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ǽr-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-leóf, adj.
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Very dear [Æ]rl[e]óf gratus, An. Ox. 56, 296

æt-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-swerian, p. -swór; pp. -sworen

To forswear ⬩ deny with an oath ⬩ abjurare

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To forswear, deny with an oath; abjurare, L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 11, note

æt-íwness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwness, e; f.
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I. what is seen, a vision, an apparition Hé wolde witan ymbe þá ætýw-nysse þe him æteáwde, and cwæð: Hwæt is þeós gesihð þe mé æteáwde ?, Hml. S. 30, 56. Ealle þá ætýwnysse þára áwerigdra gásta onweg gewiton, Guth. 48, 18. v. æt-ýwnys in Dict

Linked entries: æt-íwedness -íwness

æf-gælþ

(n.)
Grammar
æf-gælþ, e; f.

Superstition

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Superstition Efgælþe superstitionis An. Ox. 8, 186. Æfgælþe superstitione 8, 176 : 3233. Æfgælþa, 4021. Ídelum æfgælþum superstitiosa cultura 3933

Linked entry: gælþ

feorh-ádl

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Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:

brád-æx

(n.)
Grammar
brád-æx, e; f.

A broad axe; an axe ⬩ dolatura, dolabrum

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A broad axe; an axe dolatura, dolabrum Brádæx dolatura, dolabrum, Cot. 68;Ælfc. Gl. 51;Som. 65, 131;Wrt. Voc. 34, 59

Linked entry: brádlást-æx

ǽr-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-gewinn, es; n.

An ancient struggle ⬩ former agony ⬩ antiquum certamen ⬩ pristina agonia

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An ancient struggle, former agony; antiquum certamen, pristina agonia Earmra ǽrgewinn the former agony of the wretched ones, Rood Kmbl. 37; Kr. 19

æt-gár

(n.)
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Ætgáre framea, 36, 11: falarica (armatum) , An. Ox. 8, 312. Ætegáre, Angl. xiii. 29, 46. Aetgaere ansatae, Txts. 41, 167. Ætgaeru (-gáru. Sievers, Gram. § 273, ann. 4, takes this to be a u-stem) framea, 65, 922.

æt-telg

(n.)
Grammar
æt-telg, (?) (= (?) ed-telg what springs again without sowing, cf. telga; but see telg)
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An. Ox. 1379 rediviva, i. linum flex), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 9

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

þǽr-æt

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-æt, adv.

Thereat

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Thereat His horsbǽr wæs fram his discipulum gehealden, and monige unfrume ðǽræt hǽlo onféngon, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 7

Linked entry: æt

æt-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-styntan, p. te.
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An. Ox. 2779. Móð ætstentan animum retundi , Hy. S. 70, 19. [Etstunten þe strencþe of mine swenges, Marh. 15. Þat ufel wes atstunt. Lay. 31903.]

Linked entry: á-styntan

ander-gilde

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(Cf. án- gilde, ¶.)

Linked entry: un-andergilde

æt-íwung

(n.)
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Epiphany Ætýwincge Drihtnes epiphaniam Domini, Angl. xiii. 402, 531

æl-fylc

(n.)
Grammar
æl-fylc, es; n. [æl, folc].

a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes

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Kmbl. 72; El. 36. foreigners, a foreign army, an enemy; peregrinus exercitus, hostes Ðæt he wið ælfylcum éðelstólas healdan cúðe that he could keep his paternal seats against foreigners, Beo. Th. 4731; B. 2371

æt-berstan

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Add: of actual motion, absolute Hé ætbærst and hé ys geworden né tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5. Se here ætbærst, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17. Uneáþe cwic ætberstende, Coll. M. 27, 3. when person from whom or place from which is given, dat.

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, -fiolan; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon, -félon; pp. -folen, -feolen

To adhere ⬩ cleave or hang on ⬩ insist upon ⬩ stick to ⬩ continue ⬩ insistere ⬩ adhærere

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Ætfeolan wæccum and gebédum to continue in watchings and prayers, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 2

Linked entries: æt-fele æt-fiolan

æt-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gædere, adv. [æt, gædrian = gadrian to gather]

Together ⬩ una ⬩ simul

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Blod and wæter bu tú ætgædre blood and water both together, Exon. 70a; Th. 260, 5; Jul. 292. Bismærede ungket [ = uncit] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together. Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30

ágend-líce

(adv.)
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As if something belonged to one's self, imperi- ously :-- Gé budon suíðe ríclíce and suíðe ágendlíce vos cum austeritate imperabatis eis et cum potentia . Past. 145, 5. Cf. ágend-, (-ágen)freá. Add

ǽl-hýd

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl-hýd, (?), e; f.

An eel-skin

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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hýd