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Béda mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Swíþswégum metrum (-e?) heroico exametro, An. Ox. 1437

súþan

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Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo Hesperium montem, a meridie gentes Aulolum, Ors. 1, 1; S.

georne

(adv.)
Grammar
georne, giorne, gyrne; comp. geornor; superl. geornost, geornast; adv.

Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well ⬩ cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne

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Geornor we woldon iówra Rómána bismora beón forsúgiende we would more willingly be silent about the shame of you Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 22: 3, 1; Bos. 53, 14, Swá he geornost mǽge as he best may, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 58; Met. 27, 29.

Linked entries: giorne gyrne

andgyttol

(adj.)
Grammar
andgyttol, andgytol; adj.

understanding ⬩ intelligent ⬩ sensible ⬩ intelligens ⬩ intelligibilis

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Ben. 7: 63

Linked entry: andgitol

ceápung-þing

(n.)
Grammar
ceápung-þing, es; n.

A buying, setting a price ⬩ mercatus

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ceola

(n.)

a little cottage, a cabin ⬩ stega.

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cwic-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-feoh, gen. feós; n.

Living property, cattle ⬩ vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye

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dróf-man

(n.)
Grammar
dróf-man, -mann, es ; m.

A drove-man, cattle-keeper ⬩ bŭbulcus

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earm-boga

(n.)
Grammar
earm-boga, an; m.

An arm-bow, elbow ⬩ brachii curvātūra

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ed-recedroc

(n.)
Grammar
ed-recedroc, -rocc,es; m.

The belching thing ⬩ rūmen

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efesung

(n.)
Grammar
efesung, e; f.

A polling, rounding, shearing, compassing ⬩ tonsūra

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egor

(n.)
Grammar
egor, nine ounces or

inches, a span ⬩ dodrans

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færd

(n.)

an army, expedition ⬩ exercĭtus, expĕdītio mīlĭtāris

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feald

(n.)
Grammar
feald, es; n.

A fold, inclosure, field ⬩ septum, ăger

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fen-fugelas

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fugelas, pl. m.

Fen-birds ⬩ fen fowl ⬩ pălustres ăves

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feoh-ern

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-ern, es; n.

A money-place ⬩ treasury ⬩ gazophylacium ⬩ γαζoφυλακιoξ

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ferh-cwæle

(n.)
Grammar
ferh-cwæle, [ = -cwalu?]

A murrain of hogs ⬩ lues porcīna

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findele

(n.)
Grammar
findele, an; f? es; n?

An invention ⬩ a device ⬩ adinventio ⬩ inventum

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flíter-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
flíter-cræft, es; m.

The art of disputing ⬩ logic ⬩ dialectĭca

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fóran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-dæg, es; m.

Before day or dawn ⬩ antelūcānum tempus

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