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Anglo-Saxon

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DOCGA

(n.)
Grammar
DOCGA, an; m.
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A DOG; canis Docgena canum, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 148, 23

heonan-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
heonan-síþ, es; m.

Departuredeath

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Departure, death, Exon. 11 a; Th. 450, 12; Dóm. 86

Linked entry: heonan

á-biddan

Grammar
á-biddan, <b>.
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III</b> 2. add: Dóm. L. 30, 28

truming

(n.)
Grammar
truming, e; f.
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Gaining strength, recovery Cwydas dón truminge getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 210, 30

wyn-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-wyrt, e ; f.

A pleasant plant

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A pleasant plant Ðǽr wynwyrta weóxon and bleówon, Dóm. L. 5

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétere, es; m.
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A penitent Ne mæg man ná dǽdbéterum þis dón, Nap. 16

Linked entry: bétere

gebed-stów

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Ic synful breóst míne beáte on gebedstówe, Dóm. L. 30. Add

læs-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
læs-boren, adj.
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Of inferior birth Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that any highborn priest do not despise the one of inferior birth, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21

wyrt-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-drenc, es; m.
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ealle ða wyrta tó wyrtdrence, 22, 17. Æfter ðon sceal man wyrtdrenc sellan, 22, 2. Wyrtdrencas antidota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 4. Lǽcedómas wiþ ðære healfdeádan ádle, and onlegena and wyrtdrencas, Lchdm, ii. 172, 8

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisarya message, an errand

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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde, Shrn, 95, 21

brytta

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Swegles brytta rex supernus, Dóm. L. 117. Sigores brytta ( Christ ), 277. Add

wiþer-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-steall, es; m.

Resistanceopposition

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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall, ne byð ðǽr nán wiðersteall ( Similar entries cf. foresteall, Dóm. L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne , Wulfst. 138, 6.

Linked entry: wiþ-steall

heorþ

a hearthfire place

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Voc. ii. 82, 30. as typical of the household or home Án mylen . . . and .vii. heorðas bútan ðon, and þreó cyrcan, C. D. v 316, 2

hneáw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hneáw-ness, e; f.

Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness

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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not wellillbadly

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Not well, ill, badly Ða scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, búton hit mon him sæcge impudentes se delinquere nesciunt, nisi a pluribus increpentur, Past. 31; Swt. 206, 1.

forþ-ferednes

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-ferednes, -ness, e; f.

A going forthdeparturedeathŏbĭtustransmigrātio

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A going forth, departure, death; ŏbĭtus,transmigrātio Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáh-tíde hire forþferednesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipsa ei tempus suæ transmigrātiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre vēnisset, Bd. 4, 9

Linked entry: feredness

mægen-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-cyning, es; m.

A chiefmighty or powerful king

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Kmbl. 2493; El. 1248: Exon. 116b; Th. 448, 21; Dóm. 57: (Christ), 21a; Th. 57, 11; Cri. 917. Mægencyninga meotod the lord of mighty kings, 21b; Th. 58, 29; Cri. 943: 116a; Th. 445, 12; Dóm. 6

rǽd-wita

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-wita, an; m.
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, e; f.
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Theft Ná dón þeófæ non facere furtum, R. Ben. Interl. 19, 12

heofon-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-setl, es; n.
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The heavenly dwelling In heofonsetle heán in sede polorum, Dóm. L. 276