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Anglo-Saxon

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cnyttels

(n.)
Grammar
cnyttels, m.
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For 'Mone B. 2858' substitute An. Ox. 2935, and add:

be-rídan

to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest

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Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað, 338, 30

cwyld-full

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyld-full, adj.

Destructive, pernicious ⬩ perniciosus

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Destructive, pernicious ; perniciosus Cwyldfulle wæferséne perniciosum spectaculum, Mone B. 1259

cor-wurma

(n.)
Grammar
cor-wurma, an; m.

A purple colour ⬩ múrex

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A purple colour; múrex Corwurmum mūrĭ-cĭbus Mone B. 6170

Linked entry: wurma

flǽsc-gebyrd

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-gebyrd, e; f.

Flesh-birth ⬩ incarnation ⬩ incarnātio

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Flesh-birth, incarnation; incarnātio Flǽsc-gebyrde incarnātiōnis, Mone B. 499

Linked entry: ge-byrd

lár-hlystend

(n.)
Grammar
lár-hlystend, es; m.

a catechumen

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One who listens to instruction, a catechumen, Mone B. 2802

ge-sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sárgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [sárgian to afflict]

To afflict, trouble, damage ⬩ of afflīgĕre, trībŭlāre

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Ne sceal nán mon siócne monnan gesárgodne swencan no one ought to afflict a sick troubled person, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 20. Wǽron hie gesárgode they were damaged, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 8

dréme

(adj.)
Grammar
dréme, drýme; adj. [dreám II. music, melody, harmony]

Melodious, harmonious ⬩ canōrus

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Melodious, harmonious; canōrus Mid drémere stefne canōra voce, Mone B. 2538

seofontíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
seofontíne-nihte, adj.
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Seventeen days old On .xvii, nihte móne, Lchdm. iii. 180, 7

fíftíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftíne-nihte, adj.
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Fifteen days old On xv-nihte mónan, Lch. iii. 180, 1

nigon-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
nigon-nihte, adj.
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Nine days old On nigannihtne ealdne mónan, Lch. iii. 160, 27

brún-basu

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-basu, -baso; adj. [brún brown, basu purple]
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Brúnbasne coccineum, Mone B. 6153. Ðý brúnan oððe ðý brúnbasewan puniceo, Cot. 183

ancre

(n.)
Grammar
ancre, an; f. [antre?]

Radish

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Radish; raphănus = ῥάφανος Ancre, ðæt is rædic raphanus, Mone A. 493

dafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dafenlíc, dafnlíc; adj.

Becoming, fit, suitable ⬩ decens, congruus, conveniens

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Becoming, fit, suitable; decens, congruus, conveniens Dafnlícum congruis, Mone B. 1359

cop

(n.)
Grammar
cop, gen. coppes; m.

A top, COP, summit ⬩ vertex, summitas

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A top, COP, summit; vertex, summitas Coppe summitate Mone B. 1576

Linked entry: copest

flít-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
flít-mǽlum, adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, n.]

By strife ⬩ strifewise ⬩ eagerly ⬩ earnestly ⬩ certātim

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By strife, strifewise, eagerly, earnestly; certātim Flítmǽlum certātim, Mone B. 199

fógere

(n.)
Grammar
fógere, es; m.

A suiter ⬩ wooer ⬩ prŏcus

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A suiter, wooer; prŏcus Fógere [MS. foghere] prŏco, Mone B. 4287

sixtíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
sixtíne-nihte, adj.
Entry preview:

Sixteen days old On . xvi. nihte mónan, Lchdm. iii. 180, 3

wan-wegende

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-wegende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Waning On wanwegendum mónan, Lchdm. i. 100, 20. Wanwægendum, 98, 17

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

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