling

Entry preview:

Dúst stonc tó heofonum, Ra. 30, 12. of exalted position Þú,Cappernaum, cwyst þú bysi þú úpáhafen oð heofen, Mt. ii. 23. the region of the atmosphere in which birds fly, clouds float, moisture is stored, Similar entries v. heofon-fleógende, -flód, -fugol

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

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