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Anglo-Saxon

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sunn-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sunn-hát, adj.
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Sunh[á]t soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 205

þearfan

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Add Heura ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 24

þeódend

(n.)
Grammar
þeódend, es; m.
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A translator. Cf. geþeódan to translate Ðeódend translator, An. Ox. 15, 6

un-sóþ

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Unsóðe irrita, i. uana ł falsa (dicta), An. Ox. 26, 26. Add

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

un-wiþmetenness

(n.)
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Unwiðmetenesse in conparatione (but the glosser has read inconparatione), An. Ox. 587

Linked entry: wiþ-metenness

wyrht

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Dele 'leóþ' at end, and add: v. lǽce-, un-wyrht; egen-wirht ?

ymb-wlátend

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For the second citation substitute Emwlátenddum spectatoribus, i. speculatoribus, An. Ox. 3507

wæfer-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-stów, e; f.

A place for spectacles ⬩ an amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles, an amphitheatre Weaferstówa amphitheatrum, Lchdm. i. lxi, 9

Linked entry: wafung-stów

wamm-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-lust, es; m.

A foul pleasure, an allurement, seduction

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A foul pleasure, an allurement, seduction Womlustas lenocinia, Anglia xiii. 28, 19

gúþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-here, es; m.

A martial band ⬩ an army

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A martial band, an army, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 18; Gen. 1967

gealgmódness

(n.)
Grammar
gealgmódness, ?, gealgness ?, e ; f.

Gloominess, sullenness

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Gloominess, sullenness G[e]alh[módnes (?), -nes (?)] obstinatio An. Ox. 56, 157

horn-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
horn-gestreón, es; n.

An abundance of pinnacles,

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An abundance of pinnacles, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 11; Ruin. 23

cot-sǽta

(n.)
Grammar
cot-sǽta, an; m.

An inhabitant of a cottage ⬩ a cottager ⬩ casæ habitator

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An inhabitant of a cottage, a cottager; casæ habitator Som. Ben. Lye

on-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
on-færeld, es; n.

An in-going, entrance

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An in-going, entrance Gesáwon onfæreldu viderunt ingressus Ps. Spl. 67, 26

Linked entry: an-færeld

twaltiga

(n.)
Grammar
twaltiga, palma,
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apparently an error for palm-twig, q. v.Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 14

á-spyrgend

(n.)
Grammar
á-spyrgend, á-spyrigend, es; m.

An investigator

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An investigator Úra breósta áspyrgend (investigator), Ps. Srt. ii. p. 204, 1

Linked entry: spyrigend

á-swaþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-swaþian, p. ode

To follow out a track ⬩ investigate

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To follow out a track,investigate Áswaþode investigatam, An. Ox. 5, II

Linked entry: swaþian

symbel-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-gifa, an; m.

A feast-giver

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A feast-giver Sáwla symbelgifa (the Deity), Andr. Kmbl. 2833; An. 1419

ge-streáwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streáwian, -streówian; p. ode; pp. od

To strew

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To strew Swylc hit eall gestreáwod wǽre mid wynsume blóstmen and wyrtgemangum as if it all were strewed with pleasant flowers and spices, Shrn. 15, 31

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