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Anglo-Saxon

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be-swungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-swungen, beaten, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 20; pp.
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of be-swingan

dihtaþ

Grammar
dihtaþ, dictates, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 21, = dihteþ;
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3rd pres. sing. of dihtan

fióde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fióde, hated,
  • Bt. 39, 1
    • ;
  • Fox 212, 5
; p.
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of fiógan, fión

eár

(prep.)
Grammar
eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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substitute 1579. add: expressing quickness of movement or procedure Heó gewát hyre west þonan feran, forð ónette, Rä. 30, 11. Mé wǽre liófre ꝥ ic ónette wiþ þæs, ꝥ ic ðé móste gelǽstan ꝥ ic ðe gehét festino debitum promissionis absolvere, Bt. 40, 5 ;

féran

Grammar
féran, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Add On weg féran to travel, Lch. ii. 330, 9. add : Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 23

ge-mǽre

Grammar
ge-mǽre, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Hé æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 7. Add

lecgan

Grammar
lecgan, <b>; VI 1.</b>
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Hé dylfð ðone grundweall swýþe deópne and legð hine mid stáne, E.S. 49, 349. Add

Cwéna land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwéna land, the land or country of the Quaines, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 10. v. Cwénas, Cwén-land.

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be-táht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-táht, betrothed, Mt. Lind. Stv. 1, 18, = be-tǽht; pp.
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of be-tǽcan II

be-þýddon

(v.)
Grammar
be-þýddon, thrust, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8; p. pl.
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of be-þýan

búgende

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
búgende, bowing, kneeling, Mk. Bos. 1. 7. v. búgan
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to bow down

flégende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
flégende,
  • Bd. 1, 7, Lye,
= fleógende; part. of fleógan.

flying ⬩ vŏlans

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flying; vŏlans

swégan

Grammar
swégan, <b>. I b</b> 1.
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Add Swégdon sonauerunt (inimici tui, Ps. 82, 3), Bl. Gl. add Ne gehýre gé hú myrige lofsangas swégað on heofenum?, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 5. Benedicte ne mihte beón nán þing bedíglod, þá þá on his eáre swégdon eác þá word þæs munukes geþóhtes, Gr. D. 144,

bodudon

(v.)
Grammar
bodudon, announced; annuntiaverunt, Ps. Spl. 43, 1, = bododon; p. pl.
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of bodian

helle-geat

Grammar
helle-geat, -gat,
  • Homl. Th. i. 288, 1, 4.

ge-sege

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sege, say, tell, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1; impert.
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of ge-secgan

gyr

(n.)
Grammar
gyr, a fir-tree. For Lchdm. iii. 328, col. 1
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substitute Gyr abies, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 40

feówertig

Grammar
feówertig, <b>; I 1 a.</b>
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add: Lch. ii. 284, 21: Gr. D. 98, 14

ge-hátan

Grammar
ge-hátan, <b>; IV 1 a.</b>
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Ic gean ... Þára landa þe wit geheótan Gode, C.D. iii. 274, 15. Add

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