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ge-cneów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-cneów, p. of ge-cnáwan.

knew ⬩ perceived

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Kmbl. 2278; El. 1140;

for-cnídan

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Hé forcnýdeþ hí comminuet eas, Ps. Spl. 28, 6. Add

reónig-mód

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Éódan þá reónigmóde eorlas ǽgleáwe . . . gehðum geómre, El. 320. Add

tosca

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Toxan rubete que et rane dicuntur, An. Ox. 1855. Add

cniht-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
cniht-geong, adj.

Young as a child; ⬩ puerilis

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Kmbl. 1276; El. 640

be-crafian

(v.)
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Ex. 1388. Add:

in-gewitness

(n.)
Grammar
in-gewitness, e; f.

Knowledge ⬩ knowing ⬩ consciousness ⬩ conscience

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Knowledge, knowing, consciousness, conscience Besmitene syndon ge heora mód ge heora ingewitnys coinquinata sunt et mens eorum et conscientia, Bd. 1, 17; S. 494. 42.

teóðung-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
teóðung-georn, adj.
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Sedulous in paying tithes Ælmysgeorn and cyricgeorn and teóþunggeorn tó Godes cyricean and earmum mannum eleemosynas libenter erogans, et ad ecclesiam libenter frequens, et sedulo decimas erogans ecclesiae Dei ac pauperibus, L. Ecg.

feólag-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
feólag-scipe, es; m.

Fellowship ⬩ partnership

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Gif Eádwyne mín ém wille helden se félageshipe mid mé and mín ém Uulfríc ymbe þat lond at Meþeltúne, 582, 24

ge-temprian

(v.)
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15

Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went

Linked entry: Brǽden

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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</b> The Runic RUNE not only stands for the vowel e, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon, eh a war-horse, v. eh a war-horse, and RÚN

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKE ⬩ increase ⬩ add to ⬩ augment

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Ex. 31. Sunne and móna iécaþ eorþwelan sun and moon increase the wealth of earth, 16 b; Th. 38, 23; Cri. 611. Ýcaþ, 119 a ; Th. 457,32; Hy 4, 93. Ðá íhte he eft his synna auxit peccatum, Ex, 9, 34.

Linked entries: écan íht

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta

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Kmbl. 756; El. 378: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 178 ; Met. 26, 89. Ðeós cwén this queen, Elen. Kmbl. 1064; El. 533: 1099; El. 551. He wæs on ðære cwéne gewealdum he was in the queen's power, 1217; El. 610: 2269; El. 1136.

Linked entries: cwǽn cwéne cwýne cuén

efen

(adv.)
Grammar
efen, adv.
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Hé wunode on his ágenum mynstre em feówertig geára, Hml. S. 6, 360. On þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, 23, 480. v. following compounds with efen-

ǽtten

Grammar
ǽtten, for æten,

should eat

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should eat,L. In. 42; Lambd. 8, 5; Wilk. 21, 24;

eorsung

anger

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Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8. v. yrsung

forþ

(prep.)
Grammar
forþ, prep.

Out of ⬩ forth ⬩ e ⬩ ex

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Out of, forth; e, ex: used in composition, Som. Ben. Lye

lyge-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
lyge-synnig, adj.

false

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Kmbl. 1795; El. 899

be-þrungen

(v.; part.)

encompassed

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Kmbl. 2488; El. 1245; Similar entries pp. of beþringan

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