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Anglo-Saxon

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eánian

(v.)
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Wolde seó cú cealfian; ac heó eánode lamb ongeán hire gecynde, Hml. Th. ii. 302, 1. Add

fnǽran

(v.)
Grammar
fnǽran, p. de

To snort

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To snort Fearras fnǽrdon (printed fnæsdon, but see Grn. Wlkr. i. 321, 10), Lch. iii. 32, 12

gesagun

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See preceding word. Add

ge-teórodness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teórodness, e; f.
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Exhaustion Hér seó gýtsung wundrede hyre geteórodnesse ( but the Latin is: Avaritia stupefacta fatescit), Prud. 66 a

hen-fugol

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Sex gósfuglas, tén hennfuglas. C. D. i. 312, 9. Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

lifer-wærc

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Be sex þingum þe þone liferwærc wyrceað, 198, 9

merigen-dæg

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Gif hé him þæs mergendæges geunnan wolde si in crastino vitam servasset. Guth. Gr. 110, 60. Add

mylen-hweogul

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Seó heofon ǽfre tyrnð onbútan ús; heó ys swyftre þonne ǽnig mylenhwiól, Angl. viii. 309, 47. Add

sceamol

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Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creópera sceamelum, Hml. S. 21, 432. Add

scear-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
scear-wund, (?); adj.
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Wounded in the share Gif man [s]cearwund sié .iii. sciłł. gebete, Ll. Th. i. 18, 9

Linked entries: cear-wund wund

weorold-wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wuldor, es; n.
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Worldly glory Manege synt þe Crístes scép for heora wuldorwuldre (suę glorię gratia) healdað, Chrd. 66, 20

Linked entry: wuldor

un-wrǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wrǽne, adj.

Not lustful

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Not lustful Lǽcedómas gif man tó wrǽne sié oþþe tó unwrǽne, Lchdm. ii. 14, 25: 144, 20

Linked entry: wrǽne

riht-gewitt

(n.)
Grammar
riht-gewitt, es; n.

Right mind

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Right mind Ðá wæs heó of hyre ryhtgewitte she was out of her mind, Shrn. 141, 18

hæfen-blǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hæfen-blǽte, es; m.

A haven-bleater [?], a sea-gullbugium

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, a sea-gull; bugium, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 62, 128; Wrt. Voc. 29, 23

smoltlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smoltlíce, adv.

Gently, quietly

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Gently, quietly Flówæþ seó welle swá fægete and swá smoltlíce swá hunig Engl. Stud. viii. 477, 10

treágian

(v.)
Grammar
treágian, p. ode

To repairsew together

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To repair, sew together Treágiende sarcientes, consuentes, componentes, Hpt. Gl. 445, 73. Getreágede (-ode) consula, 412, 38

feoht-lác

(n.)
Grammar
feoht-lác, es; n.

A fightingfightpugna

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S. 48; Th. i. 402, 28

lǽlan

(v.)

to be bruised

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to become black and blue with blows, to be bruised Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe swá ðín swát ágeát blódige stíge líc lǽlan see now thy track, where thy blood hath poured forth, a bloody path, see thy body bruised, Andr. Kmbl. 2884; An. 1445.

Linked entries: lǽl líc-lǽlan

ge-freólsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freólsian, p. ode; pp. od

To liberatedeliverset free

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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode through Christ's victory all holy men were set free, 31, 35

rúmness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmness, e; f.

breadthbreadth, amplitude, abundance

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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of