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Anglo-Saxon

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leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
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.

ge-cwed

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwed, -cwid, -cwyde

a word ⬩ command

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a word, command

Linked entry: -cwed

stealcian

(v.)
Grammar
stealcian, v. be-stealcian,
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stune

Grammar
stune, Lchdm. iii. 32, 19. v. stíme,
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tilpe

(n.)
Grammar
tilpe, an; f.
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v. preceding word

wíd-mǽran

Grammar
wíd-mǽran, v. ge-wídmǽran,
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-búr

(suffix)
Grammar
-búr, v. ge-búr; á-búrod,
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ge-gódud

(v.)
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ge-hnyst

(v.)
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ge-mǽl

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geormen-letic

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ge-seped

(v.)
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ge-þráfod

(v.)
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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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Linked entry: rúnian

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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