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sige-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-ríce, adj.
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Th. 179, 11 ; Exod. 27. applied to men, cf. prop. name Sigeríc Gif gé ( the Israelites ) gehealdaþ hálige láre, gé gesittaþ sigeríce beórselas beorna, Cd. Th. 213, 34 ; Exod. 562

ge-cígednes

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D. 53, 8. v. ge-cigan; II. 2. a name or appellation Gecíednysse uocabulo, i. nomine, An. Ox. 1503

godwræc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
godwræc-lic, adj.
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Sacrilegious Ꝥ hé náme æt his handa ꝥ húsl þǽre godwræclican (-wræt-, -wret-, v. ll.) gehálgunge ut ex ejus manu sacrilegae consecrationis communionem perciperet, Gr. D. 238, 12.

heorot-clæfre

Grammar
heorot-clæfre, l. heorot-clǽfre,
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Ðeós wyrt þe man chamedris and óþrum naman heort-clǽfre nemneð, heó bið cenned on dúnum, Lch. i. 120, 18. and add

stapa

(n.)
Grammar
stapa, an; m.
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One who steps. a name given to the grasshopper or locust Stapan locuste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 20: 71, 62. v. gærsstapa. [O. H. Ger. houui-staffo locusta.] in cpds. án-, eard-, hǽþ-, hild-, mearc-, mór-stapa

elm

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Elmleáh as a place name, C. D. iv. 70, 3, 13. Add

ge-fylgan

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'Swá hwelc swá . . . mínne naman þurh þé gecégð, ic hine gehére,' Shrn. 73, 7

wealda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wealda, an ; m.

A ruler.

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-walto: Icel. valdi.] as a proper name(?) Innan Wealdan hricg on Eádríces gemǽre, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 9

slíw

(n.)
Grammar
slíw, sleów, sliú, slí, es; m.

a tench a mullet tinca, tincus a tench

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The name of a fish, a tench or a mullet Slíw tinca Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 73: tinctus 281, 52. Sliú tincus 66, 1. Sleów mugilis ii. 57, 75. Slí tincti Txts. 101, 2020. Slii 116, 221

Linked entries: sleów slí

Seax-

(prefix)
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in proper names Sigeferþ Seaxing, Seaxa Sledding ( in a list of East Saxon kings ), Txts. 179, 23. Cf. Icel. Járn-Saxa = iron-chopper, the name of an ogress in the Edda. Ðá féng tó Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42.

feóndulf

(n.)
Grammar
feóndulf, feónd-ulf (ulf < wulf; cf. ulf in proper names, e. g. Swíð-ulf, Beorht-ulf, Eád-ulf, Beorn-ulf, Ecg-ulf, Chr. 897; P. 90, 4-9, and see Kl. Nom. Stam. p. 17), es; m.

A felonvillain

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A felon, villain Feóndulf furcifer, furca dignus, Germ. 396, 317. Substitute:

Affrica

(n.)
Grammar
Affrica, indecl: but Lat. Affrica, gen. æ; acc. am; f.

Africa

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Hý ða þrý dǽlas on þreó tonemdon — Asiam, and Európam, and Affricam they named the three parts by three names — Asia, and Europe, and Africa, id; Bos. 15, 5 : 5, 11; Bos. 109, 23: 6, 30; Bos. 126, 32

Linked entry: Africa

ge-hrepod

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hrepian;</b> p. ode To touch Tactus gehrepod is participium; and tactus hrepung is nama, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 255, 3. to touch with the hand Gehrepa hire byrigene, and þú bist sóna hál, Hml.

tyllan

(v.)
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Ælfríc nam þæt toll for þæs kynges hand, 31), Cht. E. 253, 16

Ác-leá

(n.)
Grammar
Ác-leá, = Ác-leáh; g. -leáge;f. [ác an oak, leáh a lea, ley, meadow; acc. leá = leáh, q. v.]

The name of a place, as Oakley

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The name of a place, as Oakley Sinoþ wæs ge-gaderod æt Ácleá a synod was assembled at Acley or Oakley, Chr. 789; Ing. 79, 14. Ácleá, Chr. 782; Erl. 57, 6: 851; Erl. 67, 26; 68, 3

Linked entry: ÆT

gloria

(n.)
Grammar
gloria, a, an; pl. glorian; m.
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A Gloria, a name for a liturgical formula Se gloria þæs forman sealmes, R. Ben. 69, 3: 68, 8. Under ánum gloria (glorian, R. Ben. I. 47, 6), 40, 22. Tódǽled on twégen glorian, 38, 3: 42, 13

hænep

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Ðeós wyrt þe man cannaue silfatica and óþrum naman hænep (henep, v. l. ) nenmeþ, Lch. i. 228, 15-17. Add

lǽce-cræft

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Wæs sum munuc, þám wæs nama lustus, sé waes gelǽred on lǽceræfte ( medicinali arte imbutus ), Gr. D. 344, 6: 11. Hé áxode gif hé cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml.

Afen

(n.)
Grammar
Afen, Afn, e; f: Afene, an; f.

AVON

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AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5

waniend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
waniend-líc, wanigend-líc; adj.
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Diminutive (as a grammatical term), expressing diminution Sume naman synd diminutiva, ðæt synd waniendlíce, ða geswuteliaþ wanunge, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 17. Diminutiva syndon wanigendlíce.