Angle
The ANGLES
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Bede says, — Ðæt mynster, Æbbercurníg, ðæt is geseted on Engla lande the minster, Abercorn, that is seated in the land of the Angles, or Engla land - England Bd. 4, 26 ; S. 602, 35.
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote that mixture of colour which the hair assumes on approaching or increasing senility, Price's Warton i. xcvi. note 20 Gelpan ne þorfte
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yfel
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Ic ðé þreáge and ðé cýðe eal ðás yflu, 49, 23. what is hurtful, grievous Hú mycel yfel ðé gelamp for ðínre gítsunge, Blickl. Homl. 31, 13. Nú is ǽghwanon yfel and slege, 115, 16: 181, 32. Is mín yfel twyfeald I am doubly injured, 175, 13.
lust
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Ne lyse me nú þæs; ac gyf hyt mé ǽfre on lust becymi I do not desire it, but if ever it becomes a desire to me, Solil. H. 36, 16. ¶ in a bad sense, greed: — Ús þurh þíne lust and gítsunga onscunian sceal Scippend, Bt. 7, 5; F. 24, 5. <b>II a.
ǽron
Before ⬩ antea
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Before; antea Ic hyt ǽron nyste I knew it not before, Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 22
ag-nys
Sorrow ⬩ affliction ⬩ ærumna
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T. angnisse] min in ærumna mea, Ps. Spl. 31, 4
beáh-sel
Hall of bracelets ⬩ domus vel aula in qua armillas dominus largitur
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Hall of bracelets; domus vel aula in qua armillas dominus largitur, Andr. Kmbl. 3312; An. 1659
Linked entries: hring-sele sæl
ciric-sócn
Church-privilege ⬩ ecclesiæ immunitas
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In. 5; Th. i. 104, 12
Linked entries: cyric-sócn cyric-sócn sócn
eíg-land
Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla
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Water-land, an island; insŭla On ðis eíglande in this island, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15
fǽgþ
Hostility ⬩ hostīlĭtas
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Hostility; hostīlĭtas On ða fǽgþe in that hostility, Andr. Kmbl. 567; An. 284, = fǽhþ q. v
fǽr-fyll
A sudden or pernicious fall, a precipice ⬩ repentīnus cāsus, præceps
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A sudden or pernicious fall, a precipice; repentīnus cāsus, præceps On fǽrfyll in præceps, Cot. 112
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for-feng
a seizing of stolen properly
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In. 75; Th. i. 150, 4, note 7, MS. H
fyrn-gid
An old prophecy ⬩ vĕtus prŏphētia
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An old prophecy; vĕtus prŏphētia Fyrngidda fród prudent in old prophecies, Elen. Kmbl. 1079; El. 542
hrif-wirc
yleos
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A pain in the belly; yleos. Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 16; Wrt. Voc. 19, 24
lencten-dæg
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A day in Lent Lengctendagum, L. C. E. 17; Th. i. 370, 3: Wulfst. 117, 15
Mældún
MALDON
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MALDON in Essex, Chr. 913; Erl. 102, 5: 920; Erl. 104, 32: 993; Erl. 132, 5
nát-hwǽr
In some place unknown
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In some place unknown, Exon. Th. 480, 8; Rä. 63, 8: 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5
Linked entry: hwǽr
Nen
the river Nen in Northamptonshire
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the river Nen in Northamptonshire Ðæt water, ðæt man cleopeþ Nen, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 17
níd-gilda
One who is forced to pay
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One who is forced to pay Neádgilda debitor i. obnoxius, reus, Writ. Voc. ii. 139, 74
norþ-portic
a north-porch
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a north-porch On ðære cyricean norþportice in porticu aquilonali, Bd. 2, 3; S. 557. 37