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beard-leás

hawkbuzzard'

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Dele: 'also a hawk or buzzard'; and add Beardleás inpubis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 56, 2. Beardleáses effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 54. Beardleásum rince effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 4, 57. Beardleásne effebum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 16. Beardleáse inuestes, An. Ox. 16, 2

æced-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
æced-fæt, es; n.

An acid-vata vinegar-vesselacetabulum

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An acid-vat, a vinegar-vessel; acetabulum, Wrt. Voc. 25, 21

anunga

(n.)

zealan earnest desirejealousyzelus

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zeal, an earnest desire, jealousy; zelus, Jn. Rush. War. 2, 17

áþe-gehát

(n.)

an oath

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an oath, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57,119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

beadu-searo

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-searo, gen. -searewes, -searwes; n.

A war-trainan engine or weapon of warbellicus apparatus

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A war-train, an engine or weapon of war; bellicus apparatus

Linked entry: beado-searo

ellefne

(adj.)
Grammar
ellefne, adj.

Elevenundĕcim

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Eleven; undĕcim Ellefne orettmæcgas eleven champions, Andr. Recd. 1331; An. 664

esul-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
esul-cweorn, e; f.

A mill-stone turned by an assmŏla asĭnāria

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A mill-stone turned by an ass; mŏla asĭnāria, Cot. 16

Falster

(n.)

an island in the Baltic

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an island in the Baltic, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 43

first-mearc

(n.)

an interval of timeintercăpēdo

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an interval of time; intercăpēdo, Som. Ben. Lye. V. frist-mearc

Linked entry: frist-mearc

frum-scepend

(n.)
Grammar
frum-scepend, -sceppend, es; m.

An authororiginatorcreator

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An author, originator, creator Frumscepend auctor, Rtl. 16, 19; 123, 10

eág-sýne

(adj.)
Grammar
eág-sýne, adj.

Visible to the eye ocŭlis conspĭcuus

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Visible to the eye; ocŭlis conspĭcuus, Andr. Kmbl. 3099; An. 1552

here-folc

(n.)
Grammar
here-folc, es; n.

People forming an army,

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People forming an army, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 40; Jud. 234

hete-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
hete-róf, adj.

Active in hate or hostilityhostile

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Active in hate or hostility, hostile, Andr. Kmbl. 2839; An 1422

líf-neru

(n.)
Grammar
líf-neru, e; f.

food

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Support of life, food Tó lífnere Andr. Kmbl. 2180; An. 1091

mechanisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mechanisc, adj.

Mechanical

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Mechanical Án wurplíc weorc on mechanisc geweorc, Homl. Skt. 5, 251

mis-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
mis-weorc, es; n.

An evil deed

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An evil deed Miswerc mala opera, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 19

níd-behóf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóf, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Necessary, needful Án þing is nýdbehóf, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 9

Linked entries: níd-behéfe be-hóf

ó-wérn

(adv.)
Grammar
ó-wérn, adv.
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Anywhere, Th. An. 102, 16. (Smith's Bede, 595, 3, has ówhwǽr.)

scírness

(n.)
Grammar
scírness, e; f.
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An explanation, declaration (?) Scírnis ypoteseo bassio, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 73

be-tolden

(v.; part.)

surrounded

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surrounded, Andr. Kmbl. 1976; An. 990; Similar entries pp. of beteldan