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Anglo-Saxon

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weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.

ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping

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Cristenum cyuinge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on fæder stæle cristenre þeóde, and on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 23

ge-mána

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An. Ox. 3330.

bismer-spræc

Grammar
bismer-spræc, l. -sprǽc,
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cantel-cap

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cantel-cap, l. -cáp,
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eótenisc

Grammar
eótenisc, l. eotenisc,
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firmetan

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firmetan, l. firmettan,
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heáðu

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heáðu, l. heaþu,
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hridrian

(v.)
Grammar
hridrian, l. hrídrian,
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iþ-belig

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iþ-belig, l. íþ-belge,
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innoþ-tyderness

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innoþ-tyderness, l. innoþ-tíderness,
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líþrian

(v.)
Grammar
líþrian, l. líþran,
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or-trýwan

Grammar
or-trýwan, l. -tríwan,
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slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, l. slician,
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ægnian

(v.)
Grammar
ægnian, l. ǽgnian,
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ár-wurþian

(v.)
Grammar
ár-wurþian, -wurþigean; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To give honour to ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ worship ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari

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Árwurþa ðínne fæder and ðíne módur honora patrem tuum et matrem, Deut. 5, 16

Linked entry: ár-wurþigean

inc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
inc, dat : inc, incit; ac : incer; gen.
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Yncer ǽgðer ofslyhþ óderne and hundas licciaþ eówre blód and fugelas fretaþ incer flǽsc and yncer wíf beóþ on ánum dæge wudewan, Shrn. 148, 1-4. Gehwæðer incer either of you two, Beo. Th. 1173; B. 584

Linked entries: git incit

þrafian

(v.)
Grammar
þrafian, p. ode.

to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct

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Gif ic míne heorde tó swíðe þrafige on gancge and swence hig ealle hig sweltaþ ánes dæges si greges meos plus in ambulando fecero laborare, morientur cuncti una die, R. Ben. 120, 20. Mec mín freá þrafaþ on þýstrum, hætst on enge, Exon.

þæc

(n.)
Grammar
þæc, es; n.

a roof ⬩ the material of which a roof is composed ⬩ thatch

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Hé mycelne aad gesomnode on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum and on ðacum advexit plurimam congeriem trabium, tignorum, parietum, virgeorum, et tecti fenei, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 23. Bodigaþ on þacum praedicate super tecta, Mt. Kmbl.

ceówan

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Gnæhð, cíwþ sulcat, An. Ox. 23, 49. Ceúwð ruminat, 26, 48. Wyrm eówre líchaman cýwð, Hml. S. 4, 386. Þá clǽnan nýtenu heora cudu ceówað, 25, 46. Hí ceówað Godes beboda mid smeágunge, 60. Ceówað (cýwat, An. Ox. 101) decerpunt, rodunt, Hpt.

ge-winna

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Voc. ii. 143, 45. of things that have opposite qualities, a contrary Gód and yfel bióþ simle gewinnan bonum malumque contraria sunt, Bt. 36, 3; F. 174, 36

Linked entry: winna

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