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Anglo-Saxon

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nergend

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Först. 121, 8. Add

un-seoflende

(adj.)
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Först. 176

wíf

Grammar
wíf, <b>. I.</b>
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, Gen. 18, 13. v. bróþor-, forlegis-, forliger-, forþ-, freó-wíf. Add

yfelian

(v.)
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Först. 120, 5

firwitgeorn-ness

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Först. 130, 11

cwealm

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Först. 106, 13

ǽfen-glóma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glóma, an; m.

Evening-twilight

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Crepusculum ys seó forme, ðæt ys ǽfenglðma, Angl. viii. 319, 27: Lch. iii. 242, 27

Linked entries: niht-glóm glóma

ge-síþ

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For the stem cf. Goth. ga-sinþjam, d. pl., O.Sax. te gisíðea (also te gisíða).] one who goes with another (v. síþ), a companion Swá swá hé wǽre gesið (comes) lícumlicre gegaderunge. Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 145, 9. <b>I a.

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride

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Eádgo ða ðe nú gie woepeþ forðon gie hlæheþ beati qui nunc fletis quia ridebitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21. Wǽ iúh ða ðe hlǽhas forðon gie woepaþ væ vobis qui ridetis nunc quia lugebitis, 25. Hlihgaþ, Homl. Th. i. 180, 14. Hlihaþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 23.

Linked entries: a-hlehhan hlichan hlihan

declínung

(n.)
Grammar
declínung, e; f.

A declension ⬩ declinātio

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A declension; declinātio Seó forme declínung the first declension, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 3. On fíf declínungum in five declensions, 6, 2

geánunga

(adv.)
Grammar
geánunga, adv.

Directly

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Directly Geánunga foron ða sunnan directly before the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 5, 29; Lchdm. iii. 242, 12, note

líg-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
líg-þracu, gen. -þræce; f.
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Violence or tumultuous movement of flames Æfter lígþræce after the fire has spent its force, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 15; Ph. 225

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, <b>; VI.</b>
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On þám dæge ys seó forme tíd prima geháten, on þǽre sceolon gemearcode cnihtas geornlíce tó Gode clypian, Angl. viii. 319, 42. Add

liþe

(adv.)
Grammar
liþe, adv.
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Först. 126, 6

ge-bird

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bird, e; f.

Birth ⬩ origin

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Birth, origin Forðam sín ealle men ánra gebirda because all men are of one origin, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 22

twi-fiðerede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fiðerede, adj.
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,forked Twyfyrede (twyfyþerede, MS. C.: twifeðerede, MS. V.) bisulcus Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11

Linked entry: fiþerede

neáh-mǽg

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Först. 134, 24. Add

ofdúne-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-rihte, ofdún-rihte; adv.
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Först. 110, 10

ornlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ornlíce, adv.
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Först. 155

Linked entry: orne

ofer-rídan

(v.)

to cross on horseback

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to cross on horseback: — Sealde hé ðæt betste hors Aidane, ðæt hé on ðam mihte fordas oferrídan. Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 18

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