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á-latian

(v.)
Grammar
á-latian, p. ode
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Cf. the gloss to the same word: Uilesceret i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208, 13

Linked entry: latian

brosnian

(v.)
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Nǽfre his líchama ne fúlode ne ne brosnode, Angl. xi. 1, 6. Add

circol-wyrde

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Angl. viii. 306, 26. v. next word

fealgian

(v.)
Grammar
fealgian, p. ode

To fallowbreak-upland

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To fallow, break-up land Me mæig on sumera fealgian, myxendincgan út dragan, Angl. ix. 261, 8. v. Andrews' Old English Manor, p. 260, n. 4

gift-búr

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Se quadrans forðstæpð wel orglíce swylce hwylc cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Angl. viii. 299, I. Of gyftbúre de thalamo Ps. Rdr. 18, 6. Add

hléda

(n.)
Grammar
hléda, hléda, an: hléde, es; m.

A seatbench

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Man sceal habban . . . hlýdan, sceamelas, Angl. ix. 264, 20. Substitute:

langsum-ness

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Langsumnyssa, Angl. viii. 336, 39. patience, long-suffering Geþyld and líðnes and sybb and hyrsumnes and langsumnes, Nap. 41

leóþ-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-wrenc, es; m.
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Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19

Linked entry: wrenc

reáfol

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Fram reáflum ortrýwra geaglum þá sceáp . . . hé generude a rabidis perfidorum rictibus oues . . . eripuit, Angl. xiii. 366, 19. Reáflum lurconibus (labris), An. Ox. 7, 53. Add

stór-cylle

Grammar
stór-cylle, l. -cille (v. cille),
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and add Stórcille stérende sí boren turribulum turificando deportetur, Angl. xiii. 402, 530. Stórcillan turibulo, 416, 723. Ealle stórcillan mid récelse on handum berende, 427, 882

ymb-hwyrft

Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, <b>. IV.</b>
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Engliscra and óþra þeóda wiðinnan embhwyrft (ambitum) Brittisces íglandes wunigendra cincg, Angl. xiii. 365, 4. Add

geafel

(n.)
Grammar
geafel, es; m. geafel, e (and ? geafle, an) ; f, and add
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Hé sceal habban . . . race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Gæfle forcelle Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

eh

(n.)
Grammar
eh, es; n.

a war-horse, charger equus bellātor the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter e, but for eh a war-horse, charger, as, — RUNE [eh] byþ for eorlum the war-horse is for chiefs

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a war-horse, charger; equus bellātor Ða ða hors óþbær, eh and eorlas which bore away the horses, the chargers, and chiefs, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 21; Rä. 23, 11. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, —

Linked entry: eoh

be-heáwan

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Man ꝥ timber beheáwð, Angl. viii. 324, 8. Hí hine sceoldon þý heáfde beheáwan. Gr. D. 254, ii. Hé wæs heáfde beheáwen, Shrn. 155, 6. Add

cniht-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cniht-geogoþ, e; f.
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. , and eác þá gelícnyssa . . . cnihtiugoð and sumor beóð gelíce . . . sumor byð wearm . . . cnihtiugoð byð wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 23-30

Linked entry: cniht-iugoþ

glasin

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See Angl. xxxiii. 137 for a Celtic origin of the word

ofer-wealdan

(v.)
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to rule over, control Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne oferwealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 27. Cf. wealdan; <b>III d.</b>

on-lísend

(n.)
Grammar
on-lísend, es; m.
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A redeemer Ealles middaneardes onlýsend, Angl. xii. 500, 5. Under þám líðan iuke úres álýsendes (onlýsendes, v. l.) sub leni Redemtoris jugo, Gr. D. 117, 2

wadu

(n.)
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Angl. xxx. 528). Cf. Icel. vaðr a fishingline. (?)

accent

(n.)
Grammar
accent, es; m.
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Accent Bóceras. . . ámearkiaþ heora accentas. . . acutus accentus, ðæt ys gescyrpt accent; baria, ðæt ys hefig accent . . . circumflexus accentus ðæt ys gebíged accent, Angl. viii. 333, 22-26