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Anglo-Saxon

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munuc-regol

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-regol, es; m.

the rule of a monastic order ⬩ the monastic order which observes a certain rule

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the rule of a monastic order Basilius áwrát munucregol, Homl. Skt. 3, 145. the monastic order which observes a certain rule Ic geann into ǽlcum munucregole .i. pund, Chart. Th. 544, 12

ælding

(n.)

delay

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Rush. Stv. 24, 48

dégollíce

(adv.)

secretly

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Rush. War. 9, 28

dégullíce

(adv.)

secretly

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Rush. Stv. 1, 19

élc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)

each

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Rush. 16, 15

teáfor

Grammar
teáfor, ?,
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Th. 477, 27; Ruin. 31

þió

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þió, pron.
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Rush. 4, 5)

leór-ness

(n.)
Grammar
leór-ness, e; f.

Going ⬩ departure ⬩ withdrawal

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Rush. 9, 51. Leornisse transmigrationis, Ps. Surt. ii. 191, 3. In leórnisse in secessu [cf. gang II.], Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 17

wel-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-boren, adj.

Well-born ⬩ noble

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Rush. 15, 43. Monn sum welboren homo quidam nobilis Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 12. Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15

mór-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
mór-sceaþa, an; m.

A bandit ⬩ a robber who lakes refuge in the moors

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Rush. 15, 15, 11. Wæs Barabbas mórsceaþe (sceaþa. Rush.) erat Barabbas latro. Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 40. Swá tó mórsceaþe (scaþe. Rush.) gié cwómun ( ad latronem ). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 55. Tuoge mórsceaþo duo latrones, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 27: Lk. Skt.

and-spyrnes

(n.)
Grammar
and-spyrnes, -ness, e; f.

An offence ⬩ scandalum

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Rush. Stv. 16, 23

a-wéstnis

(n.)
Grammar
a-wéstnis, -niss, e; f. [a-wést wasted, ness]

Desolation ⬩ desolatio

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Rush. War. 21, 20

bécun

(n.)

a beacon

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Rush. 13, 22

axe

(n.)

an axe

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Rush. Stv. 3, 10

Linked entries: acxan æxe axan

bældu

(n.)
Grammar
bældu, e; f.

Confidence ⬩ fiducia

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Rush. Stv. 14, 27

beóðan

are

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Rush. Stv. 5, 11, = beóþ

dégulnes

(n.)

solitude

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Rush. Stv. 6, 4, 6

doeþ-bérnis

(n.)
Grammar
doeþ-bérnis, -niss
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Rush. 21, 11

ég-hwelc

(adj.)

all, every

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Rush. War. 8, 34

eorfeðe

(adj.)

difficult ⬩ diffĭcĭlis

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Rush. 7, 14

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