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Anglo-Saxon

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fugeles wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles wíse, fugeles wýse, an; f.

The plant larkspur ⬩ delphīnium ⬩ δελφίνιον

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Ben. Lye. Fugeles wýse delphinion, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 69; Wrt. Voc. 68, 4

Linked entry: wíse

gist-líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
gist-líðe, adj.

Kind to guests ⬩ hospitable ⬩ hospes

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Kind to guests, hospitable; hospes Búton cræft mín gistlíðe him beó nĭsi ars mea hospĭta ei fuĕrit, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 11: Shrn. 129, 26

Linked entry: gæst-líðe

Gefðas

(n.)
Grammar
Gefðas, Gifðas, pl.

The Gepidæ

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Gifðum, Beo. Th. 4981; B. 2494

sund-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
sund-wudu, a; m.
Entry preview:

Th. 42, 24; Cri. 677: Beo. Th. 421; B. 208: 3817; B. 1906

þurhtogenness

(n.)
Grammar
þurhtogenness, e; f.

A religious reading in monasteries ⬩ especially after meals ⬩ collatio

Entry preview:

Ben. Interl. 118, 7

a-blýsgung

(n.)
Entry preview:

Ben. 133, 11

ár-wesa

(n.)
Entry preview:

Ben. 115, 20

Linked entry: -wesa

codd

Entry preview:

Ne bere gé mid eów pusan oððe codd nolite portare sacculum neque peram, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 20. v. beán- (not bien-), leþer-codd. Add

efen-lǽcung

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Ben. 139, 7. Þá Judéiscan wǽron ytele ðurh euenlǽcunge, ná ðurh gecynde, Hml. Th. ii. 226, 35. Add

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
Entry preview:

Ben. 114, 11

ge-beterian

(v.)
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Ben. 68, 18. Add

hám-sócn

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Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe, and griðbryces and hámsócne, Cht. E. 233, 3. Add

líc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Ben. 1. 21, ii

tó-wrítan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to describe Ptolomeus tówrát ealles þises middangeardes gemet on ánre béc, Bt. 18, 1; S. 41, 27. Hí synd tówrite[ne] describuntur, An. Ox. 1065

Linked entry: wrítan

sárgung

(n.)
Grammar
sárgung, e; f.

Lamentation, grief

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Beó ðú forþloten tó sárgungum esto pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 6

Linked entry: be-sárgung

wír-boga

(n.)
Grammar
wír-boga, an; m.

Bent wire used in ornamenting an object

Entry preview:

Bent wire used in ornamenting an object Mec (a horn) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3

gúþ-gewǽd

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-gewǽd, es; n.

A martial dress ⬩ war-weeds

Entry preview:

A martial dress, war-weeds, Beo. Th. 5228; B. 2617: 5453; B. 2730: 5694; B. 2851: 5735; B. 2871: 459; B. 227: 5240; B. 2623

freóls-niht

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-niht, e; f.

The night before a festival

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The night before a festival Þá cildra þe beóð begiten on Sunnanniht and on þám hálgan freólsnihtum. hí sceolan beón geboren bútan eágon, Nap. 26

wíg-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-spéd, e ; f.

Success in war ⬩ victory

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Him Dryhten forgeaf wígspéda gewiofu, Beo. Th. 1398 ; B. 697

ofer-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-þeón, p. -þáh, -þeáh; pl. -þugon , -þungon; pp. -þogen, -þungen

To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass

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Ben. 12, 16. Hé oferþeáh biscopes, Shrn. 17, 11. Bútan hwylc óðerne mid geearnunge oferþeó, R. Ben. 12, 21. Bonan mǽndon ðæt hý monnes beam oferþunge. Exon. Th. 128, 10; Gú. 402. Oferþuge praestaret, superaret, superexcelleret, Hpt. Gl. 480, 1.

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