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Anglo-Saxon

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æf-dæl

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dæl, g. -dæles; pl. nom. -dalu; n. [æf, dæl a vale]

A descent ⬩ descensus

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A descent; descensus To æfdæle ad descensum, Lk. Lind. War. 19, 37

ǽfen-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ǽfen-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To grow towards evening ⬩ advesperascere

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To grow towards evening; advesperascere Hit ǽfenlǽcþ advesperascit, Lk. Bos. 24, 29

æmtegian

(v.)

to be at leisure

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to be at leisure, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 16

æplian

(v.)
Grammar
æplian, p. ede; pp. ed

To make into the form of apples

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To make into the form of apples, Elen. Kmbl. 2517; El. 1260

a-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To lend ⬩ accommodare

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To lend; accommodare Alǽned feoh pignus, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 10

a-merran

(v.)

to hinder ⬩ trouble ⬩ disturb

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to hinder, trouble, disturb, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 87; Met. 8, 44

and-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
and-wirdan, p. de; pp. od

to answer ⬩ respondere

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to answer; respondere Ðæt wíf andwirde the woman answered. Gen. 3, 2

a-sterfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sterfan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause death ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ necare ⬩ eradicare

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To cause death, kill, destroy; necare, eradicare, Mt. Rush. Stv. 15, 13

Linked entry: a-styrfan

a-wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽcan, p. -wǽcte, -wǽhte; pp. -wǽced, -wǽct, -wǽht

To weaken ⬩ fatigue ⬩ debilitare ⬩ fatigare

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To weaken, fatigue; debilitare, fatigare Awǽht defessus, Hymn. Awǽht porrectus, Cot. 157

Linked entries: a-wǽht wǽcan

a-wierdan

(v.)

to corrupt ⬩ corrumpere

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to corrupt; corrumpere He awiert ðæt mód corrumpit animum, Past. 53, 5

a-trendlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-trendlian, p. ode; pp. od

To trundle ⬩ roll ⬩ volutare ⬩ provolvere

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To trundle, roll; volutare, provolvere, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 33; Met. 5,17

Linked entry: trendlian

be-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
be-clyppan, bi-clyppan; p. -clypte; pp. -clypt

To clip ⬩ embrace ⬩ amplecti

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To clip, embrace; amplecti, Ps. Th. 118, 61 : Mk. Bos. 9, 36

Linked entry: bi-clyppan

be-freón

(v.)
Grammar
be-freón, , -freóde; -freód

To free ⬩ liberare

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To free; liberare Ps. C. 50, 110; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 110

cwincan

(v.)
Grammar
cwincan, ic cwince, ðú cwincst, he cwincþ, pl. cwincaþ; p. cwanc, pl. cwuncon; pp. cwuncen

To disappear, vanish, decrease ⬩ evanescere, diminuere, deficere, Leo A. Sax. Gl. 209

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To disappear, vanish, decrease; evanescere, diminuere, deficere, Leo A. Sax. Gl. 209

délan

(v.)

to divide

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to divide, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 10; Thw. notes, p. 29, 10

eorsian

(v.)

to be angry

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to be angry, Ps. Spl. 4, 5 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 22

for-dimmian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dimmian, p. ode; pp. od

To make very dim ⬩ darken ⬩ obscure ⬩ obnūbĭlāre ⬩ obfuscāre ⬩ obscūrāre

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To make very dim, darken, obscure; obnūbĭlāre, obfuscāre, obscūrāre, R. Conc. 1

fóre-sændan

(v.)

to send before

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to send before, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41, MS. D

for-hýdan

(v.)

To hide ⬩ abscondĕre

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To hide; abscondĕre Forhýddan meinwitgyrene abscondērunt mĭhi lăqueōs, Ps. Th. 139, 5

framian

(v.)

to avail ⬩ profit ⬩ vălēre ⬩ prōdesse

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to avail, profit; vălēre, prōdesse, R. Ben. 64, 72: R. Conc. 7