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Anglo-Saxon

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bond

(v.; part.)

bound ⬩ ligavit

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bound; ligavit, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 29; Gú. 668; = band; p. of bindan

gefeoht-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gefeoht-dæg, es; m.

A fight-day ⬩ day of battle ⬩ dies belli

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A fight-day, day of battle; dies belli On gefeohtdæge, Ps. Th. 139, 7

génge

(v.)
Grammar
génge, ic

I would go

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I would go, Cd. 39; Th. 51, 29; Gen. 834; p. subj. of gangan

gén-lád

(n.)
Grammar
gén-lád, e; f.

An arm of the sea, into which a river discharges itself ⬩ brachium oceani

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An arm of the sea, into which a river discharges itself; brachium oceani, Som

geó-geára

(adv.)
Grammar
geó-geára, adv.

Of old ⬩ olim, antiquitus,

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Of old; olim, antiquitus, Ps. Th. 42, 3. Similar entries v. geó, geára; adv

Linked entries: iú-geára hi-geára

singal-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
singal-ryne, es ; m.
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A continual running of water Singalrenes ł swift[renes] decursus, Hpt. Gl. 418, 51

stíþ-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-ecg, adj.
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Of stiff or strong edge Stíiðecg stýle, Exon. Th. 499, 11 ; Rä. 88, 14

steor-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
steor-gleáw, adj.
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Skilled in a knowledge of the stars:?-Steorgleáwra, tuncgelwítegana mathematicorum, Hpt. Gl. 467, 75

stán-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hrycg, es; m.
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A ridge of rock Swilce betwux stánhricgum quasi inter Scyllam, Hpt. Gl. 529, 22

Linked entry: hrycg

Syr-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Syr-ware, pl.

The people of Syria, Syrians

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The people of Syria, Syrians Syrwara lond Syria Exon. Th. 209, 6; Ph. 166

Linked entry: Syre

tigelen

(adj.)
Grammar
tigelen, adj.
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Of pot Fæt tigelen (-an?; lámys, MS. C.) vas figuli, Ps. Spl. 2, 9

twi-bót

(adv.)
Grammar
twi-bót, (?) double 'bót.' Perhaps in the passages given under twibóte; adv.
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the word might be taken as a case of this noun. Cf. twi-gilde

Linked entry: twibóte

þeód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeód-líc, adj.
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Of a people Ðeódlíc nama gentile nomen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 45; Zup. 65, 6

þúft

(n.)
Grammar
þúft, es; m.

A place full of bushes

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A place full of bushes Gewrid oþþe þúftas frutecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 25

under-drifenness

(n.)

subjectio

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glosses subjectio in: Of underdrifenise diówla de subjectione daemonum, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 16

Linked entry: drifenness

un-geférendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geférendlíc, (?); adj.

Inaccessible ⬩ difficult of access

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Inaccessible, difficult of access Fóran wé þurh ða ungeférenlícan (-férend-?) eorþan, Nap. 17, 7

wudu-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-cyn, wudu-cynn, es; n.

A kind of wood

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A kind of wood Wuducynn ł wyrtcynn nardi pistici, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3

wudu-rima

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rima, an; m.

The edge of a wood

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The edge of a wood West be wuduriman, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. in. 34, 15

word-loca

(n.)
Grammar
word-loca, an; m.

The storehouse of words

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The storehouse of words Ongan hé reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 470

án-bíme

(adj.)
Grammar
án-bíme, adj.
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Made out of a single trunk Ánbýme scip trabaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 28

Linked entry: -bíme

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