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Anglo-Saxon

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fylþ

(v.)
Grammar
fylþ, 3rd pers. pres. of feallan.

falls

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Bos. 21, 44;

Linked entry: filþ

ge-brotu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brotu, pl. nom. acc. of ge-brot.

fragments

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Bos. 9, 17;

ge-bunden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bunden, pp. of ge-bindan.

bound

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Bos. 15, 7;

Linked entry: gebundennes

ge-lǽt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-lǽdan.

leads

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Bos. 7, 13;

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustus ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus

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D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34.

Linked entry: Augustus

ge-cwid-rǽdden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwid-rǽdden, -cwid-rǽden, -cwyd-rǽden, -cwed-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

An agreement ⬩ a contract ⬩ statute ⬩ conspiration ⬩ ratio ⬩ pactorum ⬩ conventio ⬩ conspiratio

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Ðæt wæs seó gecwydrǽden that was the agreement, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 26

ge-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mitting, -mittung, e; f.
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A meeting, an assembly; congressus Heora gemitting wæs æt Trefia ðære eá their meeting was at the river Trebia, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 20, 43. Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26.

Linked entry: ge-méting

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow. As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in

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Through. Grammar þurh, with acc. v. also C. local, marking motion into and out at the opposite side Þorh (dorh, ðorh) ludgaet per seudoterum, Txts. 84, 741. Ðurh ða duru wé gáð in per hostium intramus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 269, 18: Cd. Th. 29, 8; Gen.

Linked entries: þerh þorch þorh þuruh

ge-blót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blót, es; n. [ge-, blót a sacrifice]

A sacrifice ⬩ sacrifĭcium

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A sacrifice; sacrifĭcium Bútan geblóte without sacrifice, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 14. Hí swylc geblót and swylc morþ dónde wǽron they made such sacrifices and such murders, 1,8; Bos. 31, 8

ge-sylt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sylt, pp. of ge-syltan.

salted; ⬩ sale conditus

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Bos. 5, 13: Mk. Bos, 9, 49

ǽg-hwár

Grammar
ǽg-hwár, ǽg-hwér

everywhere

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everywhere, Ors. 4,1; Bos. 76, 38

a-geaf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-geaf, p. of agifan.

gave up

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Bos. 19, 30;

a-giltst

thou repayest

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Bos. 5, 33

a-feóll

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-feóll, p. of afeallan.

fell ⬩ cecidit

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Bos. 6, 49;

a-fleów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fleów, p. of aflówan.

overflowed

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overflowed.Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 9;

a-stíhst

(v.)
Grammar
a-stíhst, a-stíhþ

ascendest ⬩ ascends

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Bos. 3, 13 ;

a-wyltne

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wyltne, acc. s. m. of a-wylt ; pp. of a-wyltan.

rolled away

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Bos. 24, 2;

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dyrstig-líce, adv.

Boldly ⬩ audacter

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Bos. 15, 43

Linked entry: dyrste-líce

deófel-seócnys

(n.)
Grammar
deófel-seócnys, deófel-seóc-nyss

devil-sickness

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Bos. 4, 24

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