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Anglo-Saxon

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díc-walu

(n.)
Grammar
díc-walu, e; f.
Entry preview:

A ditch-bank (?) On ðá eástlangan dícwale, C. D. v. 334, 28

fæsten-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fæsten-lic, adj.

Lenten

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Of a fast, Lenten Fæsternlicre bihaldnisse quadri*-*gesimali observatione, Rtl. 14, 8

fligel

(n.)
Grammar
fligel, es; m.

A flail

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A flail Man sceal habban tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 8

flóc

(n.)

a fluke

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a fluke. Flooc platissa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 47: 68, 22. Add

fore-locc

(n.)
Grammar
fore-locc, es; m.

A fore-lock

Entry preview:

A fore-lock Foreloccas antiae (frontis ), An. Ox. 7. 375: 8, 378

Linked entries: locc fore-feax

firen-hycga

(n.)
Grammar
firen-hycga, an; m.

an adulterer

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A person of sinful purpose, an adulterer Fyrenhycga aduller, Germ. 389, 24

Linked entry: -hycga

forlegis-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
forlegis-wíf, es; n.

A prostitute

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A prostitute Ic þé háte lǽdan tó forlegeswífa húse, Shrn. 154, 21

Linked entry: forliger-wíf

frum-talu

(n.)
Entry preview:

the first statement of a case (?), cf. talu; (for delata l. delatio)

ge-hata

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Substitute: A rival, an opponent Gehata emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 20

ge-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrft, es; m.
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A revolution On geáres gehwyrftum in anni-versariis Angl. xiii. 446, 1158

Linked entries: ge-hwerft hwyrft

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj.
Entry preview:

Perhaps in the passages given here gemet is a noun used predicatively

ge-fægerness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fægerness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Beauty Hester wæs swíðe wlitig on wundorlicre gefægernysse, Hml. A. 95, 97

gyrdel-bred

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Substitute: A writing-tablet Gyrdelbred pugil/aris, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 75

hanga

(n.)
Grammar
hanga, (?), an; m.
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A slope (?), declivity On líchangan; of líchangan, C. D. v. 321, 32

gutt

(n.)
Grammar
gutt, es; m.
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A gut, an entrail Guttas, innoðas receptacula (viscerum), Hpt. Gl. 408, 52

greóp

(n.)
Entry preview:

a ditch, drain Cuniculum, puteum vel greóp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 33

Linked entry: grípe

heáfod-loca

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-loca, an; m.
Entry preview:

A stull Heáfodlocan (cf. heáfudponnan, lxx, 9) capitali, Lch. i. lxxiv, 10

heáfod-pyle

(n.)
Entry preview:

a pillow Wangere, heáfod-(=p-pyle?) cervical, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 29. (?)

Linked entry: pyle

ísern-scúr

(n.)
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a shower of iron missiles pone þe oft gebád ísernscere, B. 3116

Linked entry: scúr

leóht-bora

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-bora, an ; m.
Entry preview:

A light-bearer Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, Vis. Lfc. 36

Linked entry: bora

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