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Anglo-Saxon

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cwén-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
cwén-hirde, es; m.
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A keeper of women, eunuch Cuoenhiordo eunuchi, Mt. L. 19, 12

cirse

(n.)
Grammar
cirse, an; f.
Entry preview:

A cherry Cyrsena tácn is . . ., Tech. ii. 124, 22. v. ciris-

Linked entries: ciris- cyrse

cleac

(n.)
Grammar
cleac, e; f.
Entry preview:

A stepping-stone On cleaca, C. D. iv. 36, 3, 12

esne-mann

(n.)
Grammar
esne-mann, es; m.

A servant ⬩ hireling

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A servant, hireling Ðe aesnemonn mercenarius, Jn. L. R. 10, 13

fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.)
Entry preview:

Provided with a belt Tuéye suerde fetelsade, Cht. Th. 505, 21

Linked entry: ge-fetelsod

fisc-þrút

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-þrút, es; m.
Entry preview:

A small fish Huón fiscðrútas paucos pisciculos, Mt. L. 15, 34

Linked entry: þrút

flacge

Grammar
flacge, flacg

a poultice ⬩ plaster

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a poultice, plaster Flacg cataplasma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 3. Substitute:

for-neted cli

(n.)
Grammar
for-neted cli, (fornaeticli, Ep. Gl., fornetiali, Erf. Gl.)

a trout

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 105, 72. Cf. (?) forn a trout

ge-heáfdod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heáfdod, adj.
Entry preview:

Having a head Geheáfdod hringce Samothracius, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 60

ge-rec

(n.)
Entry preview:

a pinnace (?) Gerec liburnices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 67: 50, 79

ge-cwidrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwidrǽdness, e; f.
Entry preview:

An agreement, a covenant Hér swutelað seó gecwydrǽdnes ðe ..., Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cwidrǽdness

ge-wyrd-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd-wrítere, es; m.
Entry preview:

A historiographer Stǽrwrítere ł gewyrd-[wtere] istoriographus An. Ox. 60, I

grund-wæg

Grammar
grund-wæg, l. grund-weg, grund-wæg, dele '
Entry preview:

A foundation,' and add: Cf. eorþ-weg, fold-weg, mold-weg

heolorung

(n.)
Grammar
heolorung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Weighing in a balance Helerunge momentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 7

Linked entries: helerung helerung

hóc-ísern

(n.)
Grammar
hóc-ísern, es; n.

A reaping-hook ⬩ sickle

Entry preview:

A reaping-hook, sickle Hócísern falcicula Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 78

líc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Belonging to a funeral Líclícum wordum werbis exequialibus, Germ. 401, 51

melu-hédern

(n.)
Entry preview:

a meal-storehouse Man sceal habban . . . meluhúdern. Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hédd-ern

panþer

(n.)
Grammar
panþer, pandher
Entry preview:

a panther Is þæt deór Pandher bí noman háten, Pa. 12

Linked entry: palþer

purs

(n.)
Entry preview:

a purse Purs ł seód fiscus, An. Ox. 18 b, 36

scoru

(n.)
Entry preview:

a score v. scora ( quinquies uiginti ) scǽp, Nap, 56. [Icel. sker.]

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