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Anglo-Saxon

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sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, ⬩ one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 13. Mæssepreóst sceal habban ... sang-bóc ..., L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 1. Nú sindon ðǽr ( in the church at Exeter) ii. fulle sangbéc. Chart. Th. 430, 8

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Þonne bið ús gesewen þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs, þeáh þe wé hit nú geortrýwan (-trúwian, v. l.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18.

æsce

(n.)
Grammar
æsce, g. æscean; f.

Ashes

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Ashes Forðon ic anlíc ætt æscean hláfe quia cinerem sicut panem manducabam, Ps. Th. 101, 7: 147, 5

ears-lýre

(n.)
Grammar
ears-lýre, es; m ? [lyre = líra muscle]

The breech-muscle, the breech ⬩ nătes

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The breech-muscle, the breech; nătes Earslýre nătes, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 71; Wrt. Voc. 44, 53

ears-þerl

(n.)
Grammar
ears-þerl, es; n. [þerl=þyrel a hole]

Fŏrāmen āni, ānus

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Fŏrāmen āni, ānus Ears-þerl ānus vel verpus, Ælíf. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 72; Wrt. Voc. 44, 54

ele-lænde

(adj.)
Grammar
ele-lænde, adj.

Strange, foreign ⬩ peregrīnus

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Strange, foreign; peregrīnus Elelændra eorþbigennys cŏlōnia, peregrīnōrum cultūra, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 102; Wrt. Voc. 36, 25

fíf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
fíf-wintre, adj.

Of or belonging to five years ⬩ five years old ⬩ quinquennis

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Of or belonging to five years, five years old; quinquennis Fífwintre quinquennis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 45

flugol

(adj.)
Grammar
flugol, adj. [fleógan to fly; fleón to flee]

Apt to fly or flee ⬩ flying swiftly ⬩ swift ⬩ fúgax

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Apt to fly or flee, flying swiftly, swift; fúgax Flugol fúgax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 43

Linked entries: fligul flygul fugol

fóre-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stígan, p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; pp. -stigen

To go before ⬩ to excel ⬩ excellēre

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To go before, to excel; excellēre Ic fórestíge excelleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 45, MS. C

gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
gador-wist, e; f.

A dwelling together ⬩ companionship ⬩ intercourse ⬩ ontubernium

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A dwelling together, companionship, intercourse; ontubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 59; Wrt. Voc. 61, 42 : Cot. 43

ge-angsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-angsumian, -ancsumian, -anxsumian; p. ode; pp. od

To vex ⬩ make anxious or uneasy ⬩ angĕre ⬩ anxiāre

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To vex, make anxious or uneasy; angĕre, anxiāre Ic geangsumige ango, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 56

hwǽte-gryttan

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-gryttan, pl.
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Coarse wheaten meal Hwǽtegryttan apludes vel cantalna [ = cantabra ], Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 124; Wrt. Voc. 34, 53

in-ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
in-ídisc, es; m. n.
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Household furniture Inéddisc vel inorf entheca g. suppellex, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 90; Wrt. Voc. 38, 16

Linked entry: in-éddisc

lár-bysn

(n.)
Grammar
lár-bysn, e; f.

An example ⬩ proof ⬩ specimen

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An example, proof, specimen Lárbysn documentum vel specimen, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 104; Wrt. Voc. 46, 61

blæc-berie

(n.)
Grammar
blæc-berie, an; f.

A BLACKBERRY, mulberry ⬩ vaccinium, morus

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A BLACKBERRY, mulberry; vaccinium, morus Blace berian mori, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 30; Wrt. Voc. 33, 29

Linked entry: blace berian

ge-loda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-loda, pl.

Joints of the back

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Joints of the back Geloda vel gelyndu spondilia, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 75, 51; Wrt. Voc. 44, 34

Linked entry: -loda

un-stedefulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-stedefulness, e; f.

Instability ⬩ infestatio

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Instability; but the word glosses infestatio Aelc unstydfulnis ðæs unclǽnes gástes omnis infestatio inmundi spiritus, Rtl. 122, 24

Linked entry: stedefulness

wróht-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-lác, es ; n. (?)

Calumny ⬩ slander

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Calumny, slander Unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óþerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan and mid wróhtlácan. Wulfst. 160, 5 note

á-hildendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-hildendlic, adj.
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Ready to incline Sume (conjunctions) synd gehátene inclinativae, þæt is on Englisc áhyldendlice, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 1

Linked entry: á-hyldendlic

preóst-gesamnung

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-gesamnung, e; f.
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A community of priests On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge ( in hoc ordine canonico ) is ǽlc þrýstnes forboden, Chrd. 45, 29