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Anglo-Saxon

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flániht

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Provided with darts or points (?) Þá flan-ihtan jaculatas (fraude sagittas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 76: 47, 29. Substitute:

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, ge-bégan; p. de
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To crown Hié þá swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Bl. H. 203, 30

ge-swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-swǽslíce, adv.
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Kindly, lovingly þá besárgode hé ðǽre sorh-fullan méder. and geswǽslíce hire sunu cyste. Hml. Th. ii. 150, 18

Linked entry: swǽslíce

ge-eáwan

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Þá wǽron geeáwde swǽhit áwriten is ðæt hié wǽron ymb eall útan mid eágum besett, Past. 194, 18. Add

Linked entries: ge-íwian ge-eówan

mǽd-díc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-díc, f.
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A meadow-dike Of þám mere on þá ealdan mǽddíc; þonne andlang díc, C. D. B. iii. 396, 32

mersc-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-hop, es; n.
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A hope ( v. hop) in a fen Þá merschopa þe þǽr bútan syndon, C. D. B. ii. 526, 10

ofer-wríþan

(v.)
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to wrap round, cover up with a wrapper Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle þá scearpan, Lch. ii. 130, 10

Rómánisc

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Rómánisces romulei, Germ. 402, 80, ¶ used substantively :-- Þone langan weall þe þá Rómániscan worhtan, Hml. S. 26, 41. Add

sealm-wyrhta

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Swá swá se sealmwyrhta cwæð, 'Hé hit gecwæð, and þá gesceafta wǽron geworhte,' Hml. Th. i. 122, 13. Add

slǽp-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-drenc, es; m.
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A sleeping-draught Slǽpdrenc; rædic, hymlic, wermód, belone, cnuca ealle þá wyrte, dó in ealað, Lch. iii. 22, 27

teón-word

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Þá hǽþenan weras his word hefiglíce onféngcon, and hine mid teónwordum ( injuriis ) éhtende wǽron, Gr. D. 250, 20. Add

tíderness

Grammar
tíderness, <b>. I.</b>
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Dele 'I.' and under Add Þá heofenan wé ne magon for úre eágena týddernysse geseón, Lch. iii. 232, 16

þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf, adj.
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Necessary Þá wæs him án hors þearf, ꝥ man him funde, Gr. D. 183, 2 (v. þearf; II 2)

ultor

(n.)
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a vulture Se ultor sceolde forlǽtan ꝥ hé ne slát þá lifre Tyties, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 2

un-gefóglic

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Add Gif þá synna ne beóþ tó ungefóhlice and unonlýsendlice si insolubiles culpae non fuerint, Gr. D. 348, 3

Linked entry: ge-fóglic

á-windan

Grammar
á-windan, <b>. II</b> 2.
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add as alternative meaning: to become curved. Cf. ge-windan, ge-wind Þá handa áwindaþ the hands get cramped

Linked entry: windan

beán-belgas

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Of beánbælgum, Lk. L. 15, 16. Þá swín ǽton beánbelgas (-bylgas, -coddas, v. ll.), Gr. D. 106, 31. Add

ge-brengan

Grammar
ge-brengan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: where the action is given by a clause Sé wearð on gebróht ꝥ hé ofsleán wolde þá Iúdéi, Hml. S. 25, 549

fóddernoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóddernoþ, es; m.

Sustenance ⬩ nourishment

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Sustenance, nourishment Ealle þá stówe þe þǽr ðám mannum tó fóddornoþe beón sceoldon tota illic loca nutriendis hominibus profutura, Gr. D. 193, 17

Linked entry: fódnóþ

ge-swicu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swicu, (?i-stem, fem., cf. Sievers&#39; Grammatik, 268),
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e;f. Cessation Witun þá ðe ðyllicne gylt þurhteóð, and náne geswice dón nell[að], Hml. A. 148, 123 note. v. ge-swíc

Linked entry: ge-swic

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