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Anglo-Saxon

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cweþ

Grammar
cweþ, says, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 45, = cweðeþ;
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3rd pres. sing. of cweðan

cwiðst

Grammar
cwiðst, sayest, speakest, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 38, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

dere

Grammar
dere, (Gr. D. 207, 14).

Similar entry: DARU

ge-dihtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dihtnung, a dispensation, disposing, Gr. D. 146, 28.
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See preceding word

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc. In reference to running water, the head is exactly converse to the gemýðe or mouths. In the Saxon charters the word is of frequent occurrence

Linked entries: heófad up-heáfod hæfd hafud heáfd

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