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Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert

HYPE

(n.)
Grammar
HYPE, es; m.

The HIPhaunch

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Gl. 74; Som. 71, 70; Wrt. Voc. 44, 52

brýd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-sang, es; m.

A marriage songhyrnenæusὑμεναῖοςepitha-lamiumἐπιθαλάμιον

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A marriage song; hyrnenæus = ὑμεναῖος epitha-lamium = ἐπιθαλάμιον Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 40; Wrt. Voc. 28, 22

Linked entry: brýd-leóþ

leóþ-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-weorc, es; n.

Song-makingpoetrypoesis

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Song-making, poetry; poesis, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 99; Wrt. Voc. 60, 7

mǽl-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-cearu, e; f.

Care or trouble belonging to a particular time

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Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189

Cénréd

(n.)
Grammar
Cénréd, es; m. [céne, réd counsel]

Cenred

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Cenred, son of Ceolwald and father of Ine, king of Wessex Cénréd wæs Ceolwalding Cenred was the son of Ceolwald, Chr. Th. 2, 2.

Linked entry: Ceolwald

ginian

(v.)
Grammar
ginian, geonian, gynian; p. ode

To yawngape

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Seó eorþe swá giniende bád the earth remained gaping so, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 3

Linked entries: geonian gynian

gift-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
gift-leóþ, es; n.

A marriage-songepithalamiumcarmen nubentium

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A marriage-song; epithalamium, carmen nubentium, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 53; Wrt. Voc. 47, 57

cyste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cyste-líce, adv. [cyst munificence]

Munificently largiter

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 42. Ic gife cystelíce largior, 31; Som. 35, 54. Cystelíce dǽlan to distribute bountifully, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 18

Linked entries: cystig-líce cystlíce

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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To make, or to become, soft, to soften Ic hnexige mollio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 53. Lege ðonne on ðǽr hit heardige hnescaþ hyt sóna apply where it is hard, it will at once soften, Herb. 2, ii; Lchdm. i. 84, 4.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.

ANDetatqueac

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And swá forþ and so forth; et cætera, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 59

CYRFÆT

(n.)
Grammar
CYRFÆT, cyrfet,es; m?
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Gl. 39; Som. 63, 58; Wrt. Voc. 30, 12. Wild cyrfet vel hwit wíngeard bryonia = βρυωνία 44; Som. 64, 81; Wrt. Voc. 32, 17

hearp-sang

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-sang, es; m.

A song to the harp, a psalm

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A song to the harp, a psalm Hearpsang psalmus, Ælfc. Gl. 34: Som. 62, 56; Wrt. Voc. 28, 36

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25. Ylfete song the song of the swan, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 6; Seef. 19.

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

lác-sang

(n.)
Grammar
lác-sang, es; m.
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A song made when offering(?) Lácsang (MS. lane sang) offertorium, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 62; Wrt. Voc. 28, 41

Linked entry: lane-sang

gim-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
gim-rodor, Dr. Bradley suggests that this form may have arisen a mistaken reading of a gloss to dracontia gemma ex cereb gim ro dr , or some such form.

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for-beódendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-beódendlíc, adj.

Forbidding-likedissuasiveprohĭbĭtōriusde-hortātōrius

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Forbidding-like, dissuasive; prohĭbĭtōrius, de-hortātōrius Sume synd dehortātīva, ðæt synd forbeódendlíce oððe mistihtendlíce some are dehortātīva,which are dissuasive, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 8

ge-ágniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ágniendlíc, -ágnigendlíc; adj.

Owningpossessivepossessīvus

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 17. Sume synd geágnigendlíce, ða geswuteliaþ ða þing ðe beóþ geágnode some are possessive, which make known the things which are owned, 5; Som. 4, 55

freó-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
freó-bearn, es; n.

One free-borna noble childprōles ingĕnuafīlius nōbĭlis

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Gl. 91; Som. 75, 23; Wrt. Voc. 51, 67. Freóbearn Godes the noble son of God, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 24; Cri. 643. Freóbearn wurdon alǽten líges gange the noble children were delivered from the course of the flame. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 19; Dan. 262

wullian

(v.)
Grammar
wullian, p. ode

To wipe with wool

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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24