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cyric-ragu

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-ragu, church-lichen or moss.

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cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate; ecclesiæ census. Church-scot was at first a certain measure of corn paid to the church.

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

cumbol-haga

(n.)
Grammar
cumbol-haga, an; m. [haga a hedge]

A compact rank, phalanx ⬩ phalanx

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A compact rank, phalanx ; phalanx Ic sceal sécan óðerne under cumbolhagan cempan I must seek another soldier in the rank, Exon. 71b ; Th. 266, 8 ; Jul. 395

cwiferlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
cwiferlíce, adv.

Anxiously ⬩ sollicitè

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R. Ben. 64

cwíðan

(v.)
Grammar
cwíðan, cwýðan; he cwíðeþ; p. de; pp. ed

To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre

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Adames cyn cwíðeþ Adam's race lamenteth, Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 34; Cri. 962. Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, Exon. 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194.

Linked entries: cwýðan un-cwíd

cwyld-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyld-róf, adj.

Devoted to slaughter ⬩ necandi strenuus

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Devoted to slaughter ; necandi strenuus Deór cwyldróf = wulfas the beasts devoted to slaughter = wolves, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 10, 11 = 7; Exod. 166 = 164

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus

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D. 978] all the chief witan of the English race fell at Calne from an upper floor, but the holy archbishop Dunstan alone stayed upon a beam; and some there were very much maimed, and some did not escape with life, Chr. 978; Th. 231, 30-39, col. 1.

DREÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREÓSAN, ic dreóse, ðú drýst, he dreóseþ, drýst, pl. dreósaþ; p. dréás, pl. druron; pp. droren

To rush, fall, perish ⬩ cadĕre, ruĕre

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Dreóseþ deáw and rén dew and rain fall, 16 b; Th. 38, 19; Cri. 609. Druron dómleáse they fell ingloriously, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997.

Linked entries: be-droren DREÓR dreórig dreórung drúsan dryre bi-droren

dol-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
dol-sceaða, an; m: [dol foolish; sceaða a robber]

A foolish or rash robber ⬩ temĕrārius spoliātor

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A foolish or rash robber; temĕrārius spoliātor God eáðe mæg ðone dolsceaðan dǽda getwǽfan God may easily sever the doltish robber from his deeds, Beo. Th. 962; B. 479

dol-willen

(adj.)
Grammar
dol-willen, adj.

Rash, mad ⬩ temĕrārius, dēmens

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Rash, mad; temĕrārius, dēmens Ic ðec gedyrstig and ðus dolwillen gesóhte I have sought thee thus daring and rash, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 17; Jul. 451

dynian

(v.)
Grammar
dynian, he dyneþ; p.ede ; pp. ed ; v. intrans. [dyne a din, noise]

To make a noise, DIN, resound ⬩ fragōrem edĕre, sŏnāre, perstrĕpĕre, clangĕre

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Dynedon scildas the shields rang, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204

dyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
dyrstig, adj.

Daring, bold, rash ⬩ audax, ausus

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Daring, bold, rash; audax, ausus Ðeós and ðis dyrstige audax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 41. Dýrstig oððe gedyrstlǽht ausus, 41; Som. 43, 29. Hú wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum? Coll. Monast.

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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</b> The Runic RUNE not only stands for the vowel e, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon, eh a war-horse, v. eh a war-horse, and RÚN

eador-geard

(n.)
Grammar
eador-geard, es; m.

The inclosure of arteries, the body ⬩ dŏmus vēnārum, corpus; aula septa,

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Lǽtaþ spor adorgeard [ealdorgeard, Kmbl.] sceoran, fǽges feorhhord let the spur raze the dwelling [of arteries? or of life?], the soul-hoard of the mortal, Andr. Recd. 2362; An. 1183

Eádréd

(n.)
Grammar
Eádréd, es; m. [eád happy, réd = rǽd counsel]

Eadred Atheling, third son of Edward the Elder. Eadred was king of Wessex and Northumbria, for nine years and a half, from A. D. 946-955

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Eadred Atheling, third son of Edward the Elder. Eadred was king of Wessex and Northumbria, for nine years and a half, from A. D. 946-955 Hér, A. D. 946, féng Eádréd Æðeling to ríce here Eadred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 946; Erl. 116, 35

droppetung

(n.)
Grammar
droppetung, e; f.

A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop ⬩ stillicĭdium

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A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop; stillicĭdium Swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung droppende ofer eorþan as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6

Linked entry: dropung

dropung

(n.)
Grammar
dropung, e; f.

A dropping ⬩ stillicĭdium

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A dropping; stillicĭdium Þurh dropunge deáwes and rénes through dropping of dew and rain, Ps. Th. 64, 11: Ps. Vos. 71, 6

druncen-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen-georn, adj.

Drink-desirous, drunken ⬩ bĭbax, ebriōsus

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Drink-desirous, drunken; bĭbax, ebriōsus, R. Ben. 4

eá-risc

(n.)
Grammar
eá-risc, e; f.

A water-rush, bulrush ⬩ scirpus, juncus

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A water-rush, bulrush; scirpus, juncus, Cot. 219: R. 42 ? Lye

Linked entries: ǽ-risc eá-rixe eó-risc rysc

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