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BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion. Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum

Linked entry: bill

capitol

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Add: in connexion with books, a chapter Hér geendiaþ þá capitulas expliciunt capitula, R. Ben. 8, 31: 6, 4. Hér onginnað ðisse bóce capitulas, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 5, 7. Hér onginð seó óðer bóc mid hire capitulon, 180, 40. Mæg sé ðe wile þá capitulas æfter

earm-lic

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Add: miserable. attended with misery Ne wénaþ hí nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico ( populus judicat esse miserrimam ), Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27. Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15. Æfter þǽre earmlycan eówre geendunge

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Add: glossing Latin words Gibuur colonus, vicinus, Txts. 46, 163. Gebúr colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes

Linked entry: ge-býr

collen-ferhþ

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
collen-ferhþ, -ferþ, -tyrhþ; adj. [collen, pp. of cellan to swell p. ceall, pl. cullon; pp. collen, Ettm: ferhþ mind]

Fierce-minded ⬩ bold of spirit ⬩ bold ⬩ animi ferox ⬩ audax

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Fierce-minded, bold of spirit, bold; animi ferox, audax Cleopode collenferhþ cearegan reórde the fierce-minded cried out in a sorrowful voice Andr. Kmbl. 2217; An. 1110 Wígan wǽron blíðe, collenferhþe the warriors were blithe, bold of spirit Elen. Kmbl

Linked entry: morgen-colla

ÁC

(n.)
Grammar
ÁC, ǽc; g. e; f.

OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a

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an OAK ; quercus, robur Ðeós ác hæc quercus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 46. Sume ác astáh got up into an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31. acc. Ác an oaken ship. Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 21. Geongre áce of a young oak, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 9. Of ðære ác [

Linked entries: ác-drenc ǽc

neósan

(v.)
Grammar
neósan, p. de (?) with gen. acc. or clause.

to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent

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to search out, find out by enquiry Wolde ic ánes tó ðé cræftes neósan ðæt ðú me getǽhte hú ðú sǽhengeste sund wísige one art would I find out by enquiry of thee; that thou wouldest teach me how for the sea-horse thou guidest its swimming, Andr. Kmbl.

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

arce-bisceop-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
arce-bisceop-ríce, arce-biscop-ríce, es; n.

An ARCHBISHOPRIC ⬩ archiepiscopatus

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An ARCHBISHOPRIC; archiepiscopatus To ðam arcebisceopríce to the archbishopric, Chr. 994; Th. 242, 38. Ðæt arcebiscopríce on Cantwara byrig the archbishopric of Canterbury, 1114; Th. 370, 15

byrgen-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen-leóþ, es; n.
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A tomb-elegy, an epitaph; sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium On his byrgenne is awriten byrgen-leóþ scriptnm est in tumba ipsius epitaphium, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 18

Linked entries: byrg-leóþ byrig-leóþ bergels-leóþ

deáþ-reów

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-reów, adj. [reów cruel]

Deadly cruel, savage ⬩ atrox

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Deadly cruel, savage; atrox Com seofona sum to sele geongan deóful deáþreów a savage devil came with seven others unto the hall, Andr. Kmbl. 2629; An. 1316

fléd

(n.)
Grammar
fléd, es; n. [flód a flood]

A flowing ⬩ flood ⬩ flūmen

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A flowing, flood; flūmen Eá in fléde the river in its flow, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 12; Gen. 232: Andr. Kmbl. 3006; An. 1506. cf. Grein, infléde

fyrn-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-gemynd, es; n.

An ancient reminiscence ⬩ antīqua mĕmŏria

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An ancient reminiscence; antīqua mĕmŏria Ða ðe fyrngemynd mid Iudéum gearwast cúðon they who best knew the old memories among the Jews, Elen. Kmbl. 654; El. 327

earfeþ-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
earfeþ-mæcg, es; m.

An unhappy or unfortunate man ⬩ infortūnātus hŏmo

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An unhappy or unfortunate man; infortūnātus hŏmo Se endestæf earfeþmæcgum weálíc weorþeþ the end to the unfortunate is miserable, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 3; Vy. 11

Langa-land

(n.)
Grammar
Langa-land, es; n.

Langeland

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Langeland an island in the Baltic belonging to Denmark On bæcbord him wæs Langaland ... and ðás land call hýraþ tó Denemearcan, Ors. 1, 1: Swt 19, 35

ge-cneordnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cneordnys, -nyss, e; f. [cneordnys diligence]

Diligence ⬩ study ⬩ an invention ⬩ dīlĭgentia ⬩ stūdium ⬩ adinventio

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Diligence, study, an invention; dīlĭgentia, stūdium, adinventio Gecneordnysse stūdium, Greg. Dial. 2, 8. Gremedon hine on gecneordnyssum his irritāvērunt eum in adinventiōnĭbus suis, Ps. Spl. 105, 28

ge-fremednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fremednes, -ness, e; f.

An accomplishment ⬩ fulfilment ⬩ effect ⬩ perfectio ⬩ effectus

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An accomplishment, fulfilment, effect; perfectio, effectus He hraðe ða gefremednesse ðære árfestan béne wæs fylgende mox effectum piæ postulātiōnis consĕcūtus est, Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 31

settend

(n.)
Grammar
settend, es; m.
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An ordainer, appointer Ðæt ðú ána eart éce Drihteu, weroda Waldend, sigora settend (sigeróf settend, Exon. Th. 188, 17 ; Az. 47), Cd. Th. 237, 5 ; Dan. 333

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

Linked entries: staþol-fæst tíþe treówness un-earfoþlíce weorþscipe un-gémæn wyn-sum be-sceáwod blis fægernes fǽhþ smóþ

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