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Anglo-Saxon

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áncor-stów

Grammar
áncor-stów, (ancor-).
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On dýgle ancorstówe (aancor-, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 614, 23. Add

ár-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-dǽde, adj.
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Merciful Uton beón ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, Bl. H. 131, 2

bisceop-ród

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-ród, e; f.
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A cross worn by a bishop ii. bisceopróde, C. D. iv. 275, 11

bel-hringes beácn

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Sóna swá þæt beácn þæs belhrincges gehýred bið, R. Ben. 67, 20. Add

búta

Grammar
búta, unless.
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Ne bið hit bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn, Hml. S. 27, 152. Add

cearcetung

Grammar
cearcetung, cearcettung creaking.
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Heora grymetung bið gelíc crætena cearcetunge, Wlfst. 200, 18. Cf. next word. Add

corn-teóþung

(n.)
Grammar
corn-teóþung, e; f.
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Tithe of corn Sý cornteóðung ágifen be emnihte, Wlfst. 208, 5: 116, 25

ford-wer

(n.)
Grammar
ford-wer, es; m.
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A weir at a ford Be súðan fordwere, C. D. iii. 437, 11

fore-witan

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Be þám sáwlum þe forewiton (praenoscunt) monige wísan, Gr. D. 301, 14. Add

ge-mimor

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Add: fixed in the memory, got by heart, thoroughly known. See next word

ge-sadelod

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Add:: — Se nacoda assa bið mid reáfum gesadelod, Hml. Th. i. 210, 30

gift-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gift-feorm, e ; f.
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A wedding-feast Be þám ꝥ preóstas ne beón æt giftfeormum, Nap. 33

hálga

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Wé sungon be eallum m

grǽg-gos

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(Perhaps grǽg gós should be read.) Add

hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyrian, to imitate.
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Ðá cild . . . hyriað ealdum monnum, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 10 note. Add

þwítan

Entry preview:

Bd. Sch. 270, 23)

un-geáplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geáplíce, adv.
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Without due consideration p bið ungéplíce gewriðen quod incaute ligatur, Chrd. 123, 9

Linked entry: geáplíce

weald

(adj.)
Grammar
weald, adj.
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For wealdestan perhaps weallendestan should be read as a literal rendering of ferventissirno

ymb-sittan

Grammar
ymb-sittan, <b>. II a.</b>
Entry preview:

Bl. H. 79, 14. Add

wǽg-þreá

(n.)

the chastisement by the waters

Entry preview:

the chastisement by the waters (the deluge),Cd. Th. 90, 5; Gen. 1490

Linked entry: þreá

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