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Anglo-Saxon

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wyrm-geblǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-geblǽd, es; n.
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A blister raised by a snake-bite(?), Lchdm. iii. 36, 21

wyrm-hord

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-hord, es; n.
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A treasure held by a serpent, Beo. Th. 4447; B. 2222

ǽ-wird

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-wird, -werd ; adj.
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Corrupt Sé bið ǽwerd on his lífe. Lch. iii. 162, II

Linked entry: ǽ-werd

costigend

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Þone costigend on helle grund besencean, Bl. H. 33, 19. Add

dǽdbótnys

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For Scint. 9 substitute Be dǽdbótnysse de penitenlia Scint. 41, 4

dómere

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Þé mon tó dómere geceás, Bt. 8; F. 24, 30. Add

ende-byrdlic

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Endebredlices originalis (misread by glosser as ordinalis?), Rtl. 109, 27. Add

for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

ge-hangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hangian, to hang (intrans.),
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be suspended Ꝥ hé gehongiga ut suspendatur, Mt. L. 18, 6

ge-wisse

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wisse, adv.
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Certainly Hé sylf wiste gewissast be ðám, Hml. S. 21, 110

Linked entry: wisse

lǽwan

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Be Iúdan Scarioth þe hine lǽwde, Ps. Th. 3, arg. Add

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Be landbygene (= landleóda[n] bebygene?), Ll. Th. i. 110, note I

on-ǽht

(n.)
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Perhaps on ǽhte should be read in the passage given here

spearcian

(v.)
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Gl. 501, 5) probably spircendum should be read

un-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fenge, adj.
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Unacceptable Bið úre onsægdnes Gode uncwéme and unfenge. Verc. Först. 175

Linked entry: fenge

un-tóworpenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tóworpenlic, adj.
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Not to be destroyed, inviolable Unteworpanlice inviolabilem, An. Ox. II, 153

west-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
west-lang, adv.
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Bd. l, 3; S. 475, 19 (given under west )

biter

(adj.)
Grammar
biter, <b>; II.</b>
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Seó ehtnys bið ealra biterost, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28. Add

brédan

(v.)

to make broad

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to make broad, Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 33, MS. Cot

brýtian

(v.)

to profit

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to profit, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, note 32, 33, T

Linked entry: brýttian

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