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Anglo-Saxon

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on-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
on-útan, adv.
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Outside, out-of-doors Æt hám gebring, and nǽfre in on þone mon, sceafe ꝥ gréne onútan, Lch. ii. 292, 27

scirian

(v.)
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On þám se abbod scyrige (swyrige, MS.) his byrðena in quibus abba partiat honera sua, R. Ben. I. 54, 4. Add

slecg-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
slecg-wyrhta, an; m.
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57

starian

(v.)
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In l. 7 for an l. andǽges. Add

sýþ

(adv.)
Grammar
sýþ, (?); adv.
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In a (more?) southerly direction Ðonne súð andlang paðes . . . of ðǽm ðýfele sýð (cpve. ?) andlang weges, C. D. vi. 36, 4

wistle

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In l.2 after 'fistula' insert: (the Latin is: Fistula cum citharis reclamans aethera pulsat, Aid. 146, 20)

cígan

(v.)
Grammar
cígan, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá cégde heó tó eallum þǽm apostolum on hire hordcofan uocauit omnes apostolas in cubiculo suo, Bl. H. 143, 33. Add

sǽ-fugol

(n.)

a sea-fowl.

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Sǽfugl, as a proper name, occurs in the genealogy of Ælle of Northumbria,Chr. 560; Erl. 16, 29

Linked entry: fugel

wæter-þrýþe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þrýþe, f.

Water-hosts, great waters

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Water-hosts, great waters Ða ðe wyrceaþ weorc mænig on wæterðrýþum qui faciunt operationem in aquis multis, Ps. Th. 106, 22

wáþol

(adj.)
Grammar
wáþol, (v. wáþ) ; adj.

Wandering

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Wandering Scýneþ ðes mÓra wáþol under wolcnum (cf. wanderingas an epithet of the moon in Sbakspere) Fins. Th. 14; Fin. 8

ǽfr-ǽlc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽfr-ǽlc, [ǽfr-ǽlic

every

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every On ǽfrice styde in omnibus omnino locis, C. D. iv. 209, 20. Ǽuric ríce man, Chr. 1137; P. 264, 1. ]

Linked entry: ǽfric

brægd-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
brægd-wís, ; adj. [brægd
deceit
, wís
wise
]

deceit ⬩ wise ⬩ Wise in deceit, crafty, fraudulent; ⬩ astutus, fraudulentus, dolosus

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Wise in deceit, crafty, fraudulent; astutus, fraudulentus, dolosus Brægdwís bona a crafty murderer, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 13; Gú. 58

gafol-geréfa

(n.)

a tax-gatherer

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Take here Similar entries gæfel-geroefa in Dict., and add Mathéus se gæfelgeroefe (publicanus), Mt. R. 10, 3

hord-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
hord-wynn, e; f.

The delightful object that consists in hoarded treasure [applied to the treasure guarded by the dragon],

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The delightful object that consists in hoarded treasure [applied to the treasure guarded by the dragon], Beo. Th. 4533; B. 2270

horn-scip

(n.)
Grammar
horn-scip, es; n.

A ship having a beak [rostrum], a ship with a horn-like projection in the bow,

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A ship having a beak [rostrum], a ship with a horn-like projection in the bow, Andr. Kmbl. 547; An. 274

ofer-férness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-férness, e; f.

Possibility of being crossed

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Possibility of being crossed On twám stówum is oferférnes duobus tantum in locis est transmeabilis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21

ofer-gedyre

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-gedyre, es; n.

A lintel

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A lintel Smíton on ǽgðer gedyre and on ða ofergedyru ponent super utrumque postem et in superliminaribus domorum Ex. 12, 7

Linked entry: gedýre

on-foran

(prep.; adv.)

Before, afore ⬩ Before, in front

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Before, in front Beóþ onforan eágan. Ps. Th. 113, 13

smǽran

(v.)
Grammar
smǽran, (?); p. de

To laugh at, deride

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cf. besmeradun in Rush.) hine deridebant eum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 24

ge-stala

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stala, an; m.

A thief; ⬩ fur

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In. 25; Th. i. 118, 15

Linked entry: stala