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ellen-tán

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-tán, es; m.

An elder-twig

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An elder-twig Ellentánas and áctánas, Lch. ii. 322, 19

eorþ-ling

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Substitute for 'A farmer; terrae cultor' 'A bird, ' and add:

feht

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xx. lamba and .xx. fehta, C. D. ii. 64, 32

fernes

Grammar
fernes, l. férnes,
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In foernisse (fórnissæ) in transmigrationem, Txts. 71, 1091. and add

folc-wélig

Grammar
folc-wélig, l. -welig,
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Þǽre folcwelegan populose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 25. and add

ge-lésan

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Dele second passage (v. ge-lǽswian), and see ge-lísan

grammaticere

(n.)
Grammar
grammaticere, es; m.
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A grammarian Grammaticeras and rímcræftige þegnas, Angl. viii. 327, 34

líþian

(v.)
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Dele ', or make, ' and add Líþian mitescere, An. Ox. 3852

leás-fyrhte

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Be ðám árleásum . . . and be ðám leásfyrhtum, Nap. 42. Add

pricels

(n.)
Grammar
pricels, es; m. (?).
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Dele (?), and add Unálýfedlicum pricelsum inlecebrosis stimulis An. Ox. 4228

sweoloþa

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Wallendre hǽte and swoloðan caumate, An. Ox. 23, 55. Add

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, l. túcian,
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and add Tó wæfersýne túcian, Hml. S. 36, 134, 123

un-brosnodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-brosnodlíce, adv.
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Incorruptibly Lifiende undeádlíce and unbrosnodlíce (incorruptibiliter), Gr. D. 348, 23

camp

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Add: — Úres gewinnes and compes militiae noslrae, Nar. 2, 28

frum-byrdling

Grammar
frum-byrdling, l.-birdling,

A youth ⬩ one whose beard has just come

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and add: A youth, one whose beard has just come

ge-fearh-sugu

Grammar
ge-fearh-sugu, l. ge-fearh sugu,
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Gefearh sugu forda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 60. and add

aspide

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Betwux dracum and aspidum, Hml. Th. i. 486, 35. Add

á-wǽlan

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Dele paragraph I, and see á-wiltaná-wiltan, á-wilwan

Linked entry: wǽlan

Eádwíg

(n.)
Grammar
Eádwíg, es; m. [eád happy, wíg war]

Eadwig, son of Edmund. Eadwig was king of Wessex and Northumbria for four years, from A. D. 955-959

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Eadwig, son of Edmund. Eadwig was king of Wessex and Northumbria for four years, from A. D. 955-959 Hér, A. D. 955, féng Eádwíg to ríce, Eádmundes sunu here Eadwig, Edmund's son, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 955 ; Erl. 119, 8. Hér, A. D. 959, Eádwíg

fisc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-cynn, -cinn, es; n.

The fish kind ⬩ kind of fishes ⬩ piscium gĕnus

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The fish kind, kind of fishes; piscium gĕnus Is heofena ríce gelíc asendum nette on ða sǽ, and of ǽlcum fisccynne gadrigendum sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum săgēnæ missæ in măre, et ex omni gĕnĕre piscium congrĕganti, Mt. Bos. 13, 47. God gesceóp ðá ða micelan

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