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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-openung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-openung, e; f.
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Opening In þám dæge ús byð æteówed seó geopenung (-opnung, v. l. ) heofena, Wlfst. 186, 1

hundteóntig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
hundteóntig-wintre, adj.
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A hundred years old Hundteóntig-wintre cild byð áwyrged puer centum annorum maledictus erit. Nap. 39

þrág-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þrág-lic, adj.
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Lasting a long time Byð swýðe mycele ungeðwǽrnysse and ðráhlice wíten on manna bearnen. Verc. Först. 175.] [

á-steorfan

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Ꝥ nýten byð tó ástorfenum (in contrast with ácweald, 40) geteald, E. S. viii. 62, 42. Add

fót-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
fót-mǽlum, adv.

By footsteps ⬩ step by step ⬩ by degrees ⬩ pĕdĕtentim ⬩ grădātim

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By footsteps, step by step, by degrees; pĕdĕtentim, grădātim, R. Conc. 5: Cot. 95

under-plantian

(v.)

supplantare

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Dysig byð underplantud stultus supplantatur, Scint. 169, 2

Linked entry: plantian

un-teald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-teald, adj.

Uncounted

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Uncounted Gyf se ðæg byð forlǽten unteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eall ðæs geáres ymbryn þwyres, Lchdm. iii. 264, 12

Linked entries: tellan un-áteald

æt-ealdod

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-ealdod, adj.
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Too aged Þonne heó forwerod byð and teámes ætealdod ( too old to bear children), Hml. A. 20, 159

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

plegol

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Add: in a bad sense, wanton Seó plegole (lasciua) geogoð þe byð hræd tó singienne, Chrd. 54, 22

un-staþolfæstness

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Add: unsettledness Of sleacnesse byð ácenned . . . unstaðolfæstnes stówe and wórung of stówe tó stówe, Verc. Först. 177. 4

æt-rihtost

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-rihtost, adv.

By and by ⬩ presently ⬩ mox

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By and by, presently; mox

an-módnes

(n.)
Grammar
an-módnes, (án- ?)
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resolution, constancy, steadfastness Gyf him þince ꝥ hé mid gyrdel sió gyrded, ðæt byð anmódnes, Lch. iii. 170, 22

smeócan

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Swá swá blácern þe bútan ele byð onǽled smeócan (fumigare) mæg leóht habban ná mæg, Scint. 51, 6. Add

mid-sumor

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Iulius byð sunstede, ꝥ ys on Lýden solstitium, and on Englisc midsumor, Angl. viii. 311, 9. Add

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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By hides Ðæt líþ hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum it lies by hides and by acres. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

un-onwendedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-onwendedlíc, adj.

Unchangeable

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Unchangeable Ne wyrð seó burh nǽfre onwend, ða hwule ðe God byð unonwendedlíc ón hire midle, Ps. Th. 45, 4

luf-wende

(adj.)
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Add: loving, affectionate Amans homo byð lufwende man, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Lufwyndre sage amico fatu, An. Ox. 18, 26

cealc

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Byð gefylled múð his mid cealce (calculo), Scint. 110, 14. Add

eorþ-styren

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-styren, eorþ-styrenn, e; f.

An earthquake

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For eorðstyrenum heó (Rome) byð geswenced, Gr. D. 134, 1

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