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Engle

Angles ⬩ the English

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Engla þeód, 596; P. 21, 17. Hé ealle Engla þeóde gesamnade, 1016; P. 150, 19. Ængla þeód, Shrn. 94, 2. Eall Engla here, 1056; P. 186, 33

þífþ

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Wǽron in gangende þeófas in þone wyrtgeard, ac onwendum heora móde fram þǽre þýfðe (þeóf(e)tte, v.l.) ... hí ádelfon ...

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, ⬩ a cave ⬩ chamber ⬩ The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; ⬩ pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus Under breóstcófan sub pectore, Wanl. Catal. 48, 43. Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Lamb. 21, 10. He wæs ðe blíðra

Linked entry: in-cofa

-líc

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-líc, v. ge-líc, and the numerous adjectives of which -líc [modern -ly] forms the last part.

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ild-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ild-full, adj.
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Causing much delay, dilatory Þeós yldfulle (ylfulle, Hpt. Gl. 529, 6) letting hec morosa tricatio. An. Ox. 5454. I[l]defulle, 2, 478

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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The price set upon a man according to his degree Twelfhyndes mannes wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 21. Ceorles wergild (weregild, 1. 20) is .cc. and .lxvi. þrimsa, ðæt bið .ii. hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L. Wg. 6; Th. i. 186,

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, e; f. A summons, citation (in rád-stefn a summons carried by a mounted person. v. rád-stefn, where this meaning may be substituted for the one there given).

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, -naþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðe ðæs fiscnoþes the people knew not the art of fishing, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43

Linked entries: fiscoþ fixnoþ

wer-mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-mǽgþ, e; f.
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Th. 98, 30; Gen. 1638: 101, 29; Gen. 1689 Cf. wer-þeód

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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Abraham's God. In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

eahta-tyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
eahta-tyne, ehta-tyne; adj.

EIGHTEEN ⬩ octōdĕcim

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EIGHTEEN ; octōdĕcim Híg him þeó-wodon eahtatyne geár they served him eighteen years, Jud. 3, 14: 10, 8

Linked entry: ehta-tyne

gin

(n.)
Grammar
gin, ginn, es; n.
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A wide expanse Wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge eorðan ymbhwyrft and úprodor, gársecges gin and þeós geómre lyft, Exod. 430

hreóh-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-lic, adj.
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Stormy, full of trouble Hú feallendlic and hú lǽnendlic and hú hreóhlic þeós woruld ys, Wlfst. 136, 27. See preceding word

wærcan

(v.)
Grammar
wærcan, p. wærhte.

to pain ⬩ to suffer pain ⬩ be troubled

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Gif ða þeóh wærce, 312, 7. Ðonne monnes wambe wærce oððe rysle, 318, 20. to suffer pain (?), be troubled Ic werhte eom exercitatus sum (if werhte can be taken as the past tense of the verb, eom is superfluous), Ps. Spl. 76, 3

Linked entry: werhte

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

célod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
célod, céllod; part. [ceól the keel of a ship]

scaphiformis

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Formed like a keel or boat; scaphiformis Célod bord a shield shaped as a boat, Fins. Kmbl. 57; Fin. 29. Céllod bord, Byrht. Th. 140, 4; By. 283

wór-hen

(n.)
Grammar
wór-hen, wór-henn, e; f. The word glosses cracinus,
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Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 75 : 136. 59

rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan

sáwel-scot

Grammar
sáwel-scot, v. preceding word (the last passage; sáwel-sceatt).

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mód-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-geómor, adj.

Sad at heart ⬩ of mournful mind

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Þeód wæs módgeómre, Andr. Kmbl. 2227; An. 1115: 3412; An. 1710

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