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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-áned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-áned, part. [án one]

Made one ⬩ united ⬩ adūnātus

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Made one, united; adūnātus Oþ-ðæt ðe hí wǽron on ǽnne unmǽtne lég geánede usque ad in immensam adŭnāti sunt flammam, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 25

Linked entry: ge-ǽnan

folc-land

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Gif se cyning mínum suna geunnan wille ðes folc-londes tó ðǽm bóclonde, ðonne habbe and brúce, C. D. ii. 120, 35. Cyninges folcland, 65, I. Add

un-gedered

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Hí ungederede genǽson . . . ungederede on heora gegeraelan laesi non sunt. . . illaesis vestibus, Gr. D. 219, 19-24 Add

snid

(n.)
Grammar
snid, snide, es; m.

A saw

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Hié wǽron snidene mid snide secti sunt Past. 30; Swt. 205, 13

be-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-mǽnan, bi-mǽnan; p. de; pp. ed [be, mǽnan to moan, 111. q. v.]

To BEMOAN ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ lugere ⬩ dolere ⬩ congemere

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To BEMOAN, bewail, lament, mourn; lugere, dolere, congemere Ða heófungdagas wǽron ðá gefyllede, ðe híg Moisen bemǽndon completi sunt dies planctus lugentium Moysen Deut. 34, 8

Linked entries: mǽnan bi-mǽnan

forþ-gestrangian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gestrangian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To make very strong ⬩ strengthen much ⬩ confortāre

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To make very strong, strengthen much; confortāre Ofer me syndon, ða ðe me éhton, forþgestrangad confortāti sunt sŭper me qui me persequuntur, Ps. Th. 68, 5

á-cígan

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Tó giriord áceigido aron ad coenam vocati sunt Rtl. 70, 37. Add

sǽ-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hengest, es; m.

a sea-horse ⬩ hippopotamus ⬩ a sea-steed, ship

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Voc. ii. 48, 30 . a sea-steed, ship Hú ðú wǽgflotan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, Andr. Kmbl. 975; An. 488

Linked entry: sǽ-mearh

Eádweard

(n.)
Grammar
Eádweard, -ward, es; m. [eád happy, weard ward, guardian] .

Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925 ⬩ Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 ⬩ Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066

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D. 901, gefór Ælfréd cyning, and féng Eádweard his sunu to ríce here king Alfred died, and Edward his son succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 901; Erl. 97, 8-10. Her, A.

irfe-stól

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-stól, es; m.

An hereditary seat

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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176

un-gesceapen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceapen, adj.

unshapen ⬩ unformed ⬩ uncreated

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Th. i. 474, 8. uncreated Ungesceapen ( increatus ) is se Fæder, ungesceapen is se Sunu, and is ungesceapen se Hálga Gást, Ath. Crd. 8

Linked entry: ge-sceapen

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M. E. becomes lyn in lyntre tilia, and later linn. v. N. E. D. linn, a linden or lime ?)

morgen-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-torht, adj.

Bright with the brightness of morning

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Bright with the brightness of morning (applied to the sun), Andr. Kmbl. 482; An. 241

delu

(n.)
Grammar
delu, e; f: pl. nom. gen. acc.dela ; dat. delum

A teat, nipple ⬩ mamma

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A teat, nipple; mamma Wǽron forbrocene ða dela hiora mǽgdenhádes ... bióþ forbrocene ða wæstmas ðæra dela fractæ sunt mammæ pubertātis eārum ... pubertātis mammæ franguntur, Past. 52; Hat. MS

geómor-gid

(n.)
Grammar
geómor-gid, -gidd, -gyd, es; n.

A mournful song, dirge, lamentation ⬩ lūgubris cantus, nēnia, lāmentātio

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A mournful song, dirge, lamentation; lūgubris cantus, nēnia, lāmentātio Wæs geómorgidd wrecen a mournful song was sung, Andr. Kmbl. 3094; An. 1550. Geómorgyd, Beo. Th. 6291; B. 3150

un-gefandod

(part.)
Grammar
un-gefandod, ptcpl.

Not tried ⬩ not experienced

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Not tried, not experienced Sint tó manigenne ða ðe ðonne giet ungefandod habbaþ flǽslícra scylda admonendi sunt peccata carnis ignorantes, Past. 52; Swt. 407, 19: 409, 16, 22

Linked entry: ge-fandod

ge-mearr

Grammar
ge-mearr, [The Latin of Past. 401, 20 is; Quem igitur caelibem curarum secularium impedimentum praepedit.]
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Prud. 662 substitute Germ. 397, 496, and add: futility, vanity Ná on gemear þú gesettest suna manna non uane constituisti filios hominum. Ps. Rdr. 88, 48

ge-clypian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clypian, -clipian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clypian, clipian to call]

To call ⬩ call upon ⬩ invoke ⬩ vŏcāre ⬩ invŏcāre

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Manega synt geclypede multi sunt vŏcāti, Mt. Bos. 20, 16

selden

(adj.)
Grammar
selden, adj.
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Rare, infrequent Seldene synd frýnd þá þe oð ende wuniað leófe rari sunt amici qui usque ad finem existant cari, Scint. 197. 18. v. N.E.D. seldom; adj.]

un-tólísendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tólísendlic, adj.
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Not to be absolved Gif þá scylda ne beóð swá myccle and swá untðlýsendlice æfter deáðe si culpae post mortem insolubiles non sunt, Gr. D. 342, 26

Linked entry: tó-lísendlic

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