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Anglo-Saxon

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dégol

(adj.)
Grammar
dégol, secret, unknown, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 24; Cri. 41: 104 b; Th. 397, 17; Rä. 16, 21. v. dígol; adj.

feóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feóld, pl. feóldon folded up,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 24
    • ;
  • Som. 25, 50: Exon. 107 a
    • ;
  • Th. 408, 4
    • ;
  • Rä. 27, 7
    • ;
p.
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of fealdan

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great

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And ðes geáres wurdon ix folcgefeoht gefohten wið ðone here on ðam cineríce be súþan Temese; bútan ðam ðe hí Ælfréd, ... and ealdormen, and ciningas þægnas, oft ráda on riden, ðe man náne rímde then, A.D. 871, Alfred, son of Ethelwulf, succeeded to the

mán-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mán-cynn, (?) an evil race. v. mann-cynn;
2 (last passage).

æt-hreppian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hreppian,
  • Ettm.
æt-hræppian,
  • Som
    • ;
p. ode; pp. od

To rap at ⬩ to knock ⬩ dash about ⬩ impingere

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To rap at, to knock, dash about; impingere

-incel

(suffix)
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a diminutive suffix, e. g. ráp-incel, scip-incel, hús-incel

fen-ýce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ýce, an; f. [ýce a frog]

A fen-frog ⬩ pălūdis rāna

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A fen-frog; pălūdis rāna Me is fenýce fóre hreþre a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its course, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9; Rä. 41, 71

Linked entries: fænucæ faerucae

ancor-bend

(n.)
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Cf. ancor-ráp, -streng

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)

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Kmbl. 5, 45. to rain, to fall (of rain) Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen a bloody rain shall fall at even, Blickl. Homl. 91, 34.

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum

nǽp

(n.)
Grammar
nǽp, es; m.

Turnip ⬩ rape

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Turnip, rape Nǽp napus, rapa, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 44, 51 : napis, 68, 18 : 286, 26 : ii. 114, 56. Wilde nǽp nap silvatica, i. 31, 27 : diptamnus vel bibulcos, 32, 5. Nim Ængliscne nǽp, Lchdm. iii. 12; 14. Nim smælne nǽp, 40, 5.

sund-líne

(n.)
Grammar
sund-líne, an; f.
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Cf. sund-gird, -ráp

ráwan

(v.)
Grammar
ráwan, (?) to cut in strips (?) (v. rǽw.) Cf. Geráwende infindens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 24. Geráwende slítende and ceorfende infindens, 47, 22. Gerǽwen hrægel
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segmentata vestis, i. 40, 10

spyrte

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Hé sóhte ráp and spertan (wylian, v. l.) funem sportamque quaesivit, Gr. D. 110, 1. Spyrtan sportulas, i. cofinos, An. Ox. 3857. Add

stoppa

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Gelómlíce wæs tóbrocen se ráp in þám hangode se stoppa þe man ꝥ wæter mid hlód funis in quo ad hauriendum aquam situla dependebat crebro rumpebatur, Gr. D. 214, 22. Add

wicg

(n.)
Grammar
wicg, es; n. (a poetical word)
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Th. 395, 10; Rä. 15, 5. Wicgce ł meare cornipede, equo, Hpt. Gl. 406, 21. Wicge wegan, Exon. Th. 395, 27; Rä. 15, 14. Wicge rídan, Beo. Th. 474; B. 234. Hé on meare rád, on wlancan ðam wicge, Byrht. Th. 138, 54; By. 240: Exon.

BRÓÐOR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓÐOR, bróðer, bróder, bróður; d. bréðer; but often indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. bróðor, bróðer, bróður, bróðru, bróðro, ge-bróðor, er, ru, ro, ra; g. bróðra, ge-bróðra; d. bróðrum, ge-bróðrum; m.

A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father

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A BROTHER; frater Úre bróðor noster frater, nom. s; g. úres bróðor nostri fratris; dat. úrum bréðer nostro fratri; acc. úrne bróðor nostrum fratrem; voc. eálá ðú úre bróðor O noster frater! abl. fram úrum bréðer a nostro fratre: pl. nom. úre gebróðra

Linked entries: ge-bróðor bróder bróðar bróðer bróðor-slaga bróður

hrindan

(v.)
Grammar
hrindan, p. hrand, pl. hrundon

To push ⬩ thrust

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To push, thrust Hé hrand [MS. rand], Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4

seld-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
seld-cyme, es ; m.
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A rare visit Wéna mé ðíne seóce gedydon, ðíne seldcymas, Exon. Th. 380, 27 ; Rä. 1, 14

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

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