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túdor-teónde

(adj.)
Grammar
túdor-teónde, producing offspring or
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fruit Hét sǽs and eorðan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan. Cd. Th. 59, 5; Gen. 959: 201, 14; Exod. 372

un-gereordod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereordod, adj.

Unfed ⬩ not having had a meal

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Unfed, not having had a meal Se déma ungereordod sæt bútan ǽlcere ðénunge unþances fæstende, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 91

sess

(n.)
Grammar
sess, es ; m.
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A seat, bench Ses, sæs transtrum, Txts. 103, 2050. Hé gesæt on sesse, Beo. Th. 5427 ; B. 2717: 5506; B. 2756

Linked entry: sæs

sædsworn

(adj.)
Grammar
sædsworn, = (?) sǽdes worn
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Cf. sǽd ; V. 2, and worn, (1 b)) Abraham et semini eius, Ps. Rdr. 296, 55

sǽdere

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oððe hwí sceolde seó eorðe hyre wæstmas ofteón þám unscyldigum sǽde for ðám scyldigan sǽdere?, Hml. A. 36, 311-37, 315. Add

ge-rýnu

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Th. ii. 340, 8. a mystery For is þæt hálige hflsel geháten gerýnu, for ðan ðe Sðer ðing is ðǽron suggests that ge-sǽd, rather than ge-sǽli should be read, and that the gesewen, and ððer ðing undergyten, Hml. Th. ii. 270, 27.

almes-man

(n.)
Grammar
almes-man, -mann, es; m.

An almsman ⬩ eleemosynarius

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An almsman; eleemosynarius Ðonne nime man uncúþ sǽd æt almesmannum then let one take strange seed of almsmen, Lchdm, i. 400, 17

eorl-werod

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-werod, es; n. [werod a company, troop]

A band of men, warrior band ⬩ vĭrōrum turma

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A band of men, warrior band; vĭrōrum turma Ðǽr ðæt eorlwerod sæt the warrior band sat there, Beo. Th. 5779; B. 2893

swigiendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swigiendlíce, adv.
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Silently, in silence Sæt ic ána in ðam wéstenne. . . Ðá ongann ic swigiendlíce þencan be manegra munuca lífe, Homl. Ass. 204, 311

eapl

(n.)

an apple

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an apple, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 7; Sae. 411

wind-hreóse

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Dele, the better reading is: Wind on hreóre sǽ

sin-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-ceald, adj.
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Ever-cold Sincalda sǽ, Cd. Th. 207, 25 ; Exod. 472

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . '. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

for-liden

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

Ósti

(n.)
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the Esthtonians Be-eástan him sindon Ósti þá leóde, Ósti habbað be-norþan him þone ilcan sǽs earm, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 29

weald

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Add Weald hú þé sǽle whatever happen to thee, An. 1357. Cf. lóca hú

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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Him man sælle án half swulung ... and mon selle him tó ðem londe .iiii. oxan, and .ii. cý, and l. scǽpa, 470, 8-14. Ðisses londes aran thrié sulong æt hægethe thorne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 235, 7.

Linked entry: swulung

slarige

(n.)
Grammar
slarige, an; f.
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Slarian sǽd, 72, 8. Slarian gódne dǽl, ii. 58, 11

ge-freósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freósan, p. pl. -fruron
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To freeze Gefruron swá swá weallas wæteru, gefruron ýþa on middele sǽs gelauerunt tamquam muros aquae, gelauerunt fluctus in media maris, Ps. Rdr. 281, 8

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