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ál-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ál-fæt, es; n.
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A vessel that may be placed on the fire (v. ál), a cooking-vessel Gif hit ( the ordeal ) wæter sý . . . sí ꝥ álfæt ísen oþþe ǽren, leáden oþþe lǽmen, Ll. Th. i. 226, 15. Aalfatu cocula; omnia vasa coquendi sic dicuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39

ál-geweorc

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Aalgewerc, álgiuu[eo]rc, -giuerc ign(i)arium, Txts. 69, 1040. Álgeweorc, Wt. i. 284, 22: ii. 45, 35. Add

Linked entry: ge-weorc

ǽ-firmþa

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Add: Cf. or-fyrmþa

ǽ-glǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-glǽca, = ǽ-gleáwa (?)
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Béda, se ǽglǽca láreów, Angl. viii. 308, 35

ǽ-ládteów

(n.)
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a legislator Ǽlátteów legislatorem, Ps. Vos. 9, 21

ǽ-bær

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-bær, ǽ-bǽre (-bére); adj.

Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved

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Substitute: Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved Ǽbǽre (-bére) morð ( apertum murdrum, (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 410, 5. Ábǽre, Wlfst. 274, 24. Se ǽbǽra þeóf fur probatus (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 390

ǽ-ber

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ǽ-bilignes

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ǽ-blǽcung

Similar entry: á-blǽcung

ǽ-brec

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Dele

ǽ-brecþ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-brecþ, e; f.

Sacrilege

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Sacrilege Þurh ǽbrecþe per sacrilegium, Ps. L. fol. 182 b

ǽ-brucol

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-brucol, adj.

Sacrilegious

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Sacrilegious Ǽbrucolon sacrilegis, Germ. 402, 86

ǽ-bylg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bylg, m.
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Geæfnan ǽbylg Godes to excite God's anger, Gú. 1211

ǽ-bylga

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bylga, an; m.

Anger

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Anger Ǽbylgan indignationem, Ps. L. 77, 49

ǽ-celma

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Écilma palagra, Txts. 85, 1500. Ǽcilma, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 70. Ǽcelma, ii. 67, 61. Ǽcelman mulas, An. Ox. 1386. Add

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ǽ-cnósle

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-cnósle, adj.

Degenerate

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Degenerate Ǽcnósle degener, ignobilis, dissimilis parentibus, ǽcnóslum ádle degeneri languore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 30-32: 75

Linked entry: cnósl

ǽ-cræftig

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Ǽcræftiga Pharisaei, ǽcræftgum Pharisaeis, Mt. L. 12, 24, 38. Add

æ-fæstan

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Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72

æfter-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-ǽ, f.

Second-law, Deuteronomy

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Second-law, Deuteronomy Seó bóc ðe is genemned . . . on Grécisc Deuteronomium . . . and on Englisc seó æfterǽ, Deut. proem

ǽ-gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-gafol, (-e?); adj.

Free from tax, rent, &c.

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Free from tax, rent, &c. Án híwissce ǽgefæles landæs hidam liberam, C. D. v. 137, 23

Linked entry: gafol

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