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Anglo-Saxon

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ælr

(n.)

an alder-treealnus

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an alder-tree; alnus

æppel-treów

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-treów, es; n.

An apple-treemalus

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An apple-tree; malus

ambeht-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-scealc, es; m.

An official-servantminister

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An official-servant; minister

Linked entry: scealc

aler-holt

(n.)
Grammar
aler-holt, es; m. [aler the alder; holt a grove, wood]

An alder woodalnetum

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An alder wood; alnetum

Linked entry: alor-holt

a-þenung

(n.)
Grammar
a-þenung, e; f.

An extendingextensionextensio

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An extending, extension; extensio

byrþor-cwelm

(n.)
Grammar
byrþor-cwelm, es; m.
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An abortion, a miscarriage

efen-ling

(n.)
Grammar
efen-ling, es; m.

A consort, an equal

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A consort, an equal

eág-hill

(n.)
Grammar
eág-hill, es; m.

An eyebrow supercĭlium

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An eyebrow; supercĭlium, Mann

scíran

(v.)
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to discharge an office

Linked entry: scýran

ge-íhtnyss

(n.)
Grammar
ge-íhtnyss, e; f.

An additionepact

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An addition, epact,Lye

ecilma

Grammar
ecilma, l. écilma,
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and see ǽ-celma

ge-mind

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Dele bracket at end

geond-flówende

(adj.)
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reciprocus, An. Ox. 2363

wág

Grammar
wág, In 1. 4 for brýden l. bryden. and see breden.
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Dele grund-, at end

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a lowlaw a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound;tumulusthe interior of a mound, a cave

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a low or law [occurring in names of places], a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound; tumulus Wæs ðǽr on ðam eálande sum hláw mycel ofer eorþan geworht, ðone ylcan men for feós wilnunga gedulfon and brǽcon there was

Linked entry: hláw

ge-sceádwísness

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. ¶ as a personification :-- Ðá cwæþ seó Gesceádwísnes, Bt. 5, 3 ; F. 12, l. a reason, an argument Lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille ꝥ wit spyrigen æfter ǽnigre gesceádwísnesse furþor, nú wit ꝥ áfunden habbaþ ꝥ wit ǽr sóhton sed visne rationes ipsas invicem collidamus

Linked entry: sceádwísness

gebyrd-tíd

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Add: the time of a person's birth Ymbe nigon hund wintra and nigon and seoxtig ðæs ðe Drihtnes gebyrdtíde wæs. C.D. iii. 50, 9. Fram gebyrdtíde (-a, An. Ox. 2842) iugeðe ab ipsa cunabulorum temeritudine, Hpt. Gl. 473, 7.

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Voc. ii. 23, 37. (2 a) as a verb of incomplete predication Ús þis se æðeling ýðre gefremede, Cri. 627.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13

nese

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'Næse, lá, nese, ' 49, 12. where a prohibition is assented to 'Þ án ic þé bebeóde, ꝥ þú . . . ne forgite ꝥ ꝥ ic ǽr tǽhte.