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Anglo-Saxon

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ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽder, ǽdder, e; f. ǽd(d)re, an; f. (wæter-ǽdre occurs once neuter). Add:to ǽdre:

a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney

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Tócnáwan be his ǽdrena hrepunge by feeling his pulse hweðer hé hraðe swulte, Hml. S. 3, 569. Ǽddrum fibris, venis, An. Ox. 376: fibrarum rivulis, 11, 135.

Linked entry: héþir

snytro

(n.)
Grammar
snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.

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O.) ðe ic fram ðam sóþan Gode onféng per sapientiam mihi a Deo vero donatam Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 3. Paulus ðæt lof Gode betǽhte ðe him snytera (snytra, MS. F.) and wísdóm sealde R. Ben. 4, 6

á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

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Láðra ówihte, B. 2432. Gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan if the fire is to be effectually extinguished, Wlfst. 157, 9. Ealle þá ðe Crýst áwyht cúðon, Hml. A. 188, 208.

a-deáf

(adj.)
Grammar
a-deáf, adj.

Deaf ⬩ surdus

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Deaf; surdus,Ben

Linked entry: a-deáfung eárena

ecg-clif

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-clif, a sea cliff or shore, B. 2893, = ég-clif, q. v.
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Beo. Th. 5778

Linked entry: ég-clif

a-scofen

(v.; part.)

banished

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Ben. 63

bædd

(n.)

a bed

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a bed,Vit. Swith

beódende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beódende, part. of beódan.

commanding

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Ben. 5

deáþ-lícnes

(n.)

mortality

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Ben. Lye

dwés

(adj.)
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Ben. Lye

diégel-líce

(adv.)

secretly

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Ben. Lye

gaar-leece

(n.)

garlic

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Ben. Lye

eal-geleáflíc

(adj.)

believed by all ⬩ catholĭcus

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believed by all; catholĭcus

cóf-líce

(adv.)

quickly

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Ben. Lye

cóf-scipe

(n.)

quickness

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Ben. Lye

comp-hád

(n.)

warfare

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Ben. Lye

coon

(adj.)

bold

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: cón

á-bedecian

(v.)
Grammar
á-bedecian, ; p. ode

To get by begging.

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To get by begging

Linked entry: á-beþecian

ge-wýscendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wýscendlíce, adv.

By adoption

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By adoption God Fæder Ælmihtig hæfþ ǽnne Sunu gecyndelíce and menige gewíscendlíce God, the Father Almighty has one Son naturally and many by adoption, Homl. Th. i. 258, 26

Linked entry: -wýscendlíce

gifan

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, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 5. Him weorðeð blǽd gifen, Cri. 878. Gyfen, B. 64. <b>III a.</b> </b> Þé Meotud wist gife, An. 388. <b>III b.</b> used absolutely :--- Simle hé biþ gifende, and ne wanaþ his nǽfre náuht, 42; F. 258, 5.

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