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Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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Scyttisc gecost gealdor wið ǽlcum áttre, Lchdm. ii. 10, 23. Scyttysces cynnes natione Scottus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 16. Gif hé hæfþ Scyttisc weax, Lchdm. ii. 114, 11: iii. 46, 17.

Linked entry: Scittisc

dearnunga

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Th. ii. 544, 14. Dernunge in occulto, Jn. L. 18, 20. Dernunga clam, Mt. R. 2, 7. Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add

fóster-cild

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Th. ii. 516, 20. of a provincial in his relation to Rome Æfter menniscum gebyrde ic eom Hispanienscis, Rómánisc fóstorcild, Hml. Th. i. 428, 22

on-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
on-hǽle, adj.

Secret, hidden

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Gif mec onhǽle án onfindeþ, ðǽr ic wíc búge (cf. gif ic mǽgburge mót míne gelǽdan on dégolne weg, 397, 15-17), 396, 19; Rä. 16, 7. Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, eardas onhǽle earmra gǽsta, 121, 7; Gú. 268: 123, 13; Gú. 322.

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell outgrow big

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Th. i. 86, ll

atol-lic

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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l.

æt-ys

is presentadest

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is present; adest, Mk. Jun. 4, 29

geó-sceaft

(n.)
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is masc., not fem. Cf. frum-sceaft

grasian

(v.)
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Add: The Latin is; Boues pascentes uiderit

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 15.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

ǽl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl, e; f.

Burning

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Burning Ðára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá is án micel blácern on ǽle (onǽle? cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18

FÚS

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚS, adj.

Readypreparedpromptquickeagerhasteningproneinclinedwillingready for deathdyingpromptuscĕlerpărātusprōnuscŭpĭduspropĕræ morti devōtusmŏrĭbundus

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Geseah ic ðæt fúse beácen wendan wǽdum and bleóm I saw the hastening beacon change in hangings and colours, Rood Kmbl. 42; Kr. 21.

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Th. i. 90, 3. with gen. , cf. nytan Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 4. Hit is earfoð tó witane þára biscopa þe þǽr tó cómon, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 26.

hæf

(n.)
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what is lifted, v. hand-hæf

ǽg-hwá

(n.; adj.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwá, m. f: neut. ǽg-hwæt; gen. ǽg-hwæs [á + ge + hwá]

Every oneeverythingquisquequicunque

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Se fugol is on hiwe ǽghwæs ǽnlíc the bird is in aspect every way unique, 60a; Th. 219, 24; Ph. 312. Ǽghwæs orwígne wholly defenceless, 72 a; Th. 268, 18; Jul. 434

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæt

cásus

(n.)
Grammar
cásus, gen. cásūs; m.
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Cásus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss a case, that is, a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23. Ða pronomina, ðe habbaþ vocativum, ðá habbaþ six casus the pronouns which have a

dracentse

(n.)
Grammar
dracentse, dracente, dracanse, draconze, an; f.

Dragon-wort, dragons dracontea = δρακόντιoν, arum dracuncŭlus

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Cont. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 12; 15, 1.

Linked entry: dracan blód

fyrmþ

(n.)
Grammar
fyrmþ, frymþ, e; f.

A receiving to foodharbouringan entertainmentreceptio ad victumsusceptioA cleansingwashingablūtiobaptismaβάπτισμα

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S. 12; Th. i. 382, 14. Ǽlc mon mót onsacan fyrmþe every man may deny entertainment, L. In. 46; Th. i. 132, 1, note 3, MSS. B. H. [feormian to cleanse] A cleansing, washing; ablūtio, baptisma = βάπτισμα Calica fyrmþa călĭcum baptismăta, Mk.

Linked entries: feormþ frymþ firmþ

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.

miþian

(v.)
Grammar
miþian, p. ode
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of a dream), swá swá is ǽfre his gewunan, ac mid openlicre gesihþe hé gebróhte hine sylfne beforan eágum þæs árwyrðan fæder [the original Latin, which seems to have been misunderstood, is: Haec antiquus hostis tacite non ferens, non occulte vel per somnium