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Anglo-Saxon

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ésa

(n.)
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Lch. iii. 54, 9

ess

(n.)
Grammar
ess, es; m.
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The letter s Premo ic ofðrycce macað pressi on twám essum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 170, 3. Fissum on twám essum . . . fusum, án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, 178, 5

ést

Grammar
ést, <b>; II.</b>
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Tóeácan óðrum þingum sumne smeálicne ést cum ceteris additamentis aliquod pulmentum, Chrd. 15, 37. Add

mæced

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
mæced, [ = má-éced? cf. má-geéct]

mactus

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glosses mactus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 53

æt-ícan

Grammar
æt-ícan, v. æt-écan
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in Dict

má-geéct

Grammar
má-geéct, (má = magis, ge-écan = augere),

mactus ⬩ magis auctus

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mactus (= magis auctus) Ða mágeéctan macta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 3. Cf. 54, 71. Mágeécte morota (macta ?), 57, 24

Linked entry: ge-ícan

feóndulf

(n.)
Grammar
feóndulf, feónd-ulf (ulf &lt; wulf; cf. ulf in proper names, e. g. Swíð-ulf, Beorht-ulf, Eád-ulf, Beorn-ulf, Ecg-ulf, Chr. 897; P. 90, 4-9, and see Kl. Nom. Stam. p. 17), es; m.

A felon ⬩ villain

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A felon, villain Feóndulf furcifer, furca dignus, Germ. 396, 317. Substitute:

sceó

(n.)

a cloud

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Scearp cymeþ sceó wið óðrum, ecg wið ecge (of the coming together of clouds charged with electricity), Exon. Th. 385, 8 ; Rä. 4, 41

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued ⬩ augēri, increscĕre

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To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued; augēri, increscĕre Adam wearþ gáste eácen Adam was with spirit indued, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 23; Gen. 1001: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 26; Rä. 6, 13. Eácen feoh increased cattle, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 25; Gen. 1517. Heó wæs

Linked entry: ǽcen

æt-ýcan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-ýcan, p. -ýcte; pp. -ýced, -ýct [æt, ýcan, écan to eke]

To add to ⬩ augment ⬩ increase ⬩ adjicere

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To add to, augment, increase; adjicere Se gesíþ ætýcte eác swylce his bénum, ðæt he his teáras geát the earl also added to his intreaties, that he shed tears, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 40: 4, 5; S. 573, 13

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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to speak against, speak ill of, denounce Forsprecað hí foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað hí,' Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10. [Fra steven of forspekand a voce obloquentis, Ps. 43, 17.] to misrepresent a case, state

Brádan ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan ǽ, indecl. f. [i.e. latus fluvius,
  • Hist. Eccl. Petroburg.
Bardanea,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio 15
]

Broadwater ⬩ Bradanea

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Broadwater Bradanea Þurh án scýr wæter, Brádan ǽ hátte through a clear water called Broadwater, per unam pulcram aquam, Bradanea nomine, Chr. 656; Erl. 31, 17; Cod. Dipl. 984; A. D. 664; Kmbl. v. 5, 3

ende-leás

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Hwæþer þe éce líf and éce blisse, þe écne deáþ and endeleáse yrmðe, Wlfst. 23, 20. Ðerh endeleáso uoruldo per infinita saecula, Rtl. 180, 3. Add

ofer-hacele

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hacele, an; f.

A cope, hood ⬩ cappa ⬩ a surplice

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Ecg. C. 10, note; Th. ii. 140, 22

crysma

(n.)

chrism

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Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 162, 1

húsel-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-þegn, es; m.

An acolyte

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Ecg. C. 41; Th. i. 166, 20

hálsere

(n.)
Grammar
hálsere, es; m.

An exorcist ⬩ augur, aruspex

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Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 21: Rtl. 194, 5

Linked entry: hǽlsere

-ling

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-ling, -linga, adv.
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Add: v. brád-, ecg-, neód-, nid-, níw-, un-mynd-linga, -lunga

sig

(pronoun.)
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Ecg. iv. 68, 16 ; Th. ii. 230, 14. (?)

scír-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
scír-, (scir- ?)ecg; adj.
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Cf. brún-ecg

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