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Anglo-Saxon

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wicg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wicg-cræft, es; m.
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Steed-craft, skill in connection with horses Sum bið meares gleáw, wiccræfta wís, Exon. Th. 297, 18; Crä. 70

Linked entry: wic-cræft

aler-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
aler-bróc, es; m.
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A brook with alders on the banks In ælrbróc, and seoððan swá alrbróc ligeð, C. D. iii. 393, 17

brócian

(v.)
Grammar
brócian, l. brocian,
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Hé bebeád þæt mon Crístene men brocode persecutionem in Christianos exercuit, Ors. 6, 19; S. 272, 7. and add

el-þeódige

(adv.)
Grammar
el-þeódige, adv.

abroad

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In or to foreign parts, abroad Ðe gingra suno elðiódge foerende wæs (peregre profectus est), Lk. R. 15, 13

fald-hríþer

(n.)
Grammar
fald-hríþer, (?), es; n.
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A beast kept in a fold(?) .xvi. oxan, faldréþere, and .III. hund scépa, C. D. B. iii. 367, 35

Linked entry: hríþer

fannian

(v.)
Grammar
fannian, p. ode
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To winnow corn Ná fanna þú þé on ǽlcum winde non uentiles te in omni uento, Scint. 186, 17

fore-heáfod

Grammar
fore-heáfod, (for-).
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Mearciað ródetácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, Hml, Th. i. 466, 20. On forheáfdum in frontibus, Hy. S. 32, 39. Add

Linked entry: for-heáfod

heáfod-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-sealf, e; f.
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A salve for the head Tó heáfodsealfe, aluwan gegníd in eced, smyre þæt heáfod mid, Lch. iii. 2, 14

gropa

(n.)
Grammar
gropa, an; m.
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A pot Mycel gropa congius (the gloss is: Congium reddit tala vel mycel gropa), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 78

lǽn-lic

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Wé sculon geþencean ꝥ þis líf is lǽnlic þe wé nú on libbað, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15. Add

myrþra

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Hé sǽde ꝥ hé heora deáðes myrðra wǽre se in eorum morte clamabat homicidam. Gr. D. 207, 21. Add

racente

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In 1. 2 for acerntan l. racentan, and add Racetan catenas, Scint. 59, 6. Hracengo, Mk. L. 5, 4

wrǽnsian

(v.)
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to be wanton Þá beóð þǽr cwylmed in écum fýre, ðá þe hér swíðost mid wó wrǽnsiað. Nap. 71

wróht

Grammar
wróht, <b>. I.</b>
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Först. in, 4. Wórhta exctisationes, Ps. L. 140, 4. Add

fram-eald

(adj.)
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very old, ancient Seó stów wæs gehálgod in framealdum dagum, C. D. iii. 60, 17. [Cf. Goth. fram-aldrs.]

Linked entry: eald

Brǽden

(n.)

Bredon Forest

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Bredon Forest On Brǽdene ge ðǽr onbútan in Bredon and thereabout, Chr. 905; Th. 181, 23, col. 1, 2

cóð-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cóð-líce, adv. [cóða, cóðu a disease]

Badly ⬩ miserably ⬩ male ⬩ misere

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Badly, miserably; male, misere Cóðlíce racentan gerǽped miserably bound in chains Bt. Met. Fox 25, 72; Met. 25, 36

sméðan

(v.)
Grammar
sméðan, p. de

To make smooth, to soothe

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To make smooth, to soothe Him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoþ stille and sméðe Lchdm. ii. 210, 20

ge-stiéran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stiéran, p. de; pp. ed

To correct; ⬩ corrĭgĕre

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In. 50; Th. i. 134, 5

hild-lata

(n.)
Grammar
hild-lata, an; m.

One sluggish in war, ⬩ slow to fight, ⬩ a coward,

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One sluggish in war, slow to fight, a coward, Andr. Kmbl. 466; An. 233: Beo. Th. 5684; B. 2846

Linked entry: lata

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