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Anglo-Saxon

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án-reces

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an-sceón

Similar entry: on-scógan

án-seld

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án-seld, Under this word for dwell in substitute
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án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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An anchorite, a hermit jÞǽr eardode sum swíþe myccles mægnes wer, sé wæs ánsetla in wéstenne illic vir quidam solitarius magnae virtutis habitabat, Gr. D. 306, 1. Þridde cyn muneca is ánsetlena ( anachoritarum ) þe hié sylfe on syndrigum húsum belúcaþ

an-sín

(n.)
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Add: a face: — Ansýn facies, Wrt. Voc. i. 70, 39. Hine Drihten cúðe of ansíne to ansíne, Deut. 34, 10. Hié gesáwon ródetácen on his onsiéne, Bl. H. 243, 13. Lǽded fore onsýne éces déman Cri. 796. Ic míne handa and ansýne (-u, v.l.) áðwóh, Hml. S. 23b,

Linked entry: an-sýn

an-spel

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For Cot. 56 substitute Conjecturam anspel (cf. conjectionis bodunge, 67), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 69

an-sprǽc

Similar entry: on-sprǽc

an-stiga

(n.)
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an-stiga, an-stigan v. stíga
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an-stigo

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an-stigo, v. stig
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an-sweóp

Grammar
an-sweóp, v. swápan
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an-sýn

(n.)

Similar entry: an-sín

an-þracian

(v.)

Similar entry: on-þracian

an-þræc

Similar entry: on-þræc

an-þræclic

Similar entry: on-þræclic

án-tíd

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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga

án-waldan

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an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, &c. In some of the following instances (e.g. anwald monarchiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 45) perhaps ánweald, &c. should be read, but for the most part the passages may be taken as additions to the
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onweald, &c. forms, q. v

an-weald

(adj.)
Grammar
an-weald, adj.
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Powerful Hi wuldrodon þá anwaldan and hergendlican þrynysse, Hml. S. 30, 452

an-wealda

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Hé wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add

an-wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
an-wealdend, es; m.
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A ruler: — From onwealdendum ( the Latin is abominationem which the glosser has misread as a dominatione ?), Ps. Spl. T. 87, 8

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