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Anglo-Saxon

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gripol

(adj.)
Grammar
gripol, gripul; adj.
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Able to grasp much, capacious Gripul, numul capax, qui multum capit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 29

gryllan

(v.)
Grammar
gryllan, p. de
Entry preview:

To gnash the teeth, rage, be angry Grylde frendit, Germ. 399, 393. Gryllendum stridentibus, 398, 173

Linked entry: grillan

in-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
in-cerran, (=on-cirran, q.v.)
Entry preview:

to pervert, divert Gif aenig monn ðás úre gewitnisse incerre on ówihte, C.D. ii. 6, 11

Linked entry: on-cirran

lustsum-líc

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Ðá syndon swýþe fægere and lustsumlíce on tó seónne, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 14. Add

ofestan

(v.)
Grammar
ofestan, ofstan ( = efestan, efstan)
Entry preview:

to hasten Hé ofeste festinet, R. Ben. I. 29, 5. Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186

Linked entries: ofstan efestan

offrung-spic

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-spic, es; n.
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Bacon offered to idols Hé dyde swilce hé ǽte of ðám offrungspice, Hml. S. 25, 92

Linked entry: spic

on-byrgan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to be surety Ambyriendum sequestra, An. Ox. 11, 142. Onbyrgedum, 7, 99. Cf. on-borgian; byrgen

Linked entry: -byrgan

ræpsung

Entry preview:

Add: repsung. add: evening On hrepsunge hé beeóm tó Iordanes ófrum, Hml. S. 23 b, 663

stocc-gemǽre

(n.)
Entry preview:

a boundary marked by logs (?) Andlang stódfaldgemǽres þæt hit cymð tó stoccgemǽre, Cht. Crw. 25, 43

un-coþu

Entry preview:

Add: plague Sé bid tó forfleónne swilce uncoðu oððe cwyld quasi pestis fugiendus, Chrd. 70, 7

Linked entry: coþu

wítega

Grammar
wítega, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Ðe Hálend cwæð tó ǽs wítgum Iesus dixit ad legis peritos, Lk. R. 14, 3. Add

ymb-habban

Entry preview:

Add: to detain, hold Unwís on flǽslicum byð emhæfed insipiens in carnalibus detinetur, Scint. 168, 18

á-wlispian

(v.)
Entry preview:

to stammer, speal inarticulately Seó tunge áwlyspaþ, seó þe ǽr hæfde ful recene sprǽce, Nap. 74

Linked entry: wlispian

fore-wyrdan

Entry preview:

Add: to settle terms, agree Eal swá mín swestar hit ér foræwyrde, C.D. iii. 274, 12

Bret

(n.)
Entry preview:

a Briton Ne wearð án Bret (Brit, v. l. ) tó láfe, Chr. 491; P. 14, 17

eorþe

Grammar
eorþe, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
Entry preview:

Ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 16. Add

ceás-lunger

(adj.)
Grammar
ceás-lunger, odj.
Entry preview:

Quick to quarrel, contentious Se hordere sceal beón sýfre and ná ceáslunger (conteniiasvs), Chrd. 19, 12

wǽg-stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-stæþ, es; n.

A shore ⬩ bank

Entry preview:

A shore, bank Cwom .LX. monna tó wǽgstæþe rídan, Exon. Th. 404, 3; Rä. 23, 2

wigian

(v.)
Grammar
wigian, p. ode

To fight

Entry preview:

To fight Gif hé wigie and man gewundie, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 8

Linked entry: wignoþ

ofer-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽte, adj.

Given to excess in eating, gluttonous

Entry preview:

Given to excess in eating, gluttonous Ne sceal mon beón druncengeorn, ne oferǽte, R. Ben. 17,15

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