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Anglo-Saxon

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cyren

(n.)

must, wine boiled down ⬩ dulcisapa

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must, wine boiled down; dulcisapa Awilled wín vel cyren dulcisapa, Cot. 62

land-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
land-gafol, es; n.
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Rent for land Hé sceal landgafol syllan he must pay rent, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 13. Hé sceal ... his láforde wyrcan ... ne þearf hé landgafol syllan he must work for his lord, then he need not pay rent, 3; Th. i. 432, 23

ge-bisgian

(v.)
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Hé mid Godes herungum his múð gebysgað, Hml. Th. i. 494, 16. Add

for-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
for-timbran, for-timbrian

to obstruct ⬩ stop

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to obstruct, stop Fortimbred is (obstructum est ) múð spreocendra, Ps. Srt, 62, 12

Linked entry: for-tymbrian

ge-þeón

(v.)
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to receive, take, get Sceal wíf geþeón lof mid hyre leódum, leóhtmód wesan, rúne healdan, rúmheort beón a lady must have the praise of her people, must be cheery, keep counsel, be liberal, Gn. Ex. 85.

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, es; m.

Oil ⬩ oleum

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Oil; oleum Ða sceolon beón æle bracene they must be beaten up with oil, Lev. 6, 21

fenn

(n.)

a fen ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt

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a fen, marsh, mud, dirt, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 20: Ps. Spl. 17, 44

hwícung

(n.)
Grammar
hwícung, e; f.
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Squeaking Se ealda feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . swína grunnunge and músa hwícunge ( stridores soricum ), Gr. D. 185, 4

wealh-word

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-word, es; n.

A wanton word

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A wanton word Ic eom ondetta ðæt ic onféng on mínne múð wealworda, Anglia xi. 98, 37

Linked entry: weal-word

hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.

Homeless

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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9

for-treding

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Múð dysiges fortredincg ( contritio ) his a fool's mouth is his destruction (Prov. 18, 7), Scint. 95, 10. Add

lám-seáðe

(n.)
Grammar
lám-seáðe, [?], an; f.

A clay- [or mud-] pit

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A clay- [or mud-] pit Of sceadwellan in lámseáðan; of lámseáðan in ledene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 80, 14

ge-tælfull

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tælfull, adj.
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on in ge-gæderud ýþigende gefremþ genihtsumnysse numerositas in mum coacta exundantem efficit copiam, Scint. 231, 10

cealc

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

ge-syd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-syd, es; n.

A place in which to wallow ⬩ mud

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A place in which to wallow, mud Sol vel gesyd volutabrum, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 32; Wrt. Voc. 37, 22

cwealm-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm-bealu, gen. cwealm-bealuwes; n. [bealo, bealu bale, evil]

Deadly evil ⬩ cædis malum

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Deadly evil ; cædis malum Ðæt hit móste cwealmbealu cýðan that it must make known the deadly evil, Beo. Th. 3884; B. 1940

feorh-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-seóc, adj.

Life-sick, mortally wounded ⬩ letālĭter vulnĕrātus

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Life-sick, mortally wounded; letālĭter vulnĕrātus Scolde Grendel ðonan feorhseóc fleón Grendel must flee thence mortally wounded, Beo. Th. 1644; B. 820

flión

(v.)

to flee ⬩ fŭgĕre

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to flee; fŭgĕre He sceal flión ðisse worulde wlite he must flee this world's splendour, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 60; Met. 7, 30

hwistle

(n.)
Grammar
hwistle, an; f.

A pipe ⬩ flute ⬩ WHISTLE

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A pipe, flute, WHISTLE Hwistle oððe pípe musa; hwistle fistula, Wrt. Voc. 73, 60, 65. Mið hwistlum tibiis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 32

be-stingan

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Bestang se hálga his hand him on múð, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 34. Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. Hé bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254. Hé bestang fýr in þ corn, Gr. D. 290, 23. Hí bestungon him on múð þone mete, Hml.