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Anglo-Saxon

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hand-seax

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seax, es; n.

A short sword, dagger ⬩ a short sword, dirk

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Godes engel stód mid handsexe God's angel stood with a dagger, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 17. Án handsecs on hundeahtotigan mancysan goldes a dagger worth eighty mancuses of gold, Th. Chart. 501, 3: 502, 16. Handsex, 527, 8

wésten

(adj.)
Grammar
wésten, adj. Desert
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Seó stów wæs swá wésten and swá dígle, ðæt næs ná ðæt án ðæt heó wæs ungewunelíc, ac eác swilce uncúð ðám landleódum him sylfum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 105. Hé férde him ðanon tó ánum wéstenum earde, Homl. Ass. 66, 24: 71, 166

bláte

Entry preview:

In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa

for-clyccan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clyccan, p. -clyhte

To stop up ⬩ close

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To stop up, close Swá nǽdran forclyccende eáran heora, Nap. 79

Linked entry: clyccan

ge-tricce

Grammar
ge-tricce, content.
Entry preview:

After stówe insert þeáwum, and for '61, Lye' substitute 109, 7

hám-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-cúþ, adj.

Familiar

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Familiar Ða hámcúþa stówa familiaria loca, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 1

beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warm ⬩ foment

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Mon sceal mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian þá stówe . . þá sáran stówa beþe and lǽt reócan on, 202, 20-24. Mon sceal beþan (beþian ?, beþþan ?) þá breóst mid wine, 232, 19. Is sió tó beðianne mid hátan wætre, 206, 14.

Linked entries: beþan bæþþan

lyft-geswenced

(adj.)
Grammar
lyft-geswenced, adj.

Weather-beaten

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Weather-beaten Ceól lyftgeswenced on lande stód, Beo. Th. 3830; B. 1913

súþ-westerne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ-westerne, adj.
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South-western Se súðwesterna wind him ongeán stód, Apol. Th. 11, 3

ge-wring

Grammar
ge-wring, ge-wryng ?.
Entry preview:

Stór þe bið of gewringe stacten, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 28. Add

tin-treg

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Hí geseóþ þæs tintregan (-es, v.l. ) stówe, Gr. D. 315, 11. Add

BOTM

(n.)
Grammar
BOTM, es; m.

A BOTTOM ⬩ fundus

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Satan on botme [ðære helle] stód Satan stood at the bottom [of hell], Cd. 229; Th. 310, 5; Sat. 721: 18; Th. 21, 27; Gen. 330: 19; Th. 23, 18; Gen. 361. Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506

Linked entry: bodan

for-stoppian

(v.)
Grammar
for-stoppian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To stop up Mid þǽre wulle forstoppa þæt eáre, Lch. ii. 42, 12

un-árímendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árímendlic, adj.
Entry preview:

Innumerable Ꝥ hé gesáwe unárímendlice (innumera) stówa þára lígea, Gr. D. 317, 8

mæsse-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-steall, es; m.
Entry preview:

Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 355

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
Entry preview:

ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

þrág

Grammar
þrág, III.
Entry preview:

add: — Þæt þá stód wintra þráge, Cht. Crw. 19, 5. v. hwíl-, wód-þrág

Saracen-

(prefix)
Grammar
Saracen-, Sarcin-ware; pl.

The Saracens

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The Saracens Ðá hergodon ða hǽþnan Sarcinware on þa stówe (Sardinia) Shrn. 122, 25

brim

(adj.)
Grammar
brim, adj. ?
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Brimne stór and hwítne rýcels, Lch. iii. 14, 21

heofon-feld

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-feld, es; m.

A Northumbrian local name

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Seó stów is geháten Heofonfeld on Englisc wið ðone langan weall ðe ða Rómániscan worhton the place is called in English Heavenfield, by the long wall that the Romans made, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 33

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