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Anglo-Saxon

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eald-bacen

(adj.)
Grammar
eald-bacen, adj.
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Baked long ago Behealde ꝥ his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 27

earfoþ-cirre

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-cirre, adj.
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Hard to turn, difficult to convert wæs swíðe earfaðcierre tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 100, 17

Linked entry: tór-cirre

frófor-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
frófor-lic, adj.
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Consolatory, of consolation cwæð fróferlicum wordum tó ús eallum: 'Conuertimini, filii, reuertentes,' Wlfst. 49, 16

ge-síþwíf

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sǽde ꝥ þǽr wǽre sum æþele gesíðwíf (matrona quaedam nobilis), Gr. D. 71, 30. Add

forþ-weg

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his gást ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg ( desirous to depart ), Men. 218. Add

huntung

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Add: — Wæs wel gleáw on huntunge, and ꝥ ǽlce dæge beeóde, Hml. S. 30, 16

hlúd-swége

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hlúdswége (hlúdon swége, v. l.) clypode swá swá leó grimmeteð, Hml. S. 15, 188. Add

ná-þing

(pronoun.)
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Ne gefrédde náþinc þæs brynes, Hml. A. 196, 48

níd-behéfness

(n.)
Grammar
níd-behéfness, e ; f.
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What is needful Ealle nýdbehǽfnysse wæs dǽlende þám þe þæs behófodon, Hml. S. 30, 8

Linked entry: be-héfness

ofestan

(v.)
Grammar
ofestan, ofstan ( = efestan, efstan)
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to hasten ofeste festinet, R. Ben. I. 29, 5. Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186

Linked entries: ofstan efestan

ræpsung

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Add: repsung. add: evening On hrepsunge beeóm tó Iordanes ófrum, Hml. S. 23 b, 663

seár

Grammar
seár, siére.
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Eall weornige swá sýre (syer, MS.) wudu, Lch. i. 384, 14. See next word. Add

smeágendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeágendlíce, adv.
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Searchingly, exactly þá smeágendlíce áxiende ongeat requirens subtiliter agnovit, Gr. D. 172, 14. Cf. smeálíce

tó-gædere

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Add þá folc gelǽdde þǽr hié tógædere gecweden hæfde, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 31

un-geendodlic

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Add: that is without end, endless þurhwunað in þám ungeændedlican wíte. Gr. D. 264, 7

Linked entry: endod-lic

un-scrýdan

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Add: with dat. of garment þá unscrýdde his reáfe exutus indumento, Gr. D. 101, 13

wælgrimlíce

(adv.)
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geseah þone munuc wælgrimlíce ( crudeliter ) fram deófle geswænced, Gr. D. 161, Ii : 187, 22. Add

weorod-ness

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Þá him mid mycelre werednysse (wyn-samnysse. v.l. dulcedine) sealde, Gr. D. 25, 18. Add

ylp

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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him forþearle, gif gesihð án mús, Hml. A. 63, 285. Add

eorþe

Grammar
eorþe, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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Ofseah feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 16. Add