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Anglo-Saxon

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mundbyrd-ness

Grammar
mundbyrd-ness, <b>; II.</b>
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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes forehátes and þǽre mundbyrdnysse be ic ǽr fore geceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

ofer-hygd

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, adj.
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Þá oferhýdigan (superbi) beóð tintregode mid þám oferhigdum (superbis), Gr. D. 316, 5. Cf. ofer-mód; adj. (and sbst.). Add

ofer-médla

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Hwǽr is démera dómstów? hwǽr is heora ofermédla, bútan mid moldan beðeaht and in wítum gewrecen, Wlfst. 263, 17. Add

onweg-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-færeld, es; n.
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Departure Þá se mæssepreóst ongæt and gefeah Benedictes onwegfæreld cum presbyter Benedictum descessisse cognosceret et exultaret, Gr. D. 119, 26

smirwung

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Add: smearing, greasing, rubbing with grease Sceóna smyruncg and reáfa wæsc calciamentorum unctio uestimento*-* rumgue ablutio, Angl. xiii. 441, 1084

súþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ-weard, adj.
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Southward, south Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðweardum, Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 4. v. súþe-weard

sweostor-sunu

(n.)
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a nephew Ann ic his mínra swæstorsuna swælcum se hit geðián wile and him gifeðe bið, C.D. i. 311, 14

þunor

Grammar
þunor, <b>. I.</b>
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Seó líget ðæt deófol bærneð . . . and se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid dǽre fýrenan æcxe, Sal. K. 148, 4-6. Add

wæter-streám

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Críst wolde sylf swá hálgian úre fulluht mid his hálgan líchaman and ealle wæterstreámas mid his ingange, Nap. 67. Add

wegu

(n.)
Grammar
wegu, e; f.
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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf ná seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25

wídian

(v.)
Grammar
wídian, p. ode
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To widen, grow wide Þá seáðas weaxað daga gehwilce and wídiað ollae laxatis quotidie sinibus excrescunt, Gr. D. 315, 4

á-stirfan

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Take here á-styrfan in Dict., and add: to destroy Ǽghwilc wæstma seten ástærfed bið ( eradicabitur ). Mt. L. 15, 13

Linked entry: á-sterfan

heáh-sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sacerd, es; m.

A chief priest

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A chief priest Ða heáhsacerdas and ða bóceras summi sacerdotes et scribæ, Mk. Skt. 14, 1: 11, 27: 8, 31

sorh-word

(n.)
Grammar
sorh-word, es; m.

A word expressive of care or sorrow

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A word expressive of care or sorrow Hié (Adam and Eve) fela sprǽcon sorhworda, Cd. Th. 49, 8; Gen. 789

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]

to sleep

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to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

Linked entry: slǽpan

swefen-racu

(n.)
Grammar
swefen-racu, e; f.

The interpretation of a dream

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The interpretation of a dream Galdorcræftas and swefenraca incantationes et somniorum interpretationes, L. Ecg. C. 29; Th. ii. 154, 29

Linked entry: swefen-reccere

fót-gewǽde

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Hæbben hý tó fótgewǽdum hosa and meón indumenta pedum pedules et caligas, R. Ben. 89, 14. R. Ben. 55 substitute

winter-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
winter-getæl, es; n.

A number of years

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A number of years Ða ágán wæs winter-geteles (-tæl-,v. l.) seofon and twéntig, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 22

ge-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dilgian, l. ge-dílgian,

To perish

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and add: intrans. To perish Gyf þú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wíte, þonne gedýlegie ðín heorte, Ll. Lbmn. 415. 25

ge-engan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-engan, p. de

To constrain, distress, vex, trouble

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To constrain, distress, vex, trouble [Ic eom] genirwed and geenged afficior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 49. Geencgdu anxia, 9, 35