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Anglo-Saxon

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gold-fellen

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fellen, adj.
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Of gilded leather Mid purpuran gescrýd and mid kynelicum gyrlum, mid gyldenum cynehelme and mid goldfellenum sceón, Hml. S. 31, 752. See preceding word

Linked entry: fellen

nergend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
nergend-lic, adj.
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For þám micel gód ( the MS. lias the accent) and nergendlic swýðe, and þú fintst blisse, Hpt. 21, 189

ofer-trúwian

(v.)
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to trust too much to Wá þám þe ofertrúwað mægne and mænege, and on God ne behiht, swá swá hé sceolde, Wlfst. 48, 7

wiglere

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Ic ǽlcne wiccecræft eáðelíce oferswíðde, and þá Chaldéiscan wigleras and þá wurmgaleras ic mihte gewyldan tó mínum willan ǽfre, Hml. S. 35, 177. Add

tóþ-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-sealf, e; f.

A tooth-salve

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A tooth-salve Wyrc ðus tóþsealfe: ofersǽwisc rind and hunig and pipor, meng tósomne, lege on, Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Tóþ-sealfa, 4, 5

frófor-gást

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Fæder and Sunu and Frófergást, Wlfst. 73, 5. Add

fulloc

(n.)
Grammar
fulloc, ful-loc (ful loc?), es; n.

A full ⬩ final agreement

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A full, final agreement Wé willað ꝥ . . . getrýwe gewitnes and riht dóm and fulloc (ful loc?) . . . fæste stande, Ll. Th. ii. 302, 6. Substitute:

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Add: of persons, filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled Ðú eart carful and bysig ymbe fela ðing thou art careful and troubled about many things (Lk. 10, 41), Hml. Th. ii. 440, 8. Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, 344, 2.

rúmlíce

(adv.)
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Add Rúmlícor plenius, An. Ox. 591. Hé rúmlícor lǽrde and manode þone ortreówan bróðor diffidentem fratrem latius admonuit, Gr. D. 160, 17. Ic wilnige ꝥ ic rúmlícor ( largius ) geleornige ꝥ mægn þára teára, 244, 21.

mete-þearfende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mete-þearfende, part.

Wanting food

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Wanting food Hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse meteþearfendum they made every foreigner food for themselves in want of meat, Andr. Kmbl. 54; An. 27: 272; An. 136

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Mynegunge gegódude monitu freti, Angl. xiii. 375, 142. to do good physically Genim þá ylcan wyrte and syle þigccean; heó gegódað, Lch. i. 72, 15. to make (morally) good, improve Ꝥ seó stów þurh hine gegódod and geriht wǽre, R.

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details

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Hig habbaþ áscrutnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmogun Catus cwydas they have gone carefully through Cato's Disticha, Anglia viii. 321, 28

Linked entry: smúgan

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, tó habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Gif cniht wǽpn brede gilde se hláford án pund and hæbbe se hláford æt ðæt hé mǽge if a follower draw a weapon, let the lord pay one pound, and let the lord get from him what he can, Th. Chart. 612, 25.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man

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wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has risen to a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has risen to an earl, a singer to a priest, and a scribe to be a bishop, L.

Linked entries: ciorl carl

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Gif hit forget his ágen leóht, ꝥ is éce gefeá, Bt. 3, 2; F. 6, 9. light as itself an object of perception, an individual shining or appearance of light Mycel leóht and freábeorht onlýhte ꝥ carcern, Bl. H. 229, 28.

clústor-cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
clústor-cleófa, an; m.

A prison-chamber, cell ⬩ carceris cubiculum

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A prison-chamber, cell; carceris cubiculum On clústorcleófan in the prison-chamber, Andr. Kmbl. 2041; An. 1023

hyge-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-blíðe, adj.
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Glad at heart, Andr. Kmbl. 3378; An. 1693: Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 31; Rä. 27, 20

lár-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
lár-smiþ, es; m.

a counsellor

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Lársmeoþas, Andr. Kmbl. 2441; An. 1221

magu-rǽdend

(n.)
Grammar
magu-rǽdend, es; m.

One who advises men

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Andrew ) mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2920; An. 1463

un-tweód

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweód, adj.

Not inspired with doubt ⬩ unwavering

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Not inspired with doubt, unwavering Hé hæfde him on innan ellen untweódne, Andr. Kmbl. 2485; An. 1244

Linked entry: tweógan