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Anglo-Saxon

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sirwe

(n.)
Grammar
sirwe, an ; f.
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An artifice, device, plot, wile Syrwan (serwan) insidiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13 ; Zup. 84, 14

streám-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
streám-wilm, es; m.
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Kmbl. 990; An. 495

underburh-ware

(n.)
Grammar
underburh-ware, pl.

The inhabitants of a suburb

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The inhabitants of a suburb Of underburhwarum de suburbanis, Cant. M. ad fil. 32

Linked entry: burg-waran

wyrt-eceddrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-eceddrenc, es; m.
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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11

Linked entry: eced-drenc

yfel-dónd

(n.)
Grammar
yfel-dónd, -dóend, es; m.
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An evil-doer, malefactor Yfeldóend malefactor, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 30. Cf. wel-dónd

á-pinsung

(n.)
Grammar
á-pinsung, e; f.
Entry preview:

An. Ox. 1757

Linked entry: pinsung

á-irnan

Grammar
á-irnan, (-yrnan, q. v. in Dict.).
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Áurnenum, ámetenum emenso, i. numerato, An. Ox. 947: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 34. Add

cawel

Grammar
cawel, (cáwel?).
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Caul caula, An. Ox. 56, 366. Add

dǽl-nimend

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Dǽlnimendras consortes, i. participes, An. Ox. 1902. Add

dim-hús

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hús, es; n.
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A prison, dungeon Dimhúses lautumiae, i. carceris, An. Ox. 3774. Dimhús latibula (ergastuli ), 4993

dung

(n.)
Grammar
dung, dat. dyng; f.
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A subterranean chamber, a dungeon Cóm hæleða þreát tó ðǽre dimman ding, An. 1272

elebeám-stybb

(n.)
Entry preview:

the stump of an olive tree On þone elebeámstyb, C. D. iii. 430, 26

fadiend

(n.)
Grammar
fadiend, es; m.

a moderator

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One that directs, regulates, &c., a moderator Fadiend moderator, An. Ox 56, 308

fór-bóc

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Siþbóc, fór-bóc ilinerarium, i. librutn quem in itinere habebat, An. Ox. 2023. Substitute

fiþer-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-bǽre, adj.

Feathered ⬩ winged

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Feathered, winged Fiþerbsére penniger, uelox, An. Ox. 2404. Fiþerbǽre heápas pennigeras (volucrum) turmas, 1565

forliger-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
forliger-lic, adj.

Adulterous

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Adulterous Þǽre forligerlicere adulterinae, An. Ox. 4246. Forligerlicum incesto, 4249. Forligerlicum húsum prostitutis, 5174

ge-mangnys

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Sláwyrmes gemangnys spalangii (pestifera) confectio, An. Ox. 1857. Gemang(ys) confusio, 18, 12. Add

ge-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smittian, p. od
Entry preview:

To smudge, smear with dirt, befoul Gesmittad cacabatus, An. Ox. 7, 323 : 8, 282

Linked entry: smittian

gecwed-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
gecwed-fæsten, es; n.
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An appointed fast Ǽfæstenu and gecwed-fæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 62

ge-wilsumlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wilsumlic, adj.
Entry preview:

ultroneum, i. spontaneum, An. Ox. 235. Gewil[sumlice], 8, 21

Linked entry: wilsum-lic

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