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Anglo-Saxon

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áncora

(n.)
Grammar
áncora, (as if án-cora, cf. the O. Sax. and O. H. Ger. forms), an; m.
Entry preview:

A hermit Ðá cóman hí tó sumum aancoran (ancran, v. l. ), Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 116, 10

a-hreófod

(v.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: á-hreófian; p. ode To become leprous Hé áhreófode and tóbærst mid wundum), Shrn. 132, 8

borg-gylda

(n.)
Grammar
borg-gylda, -gilda, -gelda.

A debtor

Entry preview:

Borhgeldum, Hy. S. 33, 1. Add:

earfoþ-recce

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Lye' substitute Hit is on rǽdinge earfoþrecce hwæt hé gesewenlicra wundra geworhte, Wlfst. 22, 14

efen-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-hleóþrian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To sing together Gyf þá deóflu þæt ongytað . . . beóð hí ealle efenhleóþriende and swýðe blíðe, Nap. 19

fíf-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
fíf-nihte, adj.
Entry preview:

Five days old Sé on V-nihtne mónan bið geboren gung hé gewítað, Lch. iii. 160, 22

for-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sencan, p. te

drop

Entry preview:

To let fall, drop Forsencð hé ðone wæsðm his gǽstes ferre fructum spiritus recusat, Past. 347, 13

Linked entry: sencan

ge-herigendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-herigendlic, adj.
Entry preview:

Cf. samod-herung conlaudatio) conlauda-bilem, Hy. S. 109, 19

Linked entry: herigend-lic

ge-swipor

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swipor, ge-swiper; adj.
Entry preview:

Cunning, crafty Hé geswiperum (-swippre, v. l.) múðe (ore astuto ) wrehte. Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 146, 24

Linked entry: swipor

ge-unhǽlan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to weaken Faestene gemetegude scylon beón ꝥ hí ná þearle geunhǽlan ( debilitent ) maga[n], Scint. 51, 10

Linked entry: un-hǽlan

gylden-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden-hilt, gylden-hilte; adj.
Entry preview:

Golden-hilted Hé an ii. gyldenra róda and ii. gyldenhiltra sweorda, C. D. 8. iii. 74, 27

hýrsum-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hýrsum-lic, adj.

Ready ⬩ willing

Entry preview:

Ready (of service), willing Hé gegearwode heom his hýrsumlice þegnunge eis obsequium praebebat, Gr. D. 152, 1

hors-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hors-cniht, es; m.
Entry preview:

A groom Aman gelǽdde Mardochéum geond þá burh swylce hé his horscniht wǽre, Hml. A. 99, 242

Lǽden-bóc

Entry preview:

Ðá ungelǽredan preóstas gif hí hwæt litles understandaþ of þám Lýdenbócum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 11. Add

mægenig

(adj.)
Grammar
mægenig, (?), ménig; adj.
Entry preview:

Strong Þurh ménige hand ( per rnantum fortem) hé hig út forlǽt of þís lande, Ex. 6, l

Linked entry: menigdu

merigen-dæg

Entry preview:

Gif hé him þæs mergendæges geunnan wolde si in crastino vitam servasset. Guth. Gr. 110, 60. Add

of-seón

Entry preview:

Þá ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 507, 16. Add

Parþ-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Parþ-ware, pl.
Entry preview:

The Parthians Hé gelǽrde monige þeóde tó Crýstes geleáfan, Parðwara and Médware and Persware, Shrn. 155, 33

scotian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add Hí fuhton mid Iúdan sceotiende heora flán on ðá hǽdenan leóda, Hml. S. 25, 495

treówþ

Entry preview:

Add Hé nam þone deácon in his treówþe diaconum in suam suscepit fidem, Gr. D. 253, 16

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