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túnincel

(n.)
Grammar
túnincel, es; n.
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A small tún, small farmstead or estate Túnyncel butiuncula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 82. Tó his túningclum ad praediolum suum, túnincle ad villam, Hpt. Gl. 515, 63, 64

here-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
here-rǽs, es; m.
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2

stæf-cræft

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Add Stæfcræft grammatica, An. Ox. 3114. Add Stæfcræftes brede (æthralis) literaturae albo (descriptos), An. Ox. 3031. Stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49. (Both glosses refer to the same passage. )

be-gangol

(n.)

a cultivator ⬩ a cult ⬩ worship

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Grammar be-gangol, a cultivator Tó ðǽm bigeonle ad cultorem, Lk. R. 13, 7. a cult, worship Tó bigeongle ðínes nome ad cultum tui nominis, Rtl. 38, 9

Linked entry: bi-geongol

apelder-tún

(n.)
Grammar
apelder-tún, es; m.

An apple-tree garden

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An apple-tree garden

appel-tún

(n.)

an apple-garden ⬩ orchard

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an apple-garden, orchard

empire

(n.)

an empire ⬩ impĕrium

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an empire; impĕrium. Lye

ern

(n.)
Grammar
ern, es; m.

An eagle

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An eagle; ăquĭla, Lye

firen-wyrhta

(n.)

an evil-doer ⬩ sinner

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an evil-doer, sinner

frǽge

(n.)
Grammar
frǽge, frége

an inquiring ⬩ knowing ⬩ hearsay

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an inquiring, knowing, hearsay

gada

(n.)

a companion ⬩ an associate

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a companion, an associate

pang

(n.)
Grammar
pang, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 52,
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an error for þung (?)

ge-gang

(n.)

an event ⬩ a fate

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an event, a fate

Linked entries: ge-gong ge-ionge

ge-lét

(n.)

an ending ⬩ a meeting

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an ending, a meeting

corn-appla

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Add: An. Ox. 3840

wylinc

Grammar
wylinc, l.
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An. Ox. 571

smiþ-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
smiþ-cræftig, adj.

Skilled as a smith

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Skilled as a smith

ymb-þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-þeahtian, p. ode
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To deliberate, consider Ða ðe longe ǽr ymbðeahtigeaþ, and hit ðonne on lásð ðurhtióð qui consulto peccant Past. 56; Swt. 429, 31. Ða ðe ǽr ðenceaþ tó syngianne and ymbðeahtiaþ ǽr hí hit ðurhtión qui in culpa ex consilio ligantur 433, 32.

be-limp

(n.)
Grammar
be-limp, es; n.
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Smyltum belimpum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 7, 170. Ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs on þæs cyninges belimpum. Hml. A. 95, 124. Belimp (-limpas. An. Ox. 388) eventus (acc. pl. ), Hpt. Gl. 415, 49: 511, 71. On goldes belimpu in auri casus, Scint. III, 3

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Swá him gemédost wæs, Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. (In the last three passages the superlatives might be taken as adverbs. Cf. 7.) <b>III a.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

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