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Anglo-Saxon

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scerwen

Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?).
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Dele scerpen(?); according to the facsimile reprint of the Vercelli codex the word is scerwen in An. 1528

sleg-hríþer

(n.)
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a beast for slaughter Án slægrýðer, Nap. 55, 31. Cf. sleg-neát. [O. H. Ger. slegi-hrind taurus.]

twéntig-geáre

(adj.)
Grammar
twéntig-geáre, adj.
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Twenty years old On þám geáre þe Ælfréd Æðelincg wæs án-and-twéntig-geáre, Hml. S. 32, 37

wealh

(n.)

an implement that rolls things over(?) ⬩ a harrow

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an implement that rolls things over(?), a harrow Wealh occa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 25. Walh, 62, 63

æf-grynde

(n.)
Grammar
æf-grynde, es; n.

An abyss ⬩ abyssus ⬩ an abyss

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An abyss Þíne dómas synt swá deópe swá swá æfgrynde judicia tua abyssus multa Ps. Th. 35, 6

Linked entry: grynde

heaðu-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-steáp, adj.

Standing out prominently in battle

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Standing out prominently in battle [an epithet of the helmet], Beo. Th. 2494; B. 1245: 4312; B. 2153

hóring

(n.)
Grammar
hóring, es; m.

An adulterer, fornicator

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An adulterer, fornicator Hér sindon miltestran and bearnmyrðran and fúle forlegene hóringas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 181

on-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-síne, -sýne; adj.

Visible

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Visible Hé mé fore eágum onsýne wearþ, Exon. Th. 177, 17; Gú. 1228: Andr. Kmbl. 1820; An. 912

þístra

(n.)
Grammar
þístra, þrístra

a trace (?) ⬩ part of an animal's harness

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a trace (?), part of an animal's harness Þístra conjuncta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 34. Þrístra, i. 16, 9

ge-dríman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dríman, de

To modulate, make harmonious

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To modulate, make harmonious Gedrýmyd modulata, Germ. 390, 35. Mid gedrémedum cwyde non dissona sententia, An. Ox. 4628

atol

(adj.)
Grammar
atol, adj.
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Atol atrox, An. Ox. 7, 291. Atole deformem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 17: cenidos ( = cinaedos ), 96, 60. Add

ǽninga

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽninga, adv.

Of necessity ⬩ by all means

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Of necessity, by all means.Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 32: 5, 19; S. 640, 16: Andr. Kmbl. 439; An. 220

ǽrend-gást

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-gást, es; m.

A spiritual messenger ⬩ an angel ⬩ nuntius spiritus ⬩ angelus

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A spiritual messenger, an angel; nuntius spiritus, angelus Godes ǽrendgást God's spiritual messenger, Cd. 104; Th. 138, 23; Gen. 2296

dydrin

(n.)
Grammar
dydrin, es; m?

A yolk ⬩ vitellus

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A yolk; vitellus Nim æges dydrin take the yolk of an egg, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 92, 20

fǽr-searo

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-searo, gen. -searwes; n.

An insidious artifice ⬩ insĭdiōsa machĭnātio

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An insidious artifice; insĭdiōsa machĭnātio Feónda fǽrsearo the sudden artifice of foes, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 11; Cri. 770

stigel-hamm

(n.)
Grammar
stigel-hamm, es ; m.
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An enclosure reached by a stile (?) On stigel*-*hammas; of stigealhammum on wígferðes leáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 289, 2

un-freóndlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-freóndlíce, adv.

In an unfriendly manner

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In an unfriendly manner Wé ðé freóndlíce wíc getǽhton, ðú ús leánest nú unfreóndlíce, Cd. Th. 162, 30; Gen. 2689

wiþ-rǽdan

(v.)

to act against ⬩ be an antidote

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to act against, be an antidote Ðære wyrte wyrttruma on wætere geðyged wiðrǽð íceom and næddrum, Lchdm. i. 144, 15

Linked entry: rǽdan

carl

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Arcton hátte án tungol on norðdǽle . . . þone hátað lǽwede menn carles wǽn, Lch, iii. 270, 11. Dele bracket, and add

eahta-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
eahta-feald, adj.
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Eightfold Þurh ðá eádignyssa þæs eahtafealdan geteles, Hml. A. 45, 528. Ehtafealdum octenis, An. Ox. 3716. Hehtefealde bis quaternos, 774