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Anglo-Saxon

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áte

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Dele in bracket: O. Nrs. át food, and add Áte avena, Txts. 43, 248. Átae,átte lolium, 74, 599. Áta ł unwæstm zizania, Mt. L. 13, 38.

aaþ

(n.)

an oath

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an oath He ðone aaþ gesæh he saw the oath. Th. Dipl. A. D. 825; p. 71, 12

behát-land

(n.)
Grammar
behát-land, es; n.
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A promised land Gelǽddum his folce tó þám behátlande perducto ad terram repromissionis populo, Gr. D. 204, 12

bicce

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Voc. ii. 23, 8. Andlang eá on biccan pól, C. D. iii. 456, 26. Add:

cærs-will

(n.)
Grammar
cærs-will, es; m.
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A spring where cress grows In cærswylle ; æfter cærswylles síce, C. D. iii. 384, 19. v. preceding word

eást-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adj.
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Lying in an easterly direction On ðá eástlangan dícwale, C. D. v. 334, 28. v. west-lang; adj

ge-tídran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tídran, ge-tídrian; pp. ge-tídred, ge-tídrod
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To make or to become weak: — Sceall nýde ꝥ lícumlice fæt beón getýdrod (infirmetur), Gr. D. 227, 27

hæsel-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-wrid, es; n. m (?). l. <b>hæsel-wríd, -wriþ,</b> es; m.
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and add On ðone miclan hæslwríð wiðneoðon ðæt gráfet; of ðám hæsl-wríðe, C. D. v. 194, 14

hring-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
hring-pytt, es; m.
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A circular pit On hringpyt, C. D. v. 325, 14: 340, 19. Hryngpyt, 291, 23. Hrungputt, 112, 32

hríþ-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
hríþ-hirde, es; m.
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A herdsman Hríðhiorde bobulcus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 9. Hríðhierde, 11, 25. Hríðheorde armentarius, Gr. D. 300, 4

Linked entry: hríþer-hirde

irfe-numa

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Swá hit míne ærfenuman ǽr onstellen, C. D. i. 316, 22. Eihwelc mon mínra ærbenumena, 299, 22, Add: —

lǽce-íren

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-íren, es; n.
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A lancet Hé ásette his lǽceíren ( medicinale ferramentum, id est phlebotomum ) on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 25

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

more

Grammar
more, moru.
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Hé leofode on wǽstene be wyrta morum lange, Hml. S. 31, 195. [v. N. E. D. more.] Add: —

neáh-munt

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Wæs se Godes man gelæded in þone neáhmunt in vicino monte ductus est, Gr. D. 293, 13. Add

ofer-þencan

(v.)
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to think over, consider Gif hit byð wel ásmeád and oferþóht si bene perpenditur, Gr. D. 316, 20

Linked entry: þencan

pæþ-feld

(n.)
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field across which a path runs (?) Oð þone hagan; andlang hagan oð pæðfeld, C. D. i. 258, 2

Linked entry: feld

rúmmódlíce

(adv.)
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Ðýs twéntigum hídum, ðá ic rúmódlíce gescarode mé sylfum . . . tó écum rýmete, C. D. v. 331, 2. Add

slóh

(n.)
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is also feminine On þá reádan sló . . . of þǽre reádan sló, C. D. iii. 465, 32-466, 1

un-áwendedlic

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Add: unmoved, immoveable Se stán wunode fæst and unáwendedlic (unwendedlic, v.l.) lapis immobilis mansit, Gr. D. 123, 3

Linked entries: un-wendedlic á-wendedlic

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