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Anglo-Saxon

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hwælen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwælen, adj.
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Of the nature of a whale Hé is onmiddan hwælen, Sal. 263.. See Angl. i. 153

holing

(n.)
Grammar
holing, e; f.
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Digging, excavation Þá ongunnon hí on þám stán-clife hwylcehugu holinga dón, Gr. D. 113, II

in-dígolness

(n.)
Grammar
in-dígolness, e; f.
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A secret place Hé ásette ðýstro his indiégelnesse posuit tenebras latibulum suum, Ps. Rdr. 17, 12

mixen

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Him (Yob) wæs his myxen forlǽten ꝥ hé þǽruppan sittan mihte, Hml. S. 30, 200. Add

snáwig

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Kł Ianuarius gif hé biþ on Sæternesdæg, þonne biþ snáwig winter, Archiv cxx. 298, 18. Add

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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Gif hé (thunder) bið súð gehéred, sé bécnað cininges wífes cwealm, Archiv cxx. 47, 22. Add

swic-dóm

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Þá ðe mid mislicum swicdómum hí sylfe and óðre forpǽrað, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 32. Add

tam

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Se wulf folgode forð mid þám heáfde, swylce hé tam wǽre, Hml. S. 32, 162. Add

tilia

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Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia, Hml. S. 16, 179. Add

un-ástyrigendlic

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Hé stód þǽr ealle þá niht unástyrigendic (-onstyrgendlic, v.l.) immobilis perstitit, Gr. D. 225, 4. Add

Linked entries: un-onstyrigendlíc á-styrigendlic

un-gemetfæst

Grammar
un-gemetfæst, <b>. I.</b>
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Hý wǽron ungemetfæste on eallum tídum heora lífes and oferhýdo tó fulle. Wlfst. 255, 3. Add

wǽtian

(v.)
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Hí gemétton ꝥ stánclif swǽtende and wǽtgende rupem monetis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 10. Add

weorþ-full

Grammar
weorþ-full, <b>.
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</b> add Hé geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ, Hml. S. 31, 483

-weþer

(suffix)
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Hé breác weþera fella for sadole vervecum pellibus pro sella utebatur, Gr. D. 34, 12. Add

wiþer-broca

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Hí beóð geswæncte fram heora wiðerbrocum (-brecan, v.l.) eos adversarii fatigant, Or. D. 204, 21. Add

mann-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-swǽs, adj.
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Gentle, meek Hé lǽrð ðá manswǽsan (mansuetos) wegas his, Ps. Rdr. 24, 9. Cf. mann-þwǽre

Linked entry: swǽs

ge-sigfæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigfæstnian, p. ode; pp. od

To triumph ⬩ crown

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To triumph, crown He gesigfæstnade triumphans, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 3. Gesigfæstnad coronandus, Jn. Skt. 8, 12

tó-sundrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sundrian, p. ode

To separate

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To separate Hwanne hé tósundrode bearn Adames quando separabat filios Adam, Cant. M. ad fil. 8

Linked entry: tó-syndrian

þǽr-uppan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-uppan, adv.

Thereupon

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Thereupon Him wæs his myxen forlǽten, ðæt hé þǽruppan sittan mihte, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 200

á-wár

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Þæt wé óðrum mannum forgifon, gif hí áwár ús geǽbiligdon, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 33. Add

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