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Anglo-Saxon

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ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

hearn

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In the line: Salpicis et clangor, necnon et classica sistri, Ald. 207, 36,(?)

stán-rǽw

(n.)
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a line of stones On stánrǽwe; of stánrǽwe, C. D. iii. 444, 5

ar-faran

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Dele: the line cited should read Ge ǽr farað ge eft cumað

ge-rǽwod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽwod, ge-rǽwud; adj. (ptcpl.) Of troops,
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drawn up in line Gerǽwud (printed -rǽrud) féda acies Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 26

Linked entry: -rǽwod

rihtung-þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung-þrǽd, es; m.

A directing thread a plumb-line

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A directing thread a plumb-line Wealles rihtungþréd perpendiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 64

Linked entries: rihtness weall-þrǽd

níd-faru

(n.)
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At end of first line l. there for the, see Txts. p. 149

pundern

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Add: a plumb-line Of punderne a perpendiculo, An. Ox. 3005: 2, 138 (printed wunderne)

bræcce

(n.)

trousers

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trousers Braeccę (the second c is added above the line) sarabare, Txts. 95, 1788

wiht-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
wiht-mearc, e; f.

A weight-marka plumb-line

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A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75

cól-þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
cól-þrǽd, -þréd, es; m.

A coal or blackened threadplumb-line perpendiculum

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A coal or blackened thread, plumb-line; perpendiculum Cólþréd perpendiculum Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 73

cassuc

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc, cassoc, e; f. Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass; aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin
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Dó him ðis to lǽcedóme: eoforþrote, cassuc, etc. give him for this a leechdom: everthroat, hassock, etc. L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 23: 1, 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 30: 3, 67 ; Lchdm. ii. 354, 24. To háligre sealfe sceal cassoc hassock shall be for a holy

Linked entry: cassoc

sund-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ráp, es; m.
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A sounding line:?-Sundgyrd in scipe oððe [sund-] ráp, i. metráp bolidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 17

þenning

(n.)
Grammar
þenning, e; f.
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Stretching, extension Be Cristes earm[a] þenninge and his honda on róde, Anglia xi. 172, last line

Linked entry: earm-þenning

á-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
á-sencan, p. te

To sink

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On áse(i)ntum (i above the line) summerso, i. absorbto . An. Ox. 829

ealdhláford-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
ealdhláford-cynn, es; n.
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The old royal family, the rightful royal line Se cásere wæs heora ealdhláfordcynnes, Bt. 1; F. 2, 22

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Linen reáf scrédan sume seócnysse ge' ácnaþ ( in a dream) to put on a linen garment betokens some sickness, Lchdm. iii. 206. 30. to rig a ship (?

Linked entry: -scrid

gisting

(n.)
Grammar
gisting, e; f.
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The being a stranger, exile Gestinccum (one c above the line) exilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 66. Gestincum, 30, 2

Linked entry: gestinc

(n.)

hair

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The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

sib-æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
sib-æðeling, es; m.
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A prince and kinsman Sibæðelingas (Beowulf and Wiglaf; a few lines before the former is spoken of as the mǽg of the latter). Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708