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Anglo-Saxon

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secg-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
secg-hwæt, adj.
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Vigorous or bold in using the sword Se secghwata, Beo. Th. 6048 ; B. 3028

ge-broc

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add: a breach On gebroce in confractione, Ps. Vos. 105, 23. Cf. ge-bryce

forht-ferþ

(n.)
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The compound, perhaps, rather than forht ferþ, may be read in An. 1551: 1598.(?)

be-tygen

(v.; part.)

accused

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In. 14; Th. i. 110, 16; Similar entries pp. of be-tíhan

be-týhþ

accuses

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In. 46; Th. i. 130, 12; Similar entries pres. of be-teón

ge-hǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hǽre, adj.

Hairy

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Hairy Wǽron hie swá gehǽre swá wildeór pilosus in modum ferarum, Nar. 22, 5

ge-lédd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lédd, part.p.

Malleable ⬩ ductile ⬩ ductilis

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Malleable, ductile; ductilis On býman geléddon in tubis ductilibus, Ps. Spl. T. 97, 6

ge-sele

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sele, es; m. [sele]

A tabernacle ⬩ tăbernācŭlum

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A tabernacle; tăbernācŭlum On gesele ðínum in tăbernācŭlo tuo, Ps. Spl. T. 14, 1

geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.

A yoke

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In. 60; Th. i. 140, 8: 60; Th. i. 140, 7

Linked entry: iuht

-sittende

(adj.; suffix)
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-sitting, -occupying, -inhabiting, v. benc-, burh-, flet-, hám-, heal-, in-, land-, þrym-, ymb-sittende

steor-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
steor-gleáw, adj.
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Skilled in a knowledge of the stars:?-Steorgleáwra, tuncgelwítegana mathematicorum, Hpt. Gl. 467, 75

under-drifenness

(n.)

subjectio

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glosses subjectio in: Of underdrifenise diówla de subjectione daemonum, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 16

Linked entry: drifenness

wís-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
wís-wyrdan, p. de
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To be wise in speech Wýswyrdan philosophari, Anglia xiii. 38, 301. v. next word

wudu-rima

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rima, an; m.

The edge of a wood

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Kmbl. in. 34, 15

á-blícan

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Ic beó gehwítad vel áblicen dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83; Bl. Gl. Add

bere-tún

Grammar
bere-tún, (ber-).
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Ic wille rýman mínne bertún, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 17 : Wlfst. 286, 16. Add

bóc-æceras

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Hiis terminis circumtdata terra ... in acquilone, burhware bócaceras, C. D. v. 186, 34. Add

costnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
costnung-stów, e; f.
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A place of temptation On þǽre costnung*-*stówe in loco tentationis, Deut. 6, 16

cran

(n.)
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.,' and add: The word occurs in local names, e.g. Cransleá, Cranmere

for-berendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-berendlíce, adv.

tolerably

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In a way that may be borne, tolerably For-berendlícnr tolerabilius, Scint. 137, 6

Linked entry: berendlíce

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