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Anglo-Saxon

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þwítan

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In l. 6 add after ðweoton: (ðwiton, v. l. Bd. Sch. 270, 23)

wáwa

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On heáhsetle cwyldes ł wáwan in cathedra pestilentiae, Ps. Rdr. l, l. Add

wiþ-lædness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-lædness, e; f.
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A carrying of, leading away On wiðleáðnysse in abductione, Ps. Cant. 391, 36

dæg-red

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On dægredum in matutinis, Ps. Rdr. 62, 7. On dægeredum, 100, 8. Add

gúp-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
gúp-róf, adj.

Famous in war

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Famous in war, Beo. Th. 1220; B. 608; Elen. Kmbl. 545; El. 273

gúþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-sele, es; m.

A war-hall ⬩ hall in which warriors sit

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A war-hall, hall in which warriors sit Beo. Th. 890; B. 443

gúþ-wine

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-wine, es; m.

A comrade ⬩ friend in war

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A comrade, friend in war Beo. Th. 3624; B. 1810: 5463; B. 2735

hálsigend

(n.)
Grammar
hálsigend, es; m.

An exorcist

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An exorcist Exorcista is hálsigend, L. Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6

heal-sittende

(adj.)
Grammar
heal-sittende, pl.

People sitting in a hall

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People sitting in a hall, Beo. Th. 4035; B. 2015: 5728; B. 2868

Linked entry: heall-sittende

heaðu-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-geong, adj.

Young and active in battle

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Young and active in battle(?) [Hickes reads hearo], Fins. Th. 3; Fin. 2

Hebréisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Hebréisc, adj.

Hebrew

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Hebrew On Hebréisc specan to speak in Hebrew, Nicod 4; Thw. 2, 28

ge-worc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-worc, es; n.

A work ⬩ factūra

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A work; factūra On geworce ðínum in factūra tua, Ps. Spl. 91, 4

Gillinga

(n.)
Grammar
Gillinga, Gillinga-hám

GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour

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GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 1, 18

wígbed-sceáta

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceáta, an; m.

An altar-cloth

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An altar-cloth On weófodsceátan in palla altaris, R. Ben. Inter. 99, 10

Linked entry: sceáta

be-dígling

(n.)
Grammar
be-dígling, e; f.

Concealment ⬩ secret place

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Concealment, secret place On bedíglingce hreóhnysse in abscondito tempestatis, Ps. Spl. 80, 7

Linked entry: -digling

á-spinnan

(v.)

to spin

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to spin Áspunnen is netum est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 15: 83, 22

Linked entry: spinnan

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.

offensive to the senses ⬩ dirty ⬩ miry ⬩ filthy ⬩ dark ⬩ ugly ⬩ morally polluted ⬩ guilty of a charge ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous ⬩ to bury ignominiously

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Voc. i. 26, 12. Fúles horewes squalentis cęni, An. Ox. 2545. Fúle cenulenti, i. lutosi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 76. Swín þe simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 26. Fúle syle lurida (i. caccabata) uolutabra, An. Ox. 4289.

eldung

(n.)
Grammar
eldung, eldcung, elcung, e; f.

Delay ⬩ mŏra

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Delay; mŏra Hit is eldung and anbíd ðæs héhstan déman it is the delay and waiting of the highest judge, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 17

Linked entries: elcung eldcung

hirde-wyrt

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Hirdewyrt, ꝥ is eorðgealla, Lch. ii. 202, 22. Hyrdewyrt, 30, 21. Centaurian, ꝥ is hyrdewyrt, óþre naman eorþgealla, 248, 13. Hirdewyrt seó lǽsse, 250, 11. Add:

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan.

Afterwards ⬩ since ⬩ since ⬩ after

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Th. 3, 21; Cri. 39. conj. where the tense of the verb in the clause introduced by siððan is past, in the other clause present, since Ðé is ungelíc wlite, siððdan ðú lǽstes míne láre, Cd. Th. 38, 28; Gen. 613: Exon. Th. 44, 13; Cri. 702.