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swefnigend

(n.)
Grammar
swefnigend, es; m.

A dreamer

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A dreamer Hér gǽþ se swefnigend ecce somniator venit, Gen. 37, 19

sweor-racentteáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-racentteáh, g. -teáge; f.

A chain for the neck

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A chain for the neck Swurracentéh catelle, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 64. :?-

Linked entry: racent-teáh

treów-fugol

(n.)
Grammar
treów-fugol, es; m.

A tree-haunting bird

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A tree-haunting bird Treófugla tuddor, Exon. Th. 146, 9; . 707

Linked entry: treów

twisehtness

(n.)
Grammar
twisehtness, e; f.

Discorddissensionvariance

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Discord, dissension, variance Fram twysehtnysse yfele a dissensionis malo, Scint. 6, 12

sprincel

(n.)
Grammar
sprincel, es; m.

A wicker-baskettrellis, lattice.

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A wicker-basket Sprinclum fiscillis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 58: 35, 43

batt

(n.)

a batclubcudgel

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a bat, club, cudgel Batt hec claua, An. Ox. 18 b, 18

hǽr

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Add: a hair Hér pilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 40. a human hair, hair of a person's head Hér (capillus) of heófde iówrum ne bid forloren, Lk. R. L. 21, 18. fýr heora ne æthrán, ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454.

Tíw

(n.)
Grammar
Tíw, Tíg, , es; m.

the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly correspondedin the name of one of the days

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The word is probably to be recognized in the form tyz, which is given as the name of the Gothic T in the Vienna MS. containing a Gothic alphabet, and from it a Gothic Tius may be inferred. O. H. Ger. Ziu(-o) the name of a god (preserved in M. H.

Linked entries: Tíg Tuu

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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Add: watching as a sentinel on guard Swylce hyrdrǽdenu on nihte þá þe for náhte beóþ gehæfde tamquam custodia in nocte quae pro nihilo habentur. Ps.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

æcelma

(n.)
Grammar
æcelma, an; m.

A chilblainmula

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A chilblain; mula, L. M. 1, 30; Lchdm. ii. 70, 16

Linked entry: ecilma

æhtere

(n.)
Grammar
æhtere, es; m.

An estimatora valueræstimator

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An estimator, a valuer; æstimator, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 25

æled-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
æled-leóma, an; m.

A gleaming firefire-brandignis micans

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A gleaming fire, fire-brand; ignis micans.Beo. Th. 6241; B. 3125

ǽ-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-wrítere, es; m.

A writercomposer or framer of lawslegurn conditor

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A writer, composer or framer of laws; legurn conditor, Prov. 8

andetla

(n.)
Grammar
andetla, an; m.

A confessionconfessio

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A confession; confessio, L. Alf. pol. 22; Th. i. 76, 4

afora

(n.)

a son

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a son, Chr. 937; Th. 200, 41, col. 3; Æðelst. 7

an-lec

(n.)

a respect

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a respect, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67, MS. D

án-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
án-stapa, an; m.

A lone wanderersolivagus

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A lone wanderer; solivagus, Exon. 95b; Th. 356, 21; Pa. 15

bǽl-stede

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-stede, es ; m.

A funeral pile placerogi locus

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A funeral pile place; rogi locus, Beo. Th. 6185; B. 3097

bear-swinig

(adj.)
Grammar
bear-swinig, adj.

openly wickeda publican

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openly wicked, a publican, Lk. Rush. War. 3, 12 : 15, 1

bedd

(n.)

a bedstratumlectus

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a bed; stratum, lectus, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 33; Gen. 2234

Linked entry: BIDDAN