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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-swip

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swip, adj.
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Cunning, crafty; astutus Geswippre múþe ore astuto, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 19

be-scyred

(v.; part.)

deprived

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deprived, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38; Similar entries pp. of be-scyrian

ge-ondbyrde

(v.)

strove against, resisted

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strove against, resisted, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 13, note 30

spennels

(n.)
Grammar
spennels, es; m. A clasp
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Fibula .s. dicta quod ligat cnæp, sigl, spennels, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 58

stregdness

(n.)
Grammar
stregdness, e; f.
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Scattering, sprinkling Mid strægdnesse (aspersione) ðæs wæteres, Bd. 5, 18 ; S. 635, 29

Linked entry: á-stregdness

Cappadonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Cappadonisc, adj.
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Cappadocian Cappadoniscre scíre Cappadocie, An. Ox. 2302. Cappadonisce cempan, Hml. S. 11, 16

cyne-botl

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Þæt hí on Rómánisce wísan árǽre his cynebotl, Hml. S. 36, 39. Add

cwémed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cwémed-ness, e; f.
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Pleasure, satisfaction Hí ǽlc gód árǽrdon Gode tó cwémednesse, Hml. S. 21, 462

for-dyslic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-dyslic, adj.

Very foolish

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Very foolish Is ꝥ þonne fordyslic geswinc, Bt. 18, 1; S. 42, 10

Linked entry: dys-lic

fóre-scéawere

Grammar
fóre-scéawere, fore-sceáwere (for-)
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glosses provisor Gód and forsceáwere (prouisor) hé bið, E. S. 39 (December). Substitute:

ge-ecgode

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ecgode, ge-ecgede; adj.
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Edged, provided with an edge Tóbrocene tigelan scearpe geecgode. Hml. S. 37, 179

líc-þrowere

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Add: — Týn lícþroweras wurdon gehǽlede fram heora langsumum broce, Hml. S. 27, 129

pearroc

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Án leó útbærst út of þǽre leóna pearruce, Hml. S. 35, 253. Add

Scot-land

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Add Igbernia, ꝥ wé Scotland hátað Hibernia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 16

un-lúcan

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Sum heora mid hlǽddre wolde unlúcan ðæt ǽgðýrl, Hml. S. 32, 205. Add

út-siht

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Add: — Traianus gefór on útsihte (profluvio ventris), Ors. 6, 10 ; S. 266, 4

cú-micge

(n.)
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cow's urine Bete mid háttre cúmicgan, Lch. iii. 10, 20

fyrn-dagas

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Swíðe eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, Hml. S. 23, 614. Add

á-wirgende

(adj.)
Grammar
á-wirgende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Execrable

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Execrable Ꝥ ic beó gewrecen on þǽre áwyrigendan Gezabel, Hml. S. 18, 324

Linked entry: wirgende

cyne-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-cyn, cyne-cynn,es; n. [cyne regius, regalis; cyn, cynn, gens, stirps, familia]

A royal race, royal lineage, royal offspring or family ⬩ gens regia, proles regia, stirps vel familia regia

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A royal race, royal lineage, royal offspring or family; gens regia, proles regia, stirps vel familia regia Of Francena cynecynne de gente Francorum regia, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, note 32: 2, 14; S. 518, 3. He wæs hiora cynecynnes he was of their royal race

Linked entry: cyning-cynn

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