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Anglo-Saxon

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wisa

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cf. ða wrǽtlícan wiht, 505; Sal. 253) is on woruldríce, ymb ða mé fyrwet bræc wintra, Salm. Kmbl. 491 ; Sal. 246

inwit-gecynd

(n.)
Grammar
inwit-gecynd, es; n.
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A malicious, evil nature, Salm. Kmbl. 660; Sal. 329

istoria

(n.)

history

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history Istoriam Indéa ríces, Salm. Kmbl. 7; Sal. 4

ge-býsigan

(v.)

to occupy ⬩ afflict ⬩ overcome

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to occupy, afflict, overcome, Salm. Kmbl, 234; Sal. 116

stílen

(adj.)
Grammar
stílen, adj.
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Of steel, hard as steel Ðære stýlenan helle, Salm. Kmbl. 978 ; Sal. 490. Ne mihte ic of ðære heortan heardne áðringan stýlenne stán, 1009 ; Sal. 506

Linked entry: stýlen

leód-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
leód-gryre, es; m.
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Terror affecting a people, Salm. Kmbl. 558; Sal. 278

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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Sax. commonly expressing the meaning of the Latin prepositions ab, ex, ad, etc: A. Sax. á-hebban, O. H. Ger. ur-hefan elevare; A. Sax. á-fyllan, O. H. Ger. ar-fullan implere; A. Sax. a-beran, O. H. Ger. ar-peran ferre, efferre; A. Sax. á-scínan, O.

átor-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
átor-cyn, es; n.

The poison-kind ⬩ veneni genus

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The poison-kind; veneni genus, Salm. Kmbl. 437; Sal. 219

-noþ

(suffix)
Grammar
-noþ, v. droht-, fisc-, fód-, fóddor-, fóstor-, fugel-, hæft-, hleó-, hunt, sǽd-, wig-noþ (-naþ).

Linked entry: -naþ

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Th. 275, 17 ; Sat. 173 : 276, 12 ; Sat. 187. Ðǽr is sang æt selde ( the throne of God ), 306, 12 ; Sat. 662. Sang ymb seld secgan, 279, 9 ; Sat. 235. Siteþ him on heofnum, hafaþ wuldres bearn his seolfes seld, 301, 27 ; Sat. 588.

Linked entry: sæld

ge-þýan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýan, p. de; pp. ed

To press; ⬩ premere

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To press; premere Geþýþ hý presses them, Salm. Kmbl. 607; Sal. 303: Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 34

be-briceþ

Grammar
be-briceþ, -bricþ

breaks off ⬩ deprives by breaking

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breaks off, deprives by breaking,Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295

dreá

(n.)

a magician, wizard

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a magician, wizard, Salm. Kmbl. 89, MS. A; Sal. 44

ge-syflan

(v.)

to provide 'sufol ⬩ ' q. v

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Salm. Kmbl. 807; Sal. 403

Linked entry: syflan

geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria

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Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched; tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser Him wæs geómor sefa his mind was sad, Elen. Kmbl. 1251; El. 627: Beo. Th. 98; B. 49. He ðǽr ána sæt, geoðum geómor he sat there alone, sad of mind, Andr.

Linked entries: giómor geómor-gid geómur

BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid

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Bócstafa brego bregdeþ feónd be ðam feaxe the prince of letters shall draw the fiend by his hair, Salm. Kmbl. 200; Sal. 99. Saga, hwá mec bregde of brimes fæðmum say, who drew me from the bosom of the ocean, Exon. 101a; Th. 382, 18; Rä. 3, 13.

Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan

wís

(n.)
Grammar
wís, a manner.
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Add: v. leóþ-, níd-, sár-, sceád-, stæf-, þearl-, word-, wrang-wís

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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Sax.   A. Sax.   Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

þel

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Ðeáh mon gesette ísern þel ofer ðæs fýres hróf, Sal. K. 85, 18. Se sǽ eode inn and gefylde ꝥ scip oð þá yfmestan þeolu (þelu, v.l., þeola, l. 11) þæs bryrdes intravit mare, abque ad superiorss tabulas implevit navem, Gr. D. 249, 1. Add

friteþ

(v.)
Grammar
friteþ, fritt

eats

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eats, Salm. Kmbl. 596; Sal. 297: Ps. Spl. T. 48, 14;

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