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Anglo-Saxon

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á-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fæstan, p. te
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l

án-spræce

Grammar
án-spræce, l. -sprǽce
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saying the same, unanimous Worhton hý heora gemót and wǽran ealle ánsprǽce loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7

be-healdness

(n.)
Grammar
be-healdness, e; f.
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Hé mid þǽre geornfullan behealdnysse up lócode, Hml. S. 23 b, 166

Linked entry: heald-ness

búr-þegen

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Búr-þénon (hé becwiþ) his beddreáf, Cht. Crw. 23, 30. Add

cynlíce

(adv.)
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Forlǽtan þá gebróðru þe hé ǽr cynlíce underféng fratres deserere quos semel suscepit, Gr. D. 108, 29. Add

earm-full

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-full, adj.
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Wretched, miserable Hí for hellewítes ógan and for Crístes lufan þis earmfulle líf forlǽtaþ, Lch. iii. 440, 34

Éste

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Þǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 13. Add

gellan

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Hý gyllende gáras sændan, Lch. iii. 52, 23

gereording-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gereording-tíd, e; f.
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Meal-time Hé cóm symle tó his gereordung­tíde (ad horam refectionis illius), Gr. D. 118, 12 : 145, 13

ge-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrence, adj.
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Withered, dry Hé hæfde hond gescrengce ł drýge habebat manum aridam, Lk. L. 6, 8. Cf. mis-scrence

ge-þrístian

(v.)
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Gíf morðwyrhtan ... tó þám geþrístian ꝥ hí on þæs cyninges neáweste gewunian, Ll. Th. i. 324, 12. Add

ge-drohtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drohtnung, e; f.
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Living, course of life Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 126

Linked entry: drohtnung

glade

(adv.)
Grammar
glade, (?); adv.
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Joyously, gladly Hié of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, Dan. 439. Hí fore góddædum glade blissiað, Cri. 1287

hosp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hosp-lic, adj.
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Insulting, contumelious, opprobrious, blasphemous Hí ( the Jews ) tó Críste hosplice word wédende sprǽcon, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 31

in-trepettan

(v.)
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to trip, dance, hop Intrepetan subsaltare, Ld. Gl. H. 37, 197. [O. H. Ger. trepizente quadrupedante.] Cf. treppan

Linked entry: trepettan

ir-furlang

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Hi. 405, 32. Cf. (?) furlang; II. (?)

Linked entry: fur-lang

mæsse-hacele

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Hé stód áþenedum earmum mid mæsse[reáfe] gescrýdd, and hæfde gréne mæssehacelan on him, Vis. Lfc. 39. Add

oferlíce

(adv.)
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Hí lǽtað þæt man gýman ne ðurfe ná oferlíce swýðe þæs þe béc beódað, Wlfst. 55, 19. Add

on-gehýþness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gehýþness, e; f.
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Advantage, profit: — -Hí be þisses andweardan lífes ongehýðnesse ðenceað, and náwiht be þæs tówerdan, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 5

Linked entry: ge-hýþness

preóst-gesamnung

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-gesamnung, e; f.
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A community of priests On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge ( in hoc ordine canonico ) is ǽlc þrýstnes forboden, Chrd. 45, 29

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