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Anglo-Saxon

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reste-dæg

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Restedæges begýming Sabbati obserualio, An. Ox. 40, 5. Þæs restedæges, 18. Add

sǽ-hund

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hund, es; m.
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A sea-hound Scilla ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61

sceabbed

Grammar
sceabbed, l. sceabbede,
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and add Hreóflige þicnysse scæbbede elefantina (cutis) callositate purulentus, An. Ox. 4929

slítere

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add: Cf. slítan; Sl[í]tra canum, carnificum, An. Ox. 46, 50

sunn-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sunn-hát, adj.
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Heated by the sun(?) Sunh[á]t soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 205

tirwan

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Add: v. níw-tirwed: tite-gár. Dele '(?)', and cf. An. Ox. 786

þearfan

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¶ Add Heura ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 24

þeódend

(n.)
Grammar
þeódend, es; m.
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A translator. Cf. geþeódan to translate Ðeódend translator, An. Ox. 15, 6

þwǽle

(n.)
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Dele: ' (or -a?; m.),' and add: — Thuǽlę infula, An. Ox. 53, 26

unrihthǽmed-fremere

(n.)
Grammar
unrihthǽmed-fremere, es; m.
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An adulterer, a fornicator man þe . . . beóþ oferdrinceras and unrihthǽmedfremeras, Nap. 66

un-sóþ

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Unsóðe irrita, i. uana ł falsa (dicta), An. Ox. 26, 26. Add

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

un-wiþmetenness

(n.)
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Unwiðmetenesse in conparatione (but the glosser has read inconparatione), An. Ox. 587

Linked entry: wiþ-metenness

ymb-wlátend

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For the second citation substitute Emwlátenddum spectatoribus, i. speculatoribus, An. Ox. 3507

Flemisc

(adj.)
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Flemish Án hund manna, Frencisce and Flemisce, Chr. 1080; P. 214, 10

wæfer-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-stów, e; f.

A place for spectacles ⬩ an amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles, an amphitheatre Weaferstówa amphitheatrum, Lchdm. i. lxi, 9

Linked entry: wafung-stów

wamm-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-lust, es; m.

A foul pleasure, an allurement, seduction

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A foul pleasure, an allurement, seduction Womlustas lenocinia, Anglia xiii. 28, 19

ǽmet-hwíl

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Ðæs restedæges ǽmethwíle (æn-, MS.) Sabbati otium, An. Ox. 40, 18. Add

gúþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-here, es; m.

A martial band ⬩ an army

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A martial band, an army, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 18; Gen. 1967

gealgmódness

(n.)
Grammar
gealgmódness, ?, gealgness ?, e ; f.

Gloominess, sullenness

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Gloominess, sullenness G[e]alh[módnes (?), -nes (?)] obstinatio An. Ox. 56, 157

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