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Anglo-Saxon

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helde

(n.)
Grammar
helde, an; f.

Allegiancefealty

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Heanrig ofer sǽ fór on ðæs cynges heldan Henry went over sea as liege man of the king, 1095; Erl. 231, 9

Linked entries: hyld hyldu

BOLCA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLCA, an; m.

The gangway of a shipforus navisthe cargo of a ship

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He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway, 610: An. 305

dóm-setl

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wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Kmbl. 1259; An. 630. Wrǽtlícra, ǽnlícra and fægerra, Exon. Th. 357, 12; Pa. 27. Heó wæs on sangum wrǽtlícre, ðonne heora ǽnig ǽr wǽre, Homl. Ass. 127, 365

hæleþ

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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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and add Hé hígode oððe tilode nititur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 69. Hîgien wê contendamus, 24, 36.

ǽlc

allany

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Hí þegniað ǽlc óðum, Met. 25, 12. adjectival Hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 34. combined with án :-- Ǽlc án hagelstán wegeð fíf pund, Wlfst. 228, 6.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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&amp;para; a stall for animals :-- On ðam (in the ark) ðú scealt gerýman rihte setl ǽlcum eorþan tudre, Cd. Th. 79, 1; Gen. 1304. <b>II a.

á-lǽdan

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Álǽd translatus, portatus, An. Ox. 5, 35

folc-lic

publicnationalcommongeneralpublicplebeiancommoncommonpopulous

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Add: that concerns the whole people, public, national Hí woldon ferian mid folclicum wurðmynte þone hálgan líchaman, and læcgan innan þǽre cyrcan they wanted to give the body a public funeral, Hml. S. 32, 174.

alýfed-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
alýfed-líc, adj. [a-lýfed allowed, pp. of a-lýfan; líc like]

Allowableexpeditus

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Allowable; expeditus Alýfedlíc þing an allowable thing; fas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 67

awul

(n.)

an awlfuscinula vel tridens,

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an awl; fuscinula vel tridens,Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 78; Wrt. Voc. 27, 8

Linked entries: æl awel

daroþ-æsc

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ-æsc, es; n?

An ash-dartjaculum fraxineum

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An ash-dart; jaculum fraxineum Daroþæsc flugon ash-darts flew, Elen. Kmbl. 280; El. 140

earg-faru

(n.)
Grammar
earg-faru, e; f.

A flight or shooting of an arrow

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A flight or shooting of an arrow. Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 26; Jul. 404

efne-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
efne-cuman, v. intrans.

To convene convĕnire

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To convene; convĕnire Efne-cómon to him conveniēbant ad eum, Mk. Rush. War. 1, 45

embeht

(n.)
Grammar
embeht, es; n.

An office, servingministērium

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An office, serving; ministērium Ymb oft embehte circa frĕquens ministĕrium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 40

Linked entry: ambeht

eorþ-búend

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-búend, es; m.

An earth dweller, inhabitantterricŏla

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An earth dweller, inhabitant; terricŏla Eorþ-búend. Ps. Th. 65, 1: 101, 13 : 118, 4

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

fird-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
fird-cræft, es; m.

A war designan expeditionexpĕdītio

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A war design, an expedition; expĕdītio Mid hiora firdcræfte by their expedition, Num. 22, 4

Linked entry: fyrd-cræft

for-spreca

(n.)

one who speaks for anotheran advocate

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one who speaks for another, an advocate, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 5