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Anglo-Saxon

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swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Hú hé þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

steóra

(n.)
Grammar
steóra, stiéra, styra, an; m.
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Gelic ðam scipe búton ǽlcum steóran, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 21. fig. God is steóra and steórróþer, forðæm hé reht and rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá god steóra (stióra, Cott. MS.) ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25

Linked entries: steórere stiéra

frécenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
frécenlíce, adv.

Dangerouslyperīcŭlōse

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Dangerously; perīcŭlōse Scipio frécenlíce gewundod wearþ Scipio was dangerously wounded, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 40: Lchdm. iii. 156, 26

Linked entry: frǽclíce

ofer-heling

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-heling, e; f.
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covering, veiling Oferhelung obductus, Scint. 223, 4, 5. a covering Reáf... for nédbehéfe oferhelincge uestis . . . propter necessarium tegumentum, Scint. 144, 1

Linked entry: heling

út-here

(n.)
Grammar
út-here, gen. -her(i)ges; m.
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Ða scipu sceoldan ðisne eard healdan wið ǽlcne úthere, 1009; Erl. 141. 25

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To armfurnish with weaponsarmāre

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Hí ðæt scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod they took the ship all armed and equipped, Chr. 992; Erl. 131, 34

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod

fleótan

to floatto swimto flow

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Eahta daga fulla ꝥ ilce scip fleát (enatavit) wætres full, Gr. D. 249, ll. Nim eádoccan moran þá þe fleótan wille, Lch. iii. 6, 28.

forp-lútan

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For Scint. 6: Prov. 29 substitute Forþloten tó sárgungum pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 29, 9, 10. Forðloten proclivior (ad peccandum ), Kent. Gl. 1068

ge-lofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lofian, p. ode
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Heofenan ríce wæs álǽten þisum gebródrum for heora nette and scipe, and ðám rícan Zachéo tó healfum dǽle his ǽhta, Hml. Th. i. 580, 21: 582, 28

Linked entry: lofian

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl. Homl. 233, I. On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4. Gewát him tó waroðe rídan þegn Hródgáres, Beo. Th. 473 ; B. 234. Ða líchoman cóman tó ðam waroðe, Shrn. 54, 23.

Linked entry: wearoþ

æften

(n.)
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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk.

winter-steall

(n.)
Grammar
winter-steall, es; m.
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Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł., myran mid .xx. sciłł., and wintersteal ealswá, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 3

Linked entry: -steall

word-full

(adj.)
Grammar
word-full, adj.

Wordyverbosetalkative

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Wordy, verbose, talkative Mann wordfull (verbosus) asyndraþ ealdras, Scint. 134, 12. Wordful verbosa (garrulorum loyua-citas), Hpt. Gl. 528, 49. Wordfulle uerbosi, Scint. 78, l

axung

(n.)

inquiry

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inquiry, Scint. 16

bitter-nes

(n.)
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bitterness, Scint. 61

ge-drófednys

(n.)

trouble

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trouble, Scint. 50

mánful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mánful-líce, adv.

Wickedly,

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Wickedly, Scint. 4

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

ge-eán

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-eán, adj.

Yeaningenītenspariens

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Yeaning; enītens, pariens Ðú wást ðæt ic hæbbe hnesce litlingas, and ge-eáne eówa mid me thou knowest that I have tender infants and yeaning sheep with me, Gen. 33, 13; tu scis [MS. nosti = novisti], quod parvŭlos hăbeam tĕnĕros et oves fētas mecum,

tapor-æx

(n.)
Grammar
tapor-æx, e; f.

A small axe

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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30.