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Anglo-Saxon

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on-sittan

(v.)

to occupy to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person)to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)

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Hé wæs him onsittende ðæt hine sum man gecneówe, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 494

áne

(adv.)
Grammar
áne, ǽne; adv. [án one, with the adverbial -e]

Onceonce for allonlyalonesemelsolumtantum

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Once, once for all, only, alone; semel, solum, tantum Is ðys áne this is once more, Andr. Kmbl. 984; An. 492.

Linked entry: ǽne

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hourscomplinea copy of the service

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Hé ne funde ná búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28

cræftiga

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Hé gegaderode manige cræftigan, and eác óþra weorcmanna þe þám hýrdon artifices multos ac plures subministrantes operarios adhibuit, Gr. D. 251, 13. v. rím-, scín-, stán-, tungol-cræftiga

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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many poems, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 11-18, 25, 26-598, 9-17.

eorl-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-gewǽde, es; n. [gewǽde clothing]

Manly clothing, armour vĭrīlis vestītus

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Manly clothing, armour; vĭrīlis vestītus Gyrede hine Beówulf eorlgewǽdum Beowulf clad himself in armour. Beo. Th. 2888; B. 1442

flene

(n.)
Grammar
flene, an; f.

What is made softbatter

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What is made soft, batter Wyl ða flenan boil the batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 11

fríþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fríþ, adj.

Statelybeautifulsplendĭduspulcher

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Stately, beautiful; splendĭdus, pulcher Seó fríþe mǽg the stately woman, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 22; Rä. 10, 9

fyrwet-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrwet-georn, firwet-georn; adj.

Curiousinquisitivecūriōsus

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Curious, inquisitive; cūriōsus Fela biþ fyrwetgeornra there are many inquisitive, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 31; Gn. Ex. 102

Linked entry: firwet-georn

manig-brǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
manig-brǽde, (?); adj.

Consisting of many things

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Consisting of many things Mænibrǽde dóm satura lex (lanx?), Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 111; Wrt. Voc. 20, 49

persoc

(n.)
Grammar
persoc, es; m.
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A peach; malum persicum Genim persoces leáf, Lchdm. iii. 58, 27. Æppla and peran and persucas, ii. 176, 18

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m. The sea
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vel mare, Txts. 95, 1786. Segg, seg salum, 98, 966. Segc, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 37

ge-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwanon, adv.

From all sides

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From all sides Fela ðearfan gehwanon cumene many needy come from all sides, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 78

sídian

(v.)
Grammar
sídian, p. ode
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To make or to become wide, ample (síd) Sídaþ, Exon. Th. 354, 53 ; Reim. 65. v. be-sídian ; sídung

árweorþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
árweorþ-full, adj.
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Ic mæg habban árwurðfulle lícðénunge, Hml. Th. i 86, 33

be-lǽþed

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Substitute: be-lǽþan to make detestable Eów þe taliaþ biter ðing tó swéte and swéte belǽþað, Wlfst. 47, 7

beorhtnian

(v.)

to glorify

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to make bright, to glorify Ic berhtnade clarificaui, Jn. L. R. 12, 28. Ic ðec bertnade, R. 17, 4

hemming

(n.)
Grammar
hemming, himming, es; m.
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A boot made of raw hide Hemming, i. rúh scó pero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 6. Himming, 117, 5

leóþ-gidding

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Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw, sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga, hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 2. Add

ofer-brycgian

(v.)

to overbridge, make a bridge over

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to overbridge, make a bridge over Ðá hét Maxentius oferbrycgian ða eá mid scipum, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22