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Anglo-Saxon

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hord

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Bég and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr níðhýdige genumen hæfdon, 3165

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation

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Se Hǽlend cwæð: 'Ic sittende beó æt mínes Fæder swíðran.' Ðá cwæð se ealdorbiscop: 'Hwæt þincþ eów be ðissere segene, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 22: 320, 31: 484, 1.

Linked entries: sæcgen segen

sweotolung

(n.)
Grammar
sweotolung, e; f.

a manifestation ⬩ an explanation, definition ⬩ a declaration, setting forth, exposition, shewing ⬩ evidence, testimony, declaration; when written, a testament, title-deed, certificate, prescript

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Ic wille, ðæt ðú underfó ðás seofon lamb æt mé, ðæt hig tó swutelunge (in testimonium) beón, ðæt ic dealf ðísne pytt, Gen. 21, 30.

symbel

(n.)
Grammar
symbel, symel, es; n.

a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,

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Ðæt hám weorud tó symble gesomnod wæs and hé sæt mid him æt ðam symble vicani coenantes epulabantur, resedit et ipse cum eis ad convivium, 3, 10;S. 534, 26-28. Sittan æt symble, Exon. Th. 413,27;Rä. 32, 12: 314, 16;Mód. 15. Sittan tó symble, Cd.

heáfod

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Æt Biédan heáfde, Chr. 675 ; P. 34, 28. the upper end of that which is, or is thought of as, sloping. of land. Cf. æt ðas akeres úpende, C. D. iii. 434, 2. In pl. the word seems often equivalent to andheáfdu, q. v.

an-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
an-leofa, an; m.

food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ victus ⬩ cibus ⬩ a gift ⬩ alms ⬩ wages ⬩ stips

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Kmbl. 36; Leás. 20. a gift, alms, wages; stips, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 105

Linked entry: big-leofa

a-slacigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-slacigendlíc, adj.

Remissive ⬩ remissivus

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Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 29

Linked entry: slacigendlíc

axiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
axiendlíc, axigendlíc; adj.

Interrogative ⬩ inquiring ⬩ inquisitive ⬩ interrogativus

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ðon biþ se [hwá quis] interrogativum, ðæt is axigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27

bæd-þearm

(n.)
Grammar
bæd-þearm, es; m.

Mentera ⬩ entera ⬩ έντερa

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Bæd-þearm seems to be an error of the copyist for bæcþearm, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 122; Wrt. Voc. 45, 27

dæg-wine

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wine, es; n?

A day's pay ⬩ diarium

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A day's pay; diarium Dægwine diarium, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 32; Wrt. Voc. 28, 15. Dægwine pensum vel diarium, 64; Som. 69, 9; Wrt. Voc. 40, 43

Linked entry: wine

cýs-gerunn

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-gerunn, es; n? [ge-runnen cougulatus]

Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curd ⬩ lactis coagulum

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Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curd;lactis coagulum Butergeþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losaþ eów butyrum omne et caseus pereunt vobis, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 19

cwild

(n.)

a plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction

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Voc. 75, 54: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25: Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 31: Ps. Spl. C. 28, 9: 31, 8

cwyde

(n.)

a sentence ⬩ sententia ⬩ a discourse, sermon

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a sentence ; sententia, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 2, 38. a discourse, sermon Smeágaþ ðysne cwyde consider this sermon, Homl. Th. i. 28, 20: ii. 2, 14: 2, 17

eár-hring

(n.)
Grammar
eár-hring, eár-ring, es; m.

An ear-ring ⬩ inauris

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An ear-ring; inauris Nymaþ gyldene eár-hringas of eówer wífa eáron tollĭte inaures aureas de uxōrum vestrārum aurĭbus, Ex. 32, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 91

Linked entry: eár-ring

earn-geáp

(n.)
Grammar
earn-geáp, [earn an eagle, geáp shrewd, cunning] A vulture, species of falcon; vultur, harpe = ἅρπη
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vultur, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 32; Wrt. Voc. 29, 51. Earn-geáp? arpa [ = harpe ], Glos. Brux. Recd. 36, 2; Wrt. Voc. 62, 2, Ben. Lye

éce-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
éce-líce, adv.

Eternally, ever ⬩ perpĕtuo

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Eternally, ever; perpĕtuo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 1. Ic ðas tíde Eástrena écelíce healdan wille vŏlo hoc tempus Paschae perpetuo observare Bd. 5. 21; S 643. 20

enneleác

(n.)
Grammar
enneleác, enneléc, eneleác, ynneleác, yneleác, es; n. [leác a leek, onion]

An onion ⬩ cæpe, ūnio

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Enneléc cæpe, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 106; Wrt. Voc. 30, 54

Linked entry: eneleác

fen-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fearn, fen-fern, es; n.

The fen ⬩ water-fern ⬩ flowering fern ⬩ the herb christopher ⬩ osmund-royal ⬩ osmunda rēgālis ⬩ salvia? ⬩ salvia

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-Fenfearn salvia, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 8; Wrt. Voc. 31, 19

fina

(n.)
Grammar
fina, an; m.

A woodpecker ⬩ pīcus

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A woodpecker; pīcus Fina pīcus, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 26; Wrt. Voc. 29, 46: 77, 31: 281, 4: Glos. Brnx. Recd. 36, 33; Wrt. Voc. 62, 33

for-feran

(v.)
Grammar
for-feran, p. de; pp. ed [for-, feran to go]

To go or pass away ⬩ perish ⬩ pĕrīre

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To go or pass away, perish; pĕrīre Fórneáh ǽlc tilþ on mersclande forferde very nearly all the tilth in the marsh-land perished, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 13