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Anglo-Saxon

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hwida

(n.)
Grammar
hwida, Hpt. Gl. 430, 67.

Similar entry: hwítel

hwarum

Grammar
hwarum, Hpt. Gl. 434, 12.

Similar entry: þweorh

ófstig

Grammar
ófstig, l. ofstig, and for 'Gl. Prud'
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substitute Germ

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
    • :
  • 475
    • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,

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A way. of the direction in which motion (lit. or tig.) takes place Ða tungelwítegan ðurh óðerne weg tó heora earde gecyrdon. Úre eard is neorxnawang, tó ðam wé ne magon gecyrran ðæs weges ðe wé cómon, Homl. Th. i. 118, 20-23. þonne rídeþ ǽlc hys weges

Linked entries: wí=weg eorþ-weg wæg wei lá wei wig weogas

eal-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-seolcen, adj. All-silken; holosērĭcus = ὁλοσηρικός, Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 92; Wrt. Voc. 40, 3.

Linked entry: seolucen

tídre

(adj.)
Grammar
tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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weak, fragile, easily broken Tédre swá swá gangewifran nett, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Se wyrttruma byþ breáþ and tídre, ðonne hé gedríged byþ, Lchdm. i. 260, 7. weak, frail, of physical, mental, or moral weakness in persons Ðæt hiw úre tyddran gecynde, Blickl

Linked entries: tédre tíder-líc tiédre tyddre týdre

werde

(n.)
Grammar
werde, glosses opes, Kent. Gl. 864. (
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For préde? cf. opes superbe ofermóde préde, 249.)

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, rheum, l. brǽc (v. ge-breec pituita, Erf. Gl. 775): -bræc.

dun-hof

(n.)
Grammar
dun-hof, Hpt. Gl. 494, 78. l.
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dim-hof

ge-beded

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beded, Hpt. Gl. 503, 75. l.
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ge-beden

ge-dæf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dæf, Wülck. Gl. 257, 30.

Similar entry: ge-þæf

hafe

(v.)
Grammar
hafe, Hpt. Gl. 504, 72.

Similar entry: hafetian

haca

Grammar
haca, 'For Gl. Mett. 658
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substitute Haca (haᵤca, 87, 1559) pessul, Txts. 88, 803, and add: Perhaps the word occurs in the following :-- On hacapenn foreweard . . . on hacapenn foreweardne, C. D. iii. 412, 2, 14, An hacan penne, v. 238, 30. On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde

felde-fare

(n.)
Grammar
felde-fare, Wülck. Gl. 287, 17
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reads felde-ware

æfstnung

(n.)
Grammar
æfstnung,
  • Hpt. Gl. 436, 32
(æstnung,
  • MS. v. Angl. vi. 99
    • )
.

costnung,

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1. costnung, cf. An. Ox. 1260

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