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Anglo-Saxon

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liss

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Hí micclum blissodon, and Gode þancodon heora geswinces lisse ( they thanked God for the alleviation of their hardship), Hml. Th. i. 562, 17

mis-feng

(n.)
Grammar
mis-feng, es ; m.
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A mistake, fault, misdeed Hé ús gegearwað þá heofonlican for ðám eorðlicum . . . gif wé ælmyssan dón willað on úrum lífe, and gif wé dǽdbóte dón willaþ úrra misfenga, Nap. 45

uferung

(n.)
Grammar
uferung, e ; f.
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Delay Heó onginneð wépan, for þon þe hire þynceð lang seó ylding and seó uferung hwænne heó cume tó Gode flere incipit, quia differtur a regno, Gr. D. 245, 7

un-híre

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For ðæs swinglan þá unhýran deór. . . flugon ante cujus verbera immanissimae bestiae . . . fugiebant, 229, 22

un-micel

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For 'Greg . . . is' substitute Æfter unmycelum (noht miclum, lytlum, v.ll.) fæce non multo post, Gr. D. 133, 7. Hé him worhte tela unmycel eardunghús sibi humili habitaculum construxit, 201, 5

weorc-níten

(n.)
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weorc-níten, es; n.
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n

Linked entry: níten

CNEAR

(n.)
Grammar
CNEAR, cnearr, es; m.

A small shipgalley used for ships of the Northmennavisseptentrionaluim naves

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A small ship, galley used for ships of the Northmen; navis, septentrionaluim naves Cnear on flot the ship on float Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 1, notes, p. 326; Æðelst. 35

on-rád

(n.)
Grammar
on-rád, e; f.

Riding on horseback

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Riding on horseback Sécen hié him broc on onráde and on wǽne let them seek for themselves fatigue in riding on horseback and in a carriage, Lchdm. ii. 184, 13

deáþ-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-cwalu, e; f.

A deadly pain or plague, agony mortis dolor

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Ne geweóx he him to willan, ac to deáþcwalum Deniga leódum he waxed not for their benefit, but for a deadly plague to the Danes' people, Beo. Th. 3428; B. 1712

an-bíd

Grammar
an-bíd, (-bid?).
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On þǽm anbíde Perdica fór mid firde, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 1. Add

be-standan

to surround

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S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþþæt heó bebyrged wæs, swylce hí for ðan

ge-blót

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Eów mæg gescomian þæt gé swá heánlic geþóht sceoldon on eów geniman for ánes monnes ege and for ánes monnes geblóte . . . Hú heán, hé wearþ his geblóta and his diófolgilda þe hé on gelífde, 6, 37; S. 296, 13-23.

ádl-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
ádl-þracu, g. -þræce; f.

The force or virulence of diseasemorbi impetus

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The force or virulence of disease; morbi impetus Seó ádlþracu the force of disease, Exon. 46b; Th. 159, 31; Gú. 935

a-wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wundrian, p. ade; pp. ad

To make a wonder ofvertere quasi miraculi ad modum

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To make a wonder of; vertere quasi miraculi ad modum Eów sceal ðæt leás awundrad weorþan the falsehood shall be made a wonder of for you, Invent. Crs. Recd. 1161

fǽr

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr, fér, es; m.

A feverfebris

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A fever; febris Wið þriddan dæges fǽre and feórþan dæges fǽre for a third day's fever and a fourth day's fever, L. M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 27

flór-stán

(n.)
Grammar
flór-stán, es; m.

A floor-stonestone used for pavementtessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta

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A floor-stone, stone used for pavement; tessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt. Voc. 39, 50

heort-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heort-ece, es; m.

Pain at the heart

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Pain at the heart Heó wið heortece well fremaþ it is very beneficial for heartache, Herb. 18, 3; Lchdm. i. 110, 19: ad cardiacos, 89, 3; Lchdm. i. 192, 16

iú-leán

(n.)
Grammar
iú-leán, es ; n.
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A reward for something done long ago Iúleán ðæs ðe hine of nearwum Widia út forlét a reward, because in time past Widia released him from straits, Wald. 2, 7

Linked entry: geó-leán

gongel-wæfre

(n.)
Grammar
gongel-wæfre, an; f.
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A ganging weaver, a spider; arānea viātica Wið gongelwæfran bíte for the bite of a spider, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 17: 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 142, 23

Linked entry: gangel-wæfre

six-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-gilde, adj.
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Diácones feoh . vi. gylde a deacon's property (when stolen) shall be paid for with a sixfold fine, L. Ethb. I; Th. i. 2, 5