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Anglo-Saxon

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scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.

the art by which deceptive appearances are produced ⬩ magic ⬩ a magic art ⬩ trick

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Hé behét ánum drýmen sceattes, gif hé mid his scýncræfte (scín-, MS. O. ) him ðæt mǽden mihte gemacian tó wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 365. Beó ic scyldig, gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwæscan mid mínum drýcræfte, 14, 57.

nát-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nát-hwilc, pron. indef.

Some one ⬩ I know not who

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Hé in níþsele náthwylcum wæs in some unknown hall was he, Beo. Th. 3031; B. 1513. (Cf. sceaða ic nát hwylc, 554; B. 274.)

on-tydran

(v.)

to nourish, support

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ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencþ ðæt hé hit ádwæsce, ðæt hé hit swá micle swíðor ontydre pax ista an incentivum malorum fuit? stillicidium illud olei, in medium magnae flammae cadens exstinxit fomitem tanti ignis, an aluit?

a-wierdan

(v.)

to corrupt ⬩ corrumpere

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to corrupt; corrumpere He awiert ðæt mód corrumpit animum, Past. 53, 5

ge-hǽman

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Add Hé hí genam niédenga and hire mid gehǽmde, Past. 415, 17

ge-húslian

(v.)
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Hé hí gehúslode mid þæs Hǽlendes gerýnum, Hml. S. 3, 80. Add

ge-edwistian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edwistian, p. ode; pp. od

To feed ⬩ support

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To feed, support He geedwistode me educavit me, Ps. Lamb. 22, 2

Linked entry: edwistian

sundor-gecynd

(n.)
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-Hé hafaþ sundorgecynd, Exon. Th. 357, 18; Pa. 30

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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A calumniator Hé geeádmét ðane teónere humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Lamb. 71, 4

þurh-dúfan

(v.)

to dive through

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to dive through Hé wæter up þurhdeáf, Beo. Th. 3243; B. 1619

un-geáxod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geáxod, adj.

Unasked

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Unasked Hé ungeáxod clypode: 'Ic eom cristen,' Homl. Th. i. 428, 6

Linked entry: ge-ascian

earfoþ-rihte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-rihte, adj.
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Hard to correct, incorrigible Gif hé þwur sý . . . oððe earfoðrihte, Nap. 19

Linked entry: -rihte

ge-wǽpne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpne, es; n.
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Armour, weapons, arms Hé tóbricð gewǽpnu confringet arma, Ps. L. 45, 10

Linked entry: -wǽpne

gníding

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Sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, Lch. ii. 30, 28. Add

greót

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Hé on greút giswom the whale was stranded, Txts. 127, 7. Add

torhtness

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Hé ne gýmeð þysses eorðlican ríces torhtnessa, Verc. Först. 108, 4. Add

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

cweccan

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Hé cwehte út his sáwle eius animam excussit, Chrd. 99, 34. Add

æf-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
æf-hende, (-hynde); adj.

Absent

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Absent Gif hé æfhynde byþ si absens fuerit Angl. xiii. 387, 316

Linked entries: of-hende -hende

hearm-cweðend

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-cweðend, es; m.

A calumniator

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A calumniator Hé ða hermcweðend hýneþ humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Th. 71, 5

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