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ǽr-genemned

(adj.; part.)
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ǽr-genemned, pp.

Before-namedprænominatus

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Before-named; prænominatus

Linked entry: ge-nemnan

ǽr-gescod

(adj.; part.)
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ǽr-gescod, pp.

Brass-shodshod with brassære calceatus

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Brass-shod, shod with brass; ære calceatus Bill ǽrgescod a brass-shod bill, Beo. Th. 5548; B. 2777

ǽr-geweorc

(n.)
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ǽr-geweorc, es; n.

An ancient workantiquum opus

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An ancient work; antiquum opus Enta ǽrgeweorc the ancient wort of giants, Beo. Th. 3362; B. 1679: Andr. Kmbl. 2471; An. 1237

ǽr-gewyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-gewyrht, es; n.

A former worka deed of oldopus pristinumfacinus olim commissum

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A former work, a deed of old; opus pristinum, facinus olim commissum Ða byre siððan grimme onguldon gaful-rǽdenne þurh ǽrgewyrht the children since have bitterly paid the tax through the deed of old, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 17; Gú. 960: Elen. Kmbl. 2599

Linked entry: ge-wyrht

ǽr-lést

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-lést, e; f.

Dishonourimpietycrueltya disgraceful deed

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Dishonour, impiety, cruelty, a disgraceful deed Hwelce ǽrléste Neron worhte what disgraceful deeds Nero wrought, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 2; Met. 9, 1

ǽr-margen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-margen, es; m.

The early morningthe day-break

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The early morning, the day-break, Ps. Surt. 56, 9: 107, 3: 118, 148

ǽr-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-wéla, an; m. [ǽr ere, before, wéla wealth]

Ancient wealthdivitiæ antiquitus accumulatæ

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Ancient wealth; divitiæ antiquitus accumulatæ, Beo. Th. 5488; B. 2747

ǽw-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-breca, -brica, ǽw-bryca, -an; m. [ǽw marriage, breca a breaker]

A breaker of the marriage vowan adultereradulter

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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30

ǽw-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-bryce, es; m.

A breaking of the marriage vowadulteryadulterium

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A breaking of the marriage vow, adultery; adulterium Wið ǽghwylcne ǽwbryce against all kind of adultery, L. C. E. 34; Th. i. 374, 10: L. C. S. 51; Th. i. 404, 20: L. Edna. S; Th. i. 246, 8

Linked entry: éw-bryce

ǽw-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-fæsten, es; n. [ǽw law, fæsten a fast]

A fated or legal fastlegitimum jejunium

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A fated or legal fast; legitimum jejunium To ǽwfæstene for the legal fast. Rubc. Lk. Bos. 3, 1a, notes, p. 578

ǽw-festnys

(n.)
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ǽw-festnys, -nyss, e; f.

Religionpietyreligiopietas

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Religion, piety; religio, pietas

cwic-ǽht

(n.)
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cwic-ǽht, cwyc-ǽht , e; f. [ǽht cattle]

Live stock, cattle pecus

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Live stock, cattle ; pecus Gebéte on cwicǽhtum [cwyc- MS. B.] let amends be made in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 ; Th. i. 72, 12

Linked entries: ǽht cwyc-ǽht

cwyc-ǽht

(n.)

live stock

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live stock On cwycǽhturn in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 Th. 1, 72, 12, note 28

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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Marriage with a virgin Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony

micel-ǽte

(adj.)
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micel-ǽte, adj.

Eating muchgluttonous

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Eating much, gluttonous Ic geseó dæighwamlíce ðæt ðú mycelǽte eart, Shrn. 16, 20

Linked entry: fela-ǽte

self-ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽta, an; m.
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An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175

self-ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽte, an; f. A plant name,
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wild oat(?) Selfǽte, eoforþrote, Lchdm. ii. 312, 15. Wyl on buteran selfǽtan, 80, 13. [Cockayne cites O. H. Ger. selbéza senecion, in. 344, col. 1.]

Linked entry: ǽte

stán-æx

(n.)
Grammar
stán-æx, e; f.
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A stone axe; or(?) an implement for working stone [Halliwell gives stone-ax a stone-worker's axe] Stánæx bipennis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 60. Stánex, 84, 68. For an account of stone axes found in England, see Wright's The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, pp

Linked entry: stán-bill

sýfer-ǽte

(adj.)
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sýfer-ǽte, adj.
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Moderate in eating, sober, temperate Sig se abbod clǽne and sýferǽte (sýfre, Wells Frgt.) oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, R. Ben. 119, 25

wan-ǽht

(n.)
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wan-ǽht, e; f.
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Scant possession Náh ic fela goldes . . . ic mé sylf ne mæg fore mínum wonǽhtum willan ádreógan, Exon. Th. 458, 19 ; Hy. 4, 103. Cf. wan-spéd