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Anglo-Saxon

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eal-gearo

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-gearo, eall-gearo; adj.

All ready or prepared ⬩ omnīno promptus

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All ready or prepared; omnīno promptus vel părātus Beorh ealgearo wunode on wonge the mountain stood all ready on the plain, Beo. Th. 4475; B. 2241: 155; B. 77: 2465; B. 1230

Linked entry: eall-gearo

land-setla

(n.)
Grammar
land-setla, an; m.

a tenant

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An occupier of land, a tenant Ic an míne landseðlen here toftes tó ówen áchte I give to my tenants their tofts into their own possession, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 29

frǽ-beorht

(adj.)
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Take here freá-beorht, and add Freábeorht limpida, An. Ox. 1716. Freáberht praeclarum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5. Þá clypiað freábrihtum stefnum, Wlfst. 212, 20. Þǽre freábeorhtestan limpidissimi, i. clarissimi, An. Ox. 87

eáwisc-nesse

(n.)
Grammar
eáwisc-nesse, ǽwisc-nesse
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openness, manifestness On ǽwiscnesse in propatulo (Ald. 3, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 16. (cf. in propatulo, in manifesto (Ald. 21, 7), 77, 62): 46, 57. Cf. eáwisc-lic, eáwisc-líce, eáwunga

æppel-þorn

(n.)

an apple-thorn ⬩ a crab-tree

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an apple-thorn, a crab-tree

ærnung

(n.)
Grammar
ærnung, e; f.

An EARNING ⬩ stipend ⬩ hire ⬩ wages ⬩ merces

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An EARNING, stipend, hire, wages; merces

a-hóf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hóf, p. of a-hebban.

raised

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Kmbl. 1042; An. 521;

a-hiscean

(v.)

to hiss at ⬩ to mock ⬩ irridere

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to hiss at, to mock; irridere

Linked entry: a-hnyscan

a-hlyhheþ

laughs at

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laughs at, Ps. Th. 85, 11

a-spyrgeng

(n.)
Grammar
a-spyrgeng, e; f.

An inventing ⬩ invention ⬩ adinventio

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An inventing, invention; adinventio, Cot. 186

ceareg

(adj.)

sorrowful

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Kmbl. 2218; An. IIIO

clang

(v.; part.)
Grammar
clang, p. of clingan.

shrunk

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Kmbl. 2522; An. 1262;

epl

(n.)
Grammar
epl, eppl

an apple

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an apple, Ps. Spl. 78, 1

epse

(n.)

an asp-tree,

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an asp-tree, Som. Ben. Lye

forþ-tihting

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-tihting, e; f. [tihting persuasion],

An exhortation ⬩ exhortātio

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An exhortation; exhortātio, Epil. Reg. Concord

eadesa

(n.)

an adze

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an adze, Ps. Surt. 73, 6

ge-bisnung

(n.)

an example ⬩ exemplum

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an example; exemplum,Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: ge-býsnung

ge-meare

(n.)

an end,

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an end, Ps. Lamb. 58, 14

be-sceáwiendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-sceáwiendlic, adj.

Contemplative

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Contemplative Besceáwendlicre contemplativae, An. Ox. 991

blǽ-hǽwen

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Blǽhǽwenre glauco, An. Ox. 528. Add

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