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Anglo-Saxon

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dysig-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
dysig-cræftig, (?); adj.
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Skilled in foolish arts Hé bið disicreafti (yfele cræftas leornað, v.l., erit sortilegus ), Archiv cxxviii. 300, 2.] [

Linked entry: cræftig

ge-grundweallian

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

To found ⬩ fundāre

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To found; fundāre He ofer sǽs gegrundweallode hine ipse sŭper măria fundāvit eum, Ps. Spl. 23, 2

Linked entry: -grundweallian

swippan

(v.)
Grammar
swippan, p. te
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To scourge, beat, strike Hafaþ hé gyrde lange and ðone feónd swipeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92

Linked entry: swipian

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
trymþ, e; f.
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Strength, support Ealle getrymednesse ł trymðe hláfes hé forgnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 16

un-gecnáwen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecnáwen, adj.

Unknown

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Unknown Hé fela þinga forðteáh ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 13

Linked entry: ge-cnáwan

wundor-ágræfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-ágræfen, adj.

Wondrously graven

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Wondrously graven Hé wundorágræfene anlícnesse engla sínra geseh, Andr. Kmbl. 1424; An. 712

Linked entry: á-grafan

hlúd-clipol

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Hé ná beó hlútclipol on stefne non sit clamostis in voice, R. Ben. I. 35, II. Add

lǽce-wyrt

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Add Abgarus wundrode ꝥ hé wearð gehǽled bútan lǽcewyrtum þurh ðæs Hǽlendes word, Hml. S. 24, 160

mód-lufu

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Hé hine mid bám handum beclypte and mid eallre módlufan sette tó his breóstum, Nap. 45. Add

reccend-dóm

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Hé heóld þæs mynstres reccendóm (ræcend-dóm, v. l.) monasterii regimen tenebat, Gr. D. 20, 21. Add

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, an evil spirit.
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Hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym in wyrginge and in scinna cíginge, Gr. D. 289, 9. Add

scyttels

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Hé ne mihte þá scyttelsas unscyttan, Hml. S. 31, 863. Add

tó-berstan

Grammar
tó-berstan, <b>I a.</b>
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Hé sylf áhreófode and tóbærst mid wundum from ðám heáfde oð Ðá fét, Shrn. 132, 8. Add

un-gelǽredlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽredlic, adj.
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That learns with difficulty Hé forlét þá ungelǽredlican (earfoðlǽran, v.l.) gebróðru indociles deseruit, Gr. D. no, 21

un-scógian

(v.)
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Hé cleopode tó his þeówtlinge, 'Cum, deótul, hider and unscó (discalcea) mé, Gr. D. 221, 22. Add

wang

Grammar
wang, a cheek.
Entry preview:

Add: — Slóh hé þone Godes wer mid his brádre handa ofer his wange, Gr. D. 200, 15

á-wácian

(v.)
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Add: to make gentle, mollify, appease God hé áwácað tó him placat Deum, Verc. Först. 126, 6

folm

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Add: m. pl. folmas Hé áþenede his folmas (folme, v.l. ) upp tó heofonum, Gr. D. 166, 7

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e ; f.

A saw

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Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, sage, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entries: saga saga

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