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Anglo-Saxon

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gæt

(n.)
Grammar
gæt, es; n.

A gate

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A gate Æt ðam gæte ad ostium, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 17 : Mt. Lind. Stv. 7, 13

nafel-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
nafel-sceaft, e; f.

The navel

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The navel Ðisne lǽcedóm man sceal dó ðan manne se his nafuisceaft in týhþ, Lchdm. iii. 124, 22

þurh-gléded

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-gléded, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thoroughly furnished with burning coals

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Th. 231, 8; Dan. 244

wiþ-reótan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-reótan, pp. -roten

To clamour against

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ðam rihte wið*-*roten hæfdon, onscunedon ðone scíran Scippend, Elen. Kmbl. 738; El. 369

word-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
word-gleáw, adj.

Prudent in speech

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Th. 242, 12 ; Dan. 418

Fríge-ǽfen

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On ðám Frígeǽfen, þæs þe hé on mergen þrowode, manode hé his folgeras, Hml. A. 73, 6. Add

ge-beát

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Hé on ðám gebeáte clypode, Hml. Th. i. 424, 32. Add

wudu-fald

(n.)
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a fold in a wood Æt ðám ealdan wudufald; forð syððan be efisce, C. D. v. 281, 33

riht-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
riht-munuc, es; m.

A true monk

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A true monk Beóþ rihtmunecas gif hý libbaþ be ðam geswince heora ágenra handa R. Ben. 73, 19

Linked entry: munuc

hálgung-ram

(n.)
Grammar
hálgung-ram, m.

A consecrated ram

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A consecrated ram For ðam hit ys hálgungram for it is a ram of consecration, Ex. 29, 22

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Tó forstondanne resistendum, Lk. p. 5, 8. to stop passage through or along, block a door, a way for a person (dat. ) Se biscop mid Crístene folce forstód cirican dura á[gean] ... ðǽm kásere, Shrn. 58, 7. Seó leó forstód him þá duru, Hml.

Linked entry: for-licgan

óþ-þeódan

(v.)
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to disjoin, dismember Ðú ðæt gehéte ðæt ús heterófra hild ne gesceóde, ne líces dǽl óþþeóded, ne sinu ne bán on swaðe lágon, ne loc of heáfde tó forlore wurde, Andr. Kmbl. 2842; An. 1423

AC

(con.)
Grammar
AC, ach, ah, oc; conj.

butsedforbecausenamenimquiabut alsobut yetsed etiamsed etsed tamen

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Ða cwican nó genihtsumedon ðætða deádan bebyrigdon, ac hwæðere ða ðe lífigende wǽron nóht dón woldon the living were not sufficient to bury the dead, but yet those who were living would do nothing, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 32: 2, 7; S. 509, 13.

Linked entries: ach ah oc

seofonteópa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofonteópa, -teogoþa
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Ðý seofonteóþan dæge, 3, 24; S. 557, 12. On ðone seofenteóþan dæge ðæs mónþes, Gen. 7, 11. Seofontegðan, Shrn. 91, 32

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, hiow, e; f.

Fortune

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Fortune Swá hit oft gesǽleþ on ðǽm sélran þingum and on ðǽm gesundrum ðæt seó wyrd and sió hiow hie oft oncyrreþ ut aliquid plerumque in secundis rebus fortuna obstrepit, Nar. 7, 27

Linked entries: feala-hiw heow hyw heow

ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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For ðære ungemetgunge ðæs ymbehogan ðara úterra ðinga, Past. 18; Swt. 141, 8. On tó monigfaldum ymbehogan ðisse worulde curis hujus mundi, 43 ; Swt. 317, II. Ǽghwylc dæg hæfð genóh on hys ágenum ymbhogan sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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Drihten for ðé of ðæm heán heofone on ðás neowlan gesceaft niðer ástáh for thee the Lord descended from the high heaven to this lower world, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 2.

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a

spell-boda

(n.)
Grammar
spell-boda, an; m.

one who delivers a messagebrings intelligencea messengeran ambassadorone who delivers a discoursea public speaker

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ðæt wæs weallende spelboda, se ðe ðone Hǽlend on ðysne middangeard cumendne gesecgean wolde, 165, 33. Heora feóndas flód ádrencte ðæt ðæra ǽfre ne com án spelboda there was never a one left to tell the tale, Ps. Th. 105, 10.

Linked entry: spell

CEAF

(n.)
Grammar
CEAF, cef, es, ceafu

chaff; palea

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Ðæt ceaf he forbærnþ on unacwencedlícum fýre paleas comburet igni inextinguibili, Lk. Bos. 3, 17. Ða ceafu he forbærnþ on unadwæscendlícum fýre paleas comburet igni inextinguibili, Mt. Bos. 3, 12.

Linked entry: cef