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Anglo-Saxon

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ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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a field, land, what is sown, sown land; ager, seges For ðam is se æcer geháten Acheldemah propter hoc vocatus est ager ille Haceldama, Mt. Bos. 27, 8. Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras betan here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdere, es; m.
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a reader, one who reads Rǽdere lector, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 6 : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 40. Be ðære wucan rǽdere (rédere, 7, 23). Gebróðra gereorde ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge. Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce, ðæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and ðǽr bútan foresceáwunge

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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to move in a course, wend, sweep Hond hwyrfeþ geneahhe swíféþ mé geond sweartne the hand passes over me (a skin), Exon. Th. 394, 4 ; Rä. 13, 13. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ rodor, recene scríþeþ, súðheald swíféþ swift (sweeps swift), Met. 28, 17. Mqnnum

Linked entry: a-swífan

esne

a servant ⬩ a man

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Add: a man of the servile class (cf. esne-cund, -wyrhta, and see Andrews' Old English Manor, pp. 192 sqq.) On esnes ham, of esnes hamme, C. D. iii. 425, 21. in a more general sense, a servant Nis esne (servus) ofer láferd his. Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié

ǽrend-secgan

(v.)

to deliver a message ⬩ nuntiurn deferre

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to deliver a message; nuntiurn deferre

áncer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
áncer-líc, adj.

Anchoretic ⬩ like a hermit ⬩ anachoreticus

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Anchoretic, like a hermit; anachoreticus,Som

bac-slitol

(n.)
Grammar
bac-slitol, es; m.

A backbiter ⬩ detractor

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A backbiter; detractor, Off. reg. 15

bæc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bæc-hús, es; n.

A BAKEHOUSE ⬩ pistrinum

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A BAKEHOUSE; pistrinum, Ælfc. Gl. 22?

bælg

(n.)
Grammar
bælg, bælig, es; m.

A bulge ⬩ bag ⬩ bulga

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A bulge, bag; bulga, Cot. 27

bærm

(n.)

a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ sinus

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a bosom, lap; sinus,Som. Lye

bærn

(n.)

a barn

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a barn, Wrt. Voc. 84, 55

bærnyt

(n.)

a combustion ⬩ burning

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a combustion, burning, Gen. 22, 9

bæswi

(n.)
Grammar
bæswi, [ = basu purple]

A scarlet robe ⬩ coccinum

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A scarlet robe; coccinum, Cot. 208

BANC

(n.)
Grammar
BANC, e; f.

A bench ⬩ BANK ⬩ hillock ⬩ tumulus

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A bench, BANK, hillock; tumulus,Som

berigie

(n.)

a berry

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a berry, Lchdm. iii. 114, 5

be-sárgung

(n.)
Grammar
be-sárgung, e; f.

A sorrowing

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A sorrowing, Hymn. Surt. 126, 24

Linked entry: sárgung

burh-steal

(n.)
Grammar
burh-steal, es; m.
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A city-place; arcis locus, arx

cæn-ryn

(n.)
Grammar
cæn-ryn, es; n.
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A generation, Ps. Spl. 47, 12

ced

(n.)

a boat ⬩ linter

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a boat; linter, Mone B. 120

cennestre

a mother

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one who has borne, a mother

Linked entry: cynnestre

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