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ÁC

(n.)
Grammar
ÁC, ǽc; g. e; f.

OAKquercusroburThe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a

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an OAK ; quercus, robur Ðeós ác hæc quercus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 46. Sume ác astáh got up into an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31. acc. Ác an oaken ship. Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 21. Geongre áce of a young oak, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 9.

Linked entries: ác-drenc ǽc

etst

(v.)
Grammar
etst, he et eatest, eats; es, est, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 18;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of etan

ǽ-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-breca, (ǽw-breca,) (q. v. in Dict.), an; m.

An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy

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An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimð, hé bið ǽwbreca, adulter Ll. Th. ii. 184, 22. Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan, 334, 14. Ǽwbrecan

ǽnne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽnne, acc. of. ǽn- = án, q.v.

oneunum

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one; unum Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne non potes unum capillum album facere. Mt. Bos. 5, 36;

ǽ-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-wintre, adj. [ǽ = ǽn = án one]

Of one winter or yearcontinuing for a year

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Of one winter or year, continuing for a year

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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local and temporal dat. —AFTER; post Ne far ðú æfter fremdum godum go not thou after strange gods, Deut. 6, 14. Æfter þrím monþum after three months, Gen. 38, 24. Æfter dagum after those days, Lk. Bos. 1, 24. Cumaþ æfter me venite post me, Mt. Bos. 4

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

Æsces dún

(n.)
Grammar
Æsces dún, e; f. [æsc ash-tree, dún a hill]

ASHDOWN

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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on

Linked entry: Esces dún

cyrs-treów

(n.)
Grammar
cyrs-treów, es; n. A cherry-tree; cerăsus = κερασός, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 123; Wrt. Voc. 32, 57.

Similar entry: ciris-beám

ǽ-brǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-brǽce, (ǽw-,) (eáw-); adj.

Law-breakingsacrilegious, impiousadulterous

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Law-breaking. sacrilegious, impious Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322,

Linked entry: eáw-brǽce

ǽcern

(n.)
Grammar
ǽcern, ǽcirn, es; n. [ǽc = ác oak, corn corn]

The corn or fruit of an oakan ACORNa nutglans

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The corn or fruit of an oak, an ACORN, a nut; glans Ǽcern glans, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 7. Ǽcirnu, pl. nom. Gen. 43, 11

Linked entry: ác-cærn

ge-æhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æhtan, -æhtian; p. te, ode; pp. ed, od [æht valuation, estimation]

To valueprizeæstĭmāre

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To value, prize; æstĭmāre Wæs gifu Hróþgáres oft geæhted the gift of Hrothgar was often prized, Beo. Th. 3774; B. 1885. Gebéte swá hit mon geæhtie let him make amends as it may be valued, L. Alf. 26; Th. i. 50, 26, MS. H

ah-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ah-lǽca, an; m. [ah- = ag- = æg- = æc- nequitia; lǽc ludus, donum; -a the personal termination, q. v.]

A miserable beingmiscreantmonstermiserperditusmonstrum

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A miserable being, miscreant, monster ; miser, perditus, monstrum He wiste ðæm ahlǽcan hilde geþinged he knew conflict was destined for the miscreant, Beo. Th. 1297; B. 646: 1983 ; B. 989

Cymén

(n.)
Grammar
Cymén, es; m. Cymen, son of Ælle, who was the first Bretwalda ; Cymēnus

Similar entry: Cyménes óra

ǽniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽniht, [ǽn = án one, -iht adj. termination]

Anythingquicquam

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Anything; quicquam Ǽniht quicquam, Jn. Lind, War. 11, 49. In mec ne hæfeþ ǽniht in me non habet quicquam, Jn. Rush. War. 14, 30

ǽrne

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrne, acc. sing, m. of ǽt, adj.

Early

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Early On ǽrne mergen primo mane, Mt. Bos. 20, 1;

æncnetrym

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
æncnetrym, = ǽn(i)gne trym (?) or ængne trym (?)

a narrow stepa little bit

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a narrow step; an acc. used adverbially with same force as colloquial a little bit (?). The word pedetemptim (An. Ox. 7, 221: 8, 165) is glossed by this form in the passage: Qui pedetemptim in pubertatis primordio instrumentis medicinallbus imbuti, Ald

Linked entry: trem

feóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feóld, pl. feóldon folded up,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 24
  • ;
  • Som. 25, 50: Exon. 107 a
  • ;
  • Th. 408, 4
  • ;
  • Rä. 27, 7
  • ;
p.
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of fealdan

of-dæle

Grammar
of-dæle, an (?). l. of-dæle, es, and add: v. gén-dele, æf-dæll (which should be taken here],
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and cf. æf-, geán-dýne

cancer-hæbern

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-hæbern, es; n. [cancer a crab, hæbern = hæb-ærn a place, dwelling-place]
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A crab-hole; caverna, cavernula D

Linked entry: cancer

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Add: religious Se ǽwfæsta religiosus wer Laurentius, Gr. D. 12, 17. Mynstermen and widwan eáwfæstes lífes, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 27. Tó ðám ǽwfæstum heápe, Hml. S. 28, 67. Ǽwfæstra manna líc hominum religiosorum cadavera, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24. Mid eáwfæstum