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Anglo-Saxon

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for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

wís

(n.)
Grammar
wís, a manner.
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Add: v. leóþ-, níd-, sár-, sceád-, stæf-, þearl-, word-, wrang-wís

tonwinto

adlido

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The word occurs as a gloss to adlido, Txts. 39, 79

un-lígne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lígne, adj.

Not to be denied or rejected ⬩ incontrovertible

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Not to be denied or rejected, incontrovertible Biscopes word and cyninges sié unlǽgne búton áðe a bishop's word and a king's is to be accepted without an oath, L. Wih. 16; Th. i. 40, 12. Þissa ealra áð sié unlégnæ, 21; Th. i. 42, 1

Linked entry: un-lǽgne

áncor

Grammar
áncor, l. ancor,
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transfer the bracket to next word, and add Þú sǽdest be mé ꝥ ic óðer tǽhte, óðer eówer ancor, Hml. A. 13, 4. Án hálig ancer genam ǽnne deófol . . . Ðá cwæð se deófol tó ðám ancre, Wlfst. 214, 23-25. v. ancra, and next word

twi-bille

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bille, adj.

Double-edged

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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill), Wrt.

Linked entries: -bille twi-bill

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splinter ⬩ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ⬩ a torch ⬩ (splinters) ⬩ splinter of a lance ⬩ a tablet ⬩ a flake ⬩ a tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas

metcund-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
metcund-líc, adj.

Metrical

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Gl. 409, 17. v. preceding word

regniend

(n.)
Grammar
regniend, es; m.

One who arranges

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Kmbl. 1756; El. 880. v. preceding word

líhtingness

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As the word translates levitas perhaps líhtnes should be read: líhtness. Add::

sealten

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See preceding word: <b>sealtere</b> a psalter

ýr

(n.)
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For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )

frum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
frum-líc, frum-lic

original ⬩ primitive

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Similar entries v. next word, and cf. frym-lic. Substitute:

ford

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. ¶ The word occurs very frequently in the Charters both in composition and as an independent word. Add

breóst-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gehygd, e; f: es; n.

the heart, mind ⬩ thought, meditation ⬩ The thought of the heart or mind, a thought ⬩ cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio

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[breóst the heart, mind, gehygd thought, meditation] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Ðæt wæs gingeste word breóstgehygdum that was the last word from his mind's thoughts, Beo.

under-ágenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
under-ágenlíc, adj.

subnixus

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The word glosses subnixus in: Underágenlícum beadum subnixis precibus, Rtl. 182, 33

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

ge-flǽscod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-flǽscod, adj.
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Incarnate Þurh ꝥ geflǽscode Godes word, Hml. S. 23 b, 597

Linked entry: flǽscod

los-wist

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This word is taken out of its order between los and lose

sundorcræftiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sundorcræftiglíce, adv.
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See preceding word