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Anglo-Saxon

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un-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽd, es; n.

Bad seed

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Bad seed Ealle unþeáwas áweallaþ of deófle, and hé ðæt unsǽd sáweþ tó wíde, Wulfst. 40, 23

weorold-bliss

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bliss, e; f.
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Worldly bliss, earthly joy Hé his líchoman wynna forwyrnde and woruldblissa, Exon. Th. 111, 32 ; Gú. 135

a-hreófod

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

á-hwistlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwistlian, p. ode
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To hiss, speak indistinctly Seó tunge áwistlað þe ǽr hæfde getinge sprǽce and geráde, Wlfst. 147, 31

Linked entry: hwistlian

á-réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
á-réceleásian, p. ode
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To be negligent Ic áréceleásode and tó læt wæs míne cyrcan tó sécenne, Angl. xi. 102, 68

árigend

(n.)
Grammar
árigend, es; m.
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A patron, protector, benefactor Heó wæs wuduwena and steópcilda árigend, Lch. iii. 430, 2: Wlfst. 257, 4

bisceop-hádung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hádung, e; f.
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Ordination as bishop Þá underféng se hálga wer bisceophádunge, and þone hád geheóld, Hml, S. 31, 286

Linked entry: hádung

bóc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of book Saga mé hwæt bóccynna and hú fela sindon, Sal. K. p. 192, 8

candel-weoc

Grammar
candel-weoc, e; l. -weóce, an,
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and add Funalia, candela oððe candelweócan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 18 (cf. funalia, i. lucernarum stuppae, 27)

cwísan

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See cwysan (l. cwýsan) in Dict., where substitute for bracket: [v. N. E. D. quease], and add

cycen-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
cycen-þegnung, e; f.
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Service in the kitchen Se ærcediácon and se práuost móton beón áspelode fram þǽre cycenþénunge, Nap. 15

cliþ-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
cliþ-wyrt, e; f.
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Clivers; rubea minor Genim ðá smalan cliðwyrt, Lch. iii. 50, 8. v. clif-wyrt, and preceding word

dohtor-sunu

(n.)
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a grandson Leódulf wæs þæs ealdan Oddan sunu and Eádweardes cininges dohtorsunu, Chr. 982; P. 124, 32

earmung

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Substitute: Pity, compassion On mildheortnyssa and earminga (printed earnunga) in misericordia et miserationibus, Ps. Spl. 102, 4

efen-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-hleóþrian, p. ode
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To sing together Gyf þá deóflu þæt ongytað . . . beóð hí ealle efenhleóþriende and swýðe blíðe, Nap. 19

eorþ-weard

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Substitute for 'An earth-guard,' what guards a land, a fortress, and add leóda fæsten after lígdraca

faldian

(v.)
Grammar
faldian, p. ode
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To make a fold Me mæig on sumera . . . faldian, fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12

fiþer-ecgede

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-ecgede, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged [Genim twégen] sticcan feðerecgede, and wrít on ǽgðerne sticcan án paternoster, Lch. i. 388, 5

fore-timbrigende

(adj.)
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Gemétton wé ús ǽghwanon gelícne storm foran onsettende and foretimbrigende inuenimus nos undiqueuersum pari tempestate praeclusos. Add

Linked entry: timbran

for-gifenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-gifenlíce, adv.

Easily

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Easily, without hardship from burdensome claims Tyro and Sydone bið forgifenlícor (remissius) þonne eów, Mt. 11, 22

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