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Anglo-Saxon

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heoru-drync

a wound

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Hréðles eafora hiorodryncum swealt (cf. wundum sweltan, By. 293) bille gebeáten, B. 2358. Substitute:

hype

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'Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðió (super femur suum)'. . . Is ðearf ðæt hé hæbbe his sweord be his hype (super femur suum), Past. 433, 15. Ðæt mon his sweord doo ofer his hype, 383, 4

míre

(n.)
Grammar
míre, mýre, an ; f.
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The nickname is in that chronicle glossed by ' equae caput, ' but in H. Hunt, by ' caput formicae. '

sǽ-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-rinc, es; m.

A sea-man,

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Th. 135, 46; By. 134

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Se godcunda anweald hí scilde, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 12 : Exon. Th. 195, 33 ; Az. 165. Mé nama Dryhtnes scylde, Ps. Th. 117, 12 : Cd. Th. 247, 31; Dan. 505. Ðara gásta ðe hine scildon defensiones spirituum bonorum, Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 36.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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<b>I a.</b> negligent in spiritual matters, in discharge of duty, &amp;c. — Gif hwylc bróðor beó gemét swá gýmeleás (-lés, v. l., gímeleás neglegens R. Ben. I. 83, 16), þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 3.

FEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FEAX, fex, es; n.

Hair of the headthe lockscæsăriescŏmacăpillus

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Bócstafa brego bregdeþ feónd be ðam feaxe the prince of letters shall draw the fiend by his hair, Salm. Kmbl. 201; Sal. l00: Beo. Th. 3298; B. 1647. Wið feallendum feaxe for falling hair, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 11; Lchdm. i. 344, 18.

Linked entries: fæx fex

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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Nearonessum módes mentis angoribus, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 33, note

Linked entry: nirwett

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 25. v. bil-, dolh-, fót-swæþ; swaþu

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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<b>VII a.

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Hé wǽpen hafenade be hiltum, Beo. Th. 3151; B. 1573. Nolde ic sweord beran, wǽpen tó wyrme, 5031; B. 2519: 5367; B. 2687. Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 9.

abbud

(n.)

an abbot

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Chr. 803; Erl. 60, 13: Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 14

æll-þeódignes

(n.)
Grammar
æll-þeódignes, -nys, -ness, e; f.

A going or living abroada pilgrimage

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A going or living abroad, a pilgrimage, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 38

áncer-líf

(n.)
Grammar
áncer-líf, es; n.

An anchoret's or hermit's lifeanachoretica vita

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An anchoret's or hermit's life; anachoretica vita, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 6

a-fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-fúlian, p. ode; pp. od; v. n.

To become foulto putrefybe defiledputrescereputrefieriinquinari

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To become foul, to putrefy, be defiled; putrescere, putrefieri, inquinari, Scint. 66: 17

án-nyss

(n.)
Grammar
án-nyss, e; f.

Onenessunityagreementsolitudeunitasconventiosolitudo

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Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

bécnydlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
bécnydlíc, adj.

Allegoricalallegoricus

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Allegorical; allegoricus Bécnydlícre gerecednesse explanationis allegoricæ, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 5, note

býcnend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
býcnend-líc, ; adj.
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Allegorical, mystical; allegoricus Býcnendlíc racu allegorica expositio, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 42

byst

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art, shalt be, Lk. Bos. l, 76: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12

béh

(n.)

a crown

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a crown On ðone béh in coronam Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 28