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Anglo-Saxon

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wóh-bogen

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-bogen, adj.

Bent ⬩ crooked

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Bent, crooked Wyrm wóhbogen the crooked (cf. Job 26, 13) serpent, Beo. Th. 5646; B. 2827

bígan

(v.)
Grammar
bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn back ⬩ flectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere

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To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn back; flectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere His cneów bígde on eorþan genua flexit in terram, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643,15: 3, 2; S. 524, 14: Mt.

un-lǽdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽdlic, adj.
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Miserable Þá Iúdéas bǽdon swíde unlǽdlicre béne,swá him syþþan eall unlǽdlic on becwóm. . Nap. 65

Linked entry: lǽd-lic

be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Bihýdinys (bighýdignys, Hpt. Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Seó ealde ǽ and wítegan wǽron oð Ióhannes tócyme; siððan ongann godspelbodung ( lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem; ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, Lk. 16, 16), Hml. Th. i. 354, 16. Æt him ongann seó godspellbodung, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 16. Iúdas Machabéus

a-cýd

said ⬩ confirmed

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Ben. 27

cærc-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
cærc-ærn, a
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Ben. Lye

carc

(n.)
Grammar
carc, CARK,
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Ben. Lye

Linked entries: be-carcan cearc

be-hilt

Grammar
be-hilt, pres. of be-healdan

beholds ⬩ respicit

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Ben. 8;

cerrednes

(n.; part.)
Grammar
cerrednes, -ness,e; f. [cerred, pp. of cerran; -nes]

A turning ⬩ versio

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A turning; versio, Ben. Lye

cirnel

(n.)

a kernel

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Ben. Lye

citil

(n.)

a kettle

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Ben. Lye

cyning-ríce

(n.)

a kingdom

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Ben. Lye

duguþ-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ-gifu, e; f.

Liberality ⬩ munificentia

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Ben. Lye

dreccing

(n.)
Grammar
dreccing, e; f.

Tribulation ⬩ vexātio

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Ben. Lye

druncen-scipe

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

Drunkenness ⬩ ebriĕtas

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Ben. Lye

drýme

(n.)

a song

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Ben. Lye

ecer

(n.)

an acre

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Ben. Lye

efen-towistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-towistlíc, adj.

Consubstantial ⬩ consubstantiālis

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Ben. Lye

ehennys

(n.)
Grammar
ehennys, -nyss, e; f.

Modesty ⬩ pŭdor

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Ben. Lye

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