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Anglo-Saxon

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riht-meterfers

(n.)
Grammar
riht-meterfers, es; n.
Entry preview:

Correct hexameter verse Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twentig tíman, Anglia viii. 314, 10

Linked entry: meter-fers

sceaþel

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþel, e; f.
Entry preview:

Hé sceal habban fela tówtóla . . . cranc*-*stæf, sceaþele, seámsticcan, Anglia ix. 263, 14

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e ; f. A saw
Entry preview:

Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, sage, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entries: saga saga

tow-tól

(n.)
Grammar
tow-tól, es; n.
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An implement for spinning Hé sceal fela towtóla habban, flexlínan, spinle . . . Anglia ix. 263, 10

leác-blæd

(n.)
Grammar
leác-blæd, es; n.
Entry preview:

A leek leaf Þis man sceal wið ꝥ gedrif wrítan on þreóm leácbladan, Nap. 41

mete-awul

(n.)
Entry preview:

Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

fódder-hec

(n.)

a rack

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a rack or manger to hold fodder Man sceal habban . . . fódder-hec, Angl. ix. 265, l

Linked entry: hec

nægled-cnearr

Entry preview:

Scip sceal genægled, Gn. Ex. 94. [Cf. Sie forlétun . . . nettiu and neglitskipu, Hél. 1186.] Add:

reáfere

(n.)
Grammar
reáfere, es; m.
Entry preview:

Scyld sceal cempan, sceaft reáfere, Exon. Th. 341, 23; Gn. Ex. 130. Ic ne eom swylce óðre men, reáferas ( raptores ), Lk. Skt. 18, 11. Rýperas and reáferas and ðás woruldstrúderas, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19 : Wulfst. 165, 35 : L. C.

ofer-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽte, adj.
Entry preview:

Given to excess in eating, gluttonous Ne sceal mon beón druncengeorn, ne oferǽte, R. Ben. 17,15

stodle

(n.)
Grammar
stodle, (-a; m. ?), an ; f.
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A slay, part of a loom Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . stodlan, Anglia ix. 263, 11

egeþ-getígu

(n.)
Grammar
egeþ-getígu, pl. n.
Entry preview:

The apparatus belonging to a harrow Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, sulhgesídu, egeðgetígu, Angl. ix. 264, 5

ceás-lunger

(adj.)
Grammar
ceás-lunger, odj.
Entry preview:

Quick to quarrel, contentious Se hordere sceal beón sýfre and ná ceáslunger (conteniiasvs), Chrd. 19, 12

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Rǽd sceal mid snyttro . . . til sceal mid tilum. Exon. Th. 334, 26; Gn. Ex. 22. Wita sceal geþyldig, ne sceal nó tó hátheort, 290, 15 ; Wand. 65. Hige sceal þe heardra, mód sceal ðe máre, ðe úre mægen lytlaþ, Byrht. Th. 140, 62 ; By. 312.

Linked entries: sceal ge-scola

morgen-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-ceald, adj.

Chilled with the cold of early morning

Entry preview:

Chilled with the cold of early morning Sceal gár wesan monig morgenceald, Beo. Th. 6036; B. 3022

sulh-gesíde

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-gesíde, es; n.
Entry preview:

An appurtenance of a plough Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, sulhgesídu, Anglia ix. 264, 5. Cf. next word

clacu

(n.)
Grammar
clacu, e; f.
Entry preview:

Hurt, harm, injury Sceal áspringan wíde and síde sacu and clacu, hól and hete, Wlfst. 86, 10

Linked entry: clæc-leás

mild-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mild-ness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21

hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.
Entry preview:

Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9

seohhe

(n.)
Grammar
seohhe, an; f.
Entry preview:

Man sceal habban seohhan, Anglia ix. 264, 18

Linked entry: ge-seohhian

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