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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-eáþmédian

(v.)
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ge-eftgadrian

(v.)
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Linked entry: eft-gadrian

ge-drecenes

(n.)
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hás-rúnigende

(adj.)
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grist

(n.)
Grammar
grist, (?) gnashing of teeth, in the cpds. grist-bátian, grist-bátung, grist-bite, grist-bitian, grist-bitung. [Cf. O. Sax. grist-grimmo gnashing of teeth in rage: O. H. Ger. gris-gramón stridere, fremere dentibus; gris-grimmón stridere; grist-grimmung stridor.]
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hrypel

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hwice

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on-scunodlic

(adj.)
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riht-gefang

(n.)
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rosen

(adj.)
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síclian

(v.)
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þúsend-ealdormann

(n.)
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þúsendfeald-getæl

(n.; adj.)
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þúsendfeald-getæl, þúsendfeald-getel.
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weorold-bryce

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wundor-cræftiglíce

(adv.)
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bær-fisce

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leóht

(adj.)
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leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Leóhtre ic eom micle ðonne ðes lytla wyrm I am much lighter than this little worm, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 19; Rä. 41, 76. Líhtre tolerabilius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 15.

grundsópa

(n.)
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ge-springan

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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeð (cf. word; 4 and 5 for the occurrence of word as the subject of springan); hæleð hý hospe mǽnað rumour reaches a rambling woman ; (i.e. she gets talked about) men make a mock of her, Gn.

lǽre

(adj.)
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lǽre, adj.

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