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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-borhfæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-borhfæstan, p. te; pp. ed [ge-, borhfæstan to fasten by pledge or surety]

To determine ⬩ fasten by a surety ⬩ intertiāre ⬩ ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre

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To determine or fasten by a surety; intertiāre [q. v. in Du Cange], ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre.Cot. 107

Linked entry: borh-fæstan

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Base ⬩ wanton ⬩ lewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-halding

(n.)
Grammar
ge-halding, e; f.

A holding ⬩ keeping ⬩ custōdia

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A holding, keeping; custōdia On gehaldinge sprǽca ðíne in custōdiendo sermōns tuos, Ps. Spl. C. 118, 9

under-geþeóded

(n.; adj.; part.)

subject

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In. proem.; Th. i. 102, 11

Linked entry: under-þeódan

under-lihtan

(v.)

sublevare

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glosses sublevare in: Ué underlihtad sié sublevemur, Rtl. 51, 23. Ðætte ué sié underlihtado sublevari, 72, 3

wrec-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wrec-scipe, es; m.

Exile ⬩ living in a foreign land

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Exile, living in a foreign land Mín wrecscype incolatus meus, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5

brygd

(n.)
Grammar
brygd, es; m.
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drawing a weapon, v. bryd in Dict. something twisted, a wick (?). v. candel-brygd. a trick, fraud (?)

credic

(n.)
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Bd. 3, 27: Lac in fiala ponere solebat), An. Ox. 29, 3. (?)

ellen-treów

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-treów, es; n.

An elder-tree

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An elder-tree Tunc in uiam publicam usque sambucum quam uocitant ellentreów, C. D. iii. 379, 15

folc-egsa

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Terror felt by a people or that which causes terror in a people. For 'Folk-terror' substitute:

hlígan

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, for the Latin in the second passage substitute ' scientiae sibi nomen extendunt', and add:

hún

(n.)
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a bear-cub, in proper names, e.g. Hún-bald, Ælf-hún. v. Txts. 635 for many examples

hunig-flówende

(adj.)
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Add: lit. of flowers, Gú. 1250 (in Dict. ). fig. Huniflówende gecnordnessa melliflua studia, Hpt. Gl. 404, 17

imbe

(n.)
Grammar
imbe, a swarm of bees.
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Take here ymbe in Dict., and add: Cf. Of ðám móre on imbaleá, C.D. v. 277, 13

Linked entry: ymbe

laþung

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Add: a church; ecclesia On háligre laþunge gelǽred bodigend in sancta ecclesia doctus predicator Scint. 124, 9

cwild-flód

(n.)
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a deluge On cwildflóde wætra in diluuio aquarum (cf. cwilde flód, 28, 10), Ps. Vos. 31, 6

Linked entry: flód

sóhþa

Grammar
sóhþa, ?
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Voc. ii. 112, 4. The word is written sohctha 45, 72. Somner suggests ioctha

Linked entry: sóchtha

tó-drǽfness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-drǽfness, e; f.

Division, ⬩ difference

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Division, difference Tódroefnise wæs him bituién ymb ðæt schisma erat in eis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 16

Linked entry: drǽfness

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged

To take, ⬩ consume

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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.

Pain in the thighs

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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19