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Anglo-Saxon

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leornesse

(n.)
Grammar
leornesse, [?]
  • Bd. 6, 5
    • ;
  • S. 527, 16
    • ,
other MSS. have geornesse.

a-habban

(v.)
Grammar
a-habban, p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have]

To abstain ⬩ restrain ⬩ abstinere

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To abstain, restrain; abstinere Ðú ne woldest ðé ahabban fram ðam húse ðæs forlorenan mannes noluisti te continere a domo perditi, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 36. Ðæt Herebald eallinga hine fram ðam geflíte ahæbbe ut Herebald ab illo se certamine funditus abstineat

-iht

(suffix)
Grammar
-iht, an adjective suffix having much the same meaning as -ig, or as the Latin -osus, e.g. stǽniht : O. H. Ger. steinaht : Ger. steinicht petrosus. Icel. has a suffix -óttr.

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden man ⬩ clinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The following words have either the same or an analogous meaning, both in English and Anglo-Saxon: Hám home, án one, bán bone, hán hone, stán stone, sár sore, ráp rope, lár lore, gást ghost, wrát wrote.

fælsian

(v.)
Grammar
fælsian, p. ode; pp. od

To cleanse, purify ⬩ lustrāre

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He Hróþgáres sele fælsode he had purified Hrothgar's hall, Beo. Th. 4694; B. 2352

Linked entry: felsan

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
    • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
    • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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When the hot iron was used, a weight of one pound or of three pounds, according to the case, had to be carried nine feet.

Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

mæc

(adj.)
Grammar
mæc, adj.

Well-matched ⬩ equal ⬩ agreeable

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Hár hildering hréman ne þorfte macan (other MSS. mecca, meca, mecga) gemǽnan the grey-haired warrior had no need to boast of well-matched intercourse, i. e. would not boast of being a match for those against whom he fought, and by whom he had been defeated

burste

(v.; part.)
Grammar
burste, hast burst, broken, failed; burston burst, broken, Beo. Th. 1640; B. 818; p.
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of berstan

lencten-hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-hǽte, an : <b>lencten-hǽt lencten-hǽtu,</b> e; f.
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Spring-heat, heat in spring Of réðre lenctenhǽtan (-hǽte, v. l.) repentinus calor veris Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 22

Linked entry: hǽte

hálian

(v.)
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Smyre ꝥ neb mid; þonne sméþað hyt and hálað, 86, 9. Smyre Þá sáran góman mid oþ ꝥ hý háligen, 348, 17. the subject a wound, sore, &amp;c. Lege on þá wunde; þonne hálað heó sóna, Lch. i. 88, 23.

ge-blǽdfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blǽdfæstness, e ; f.
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The Latin has: . . . dicens, Accipe haec nonna. Ego autem accipiens, tres ex eis panes comparavi, et hoc accepi benedictioni mei itineris congruos), Glostr. Frg. 108, 26 (see note, p. 115); Hml. S. 23 b, 492

ge-bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bridlian, -bridligan; p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bridlian to bridle]

To bridle ⬩ restrain ⬩ frēnāre

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To bridle, restrain; frēnāre He ða gesceafta nú gebridlod [MS. gebridlode] hæfþ he has now bridled the creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 32. Ðæt hí hira mód gebridligen that they bridle their mind, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 7; Hat. MS. 41 a, 8

beór-sele

(n.)
Grammar
beór-sele, biór-sele, es; m.

A beer-hall ⬩ feasting-hall ⬩ hall ⬩ mansion ⬩ palace ⬩ cerevisiæ aula ⬩ convivis recipiendis locus ⬩ aula ⬩ mansio ⬩ palatium

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A beer-hall, feasting-hall, hall, mansion, palace; cerevisiæ aula, convivis recipiendis locus, aula, mansio, palatium In [on] beórsele in the beer-hall Beo. Th. 968; B. 482 : 988; B. 492 : Runic pm. 14; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 342, 5.

Linked entries: beór-tún biór-sele

regn-

(prefix)
Grammar
regn-, in the compounds regn-heard, -meld, -þeóf, -weard has an intensive force, implies greatness, might. The word occurs as part of many proper names, e.g. Rǽdwoldes sunu wæs Regeuhere geháten,
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Bd. 2, 12;S. 515, 10. Some of these e. g. Reginald are still used

Linked entries: regen- regn-heard regn-meld regn-þeóf regn-weard

wín-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
wín-ærn, es; n.

a place where wine is stored ⬩ a place where wine is sold and drunk ⬩ a tavern ⬩ a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting

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Wínærn i. 290, 52. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting. Similar entries Cf. wín-ræced Grétte Hroðgár Beówulf, and him hǽl ábeád, wínærnes geweald: 'Nǽfre ic ǽnegum men ǽr álýfde ðrýþærn Dena ... Hafa nú and geheald húsa sélest, Beo.

Linked entries: wín-hús wín-ræced

hrið-suht

(n.)
Grammar
hrið-suht, [?], e; f.

Fever

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Fever Hál of ridesohte the fever left her, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 31

Linked entry: ride-soht

tó-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dwínan, p. -dwán

To vanish away ⬩ to burst and vanish

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To vanish away, to burst and vanish Seó eádiga fǽmne hál fram him gewænte and eall sticmǽlum tóðwán (-dwán? but both þwíneþ and dwíneþ occur.

Linked entries: dwínan tó-þwínan

ge-weorþan

Grammar
ge-weorþan, <b>;
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29

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