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Anglo-Saxon

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exl

(n.)
Grammar
exl, e; f.

Shoulder hŭmĕrus

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Shoulder; hŭmĕrus He hit set on his exla impō;nit in humeros suos, Lk. Bos. 15, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3148; An. 1577

feówurtig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówurtig, adj.

Fortyquadraginta

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Forty; quadraginta Ðá ðá he fæste feówertig daga and feówurtig nihta cum jejūnasset quadraginta diēbus et quadraginta noctĭbus, Mt. Bos. 4, 2

fetor-wrásen

(n.)
Grammar
fetor-wrásen, e; f. [wrásen a chain]

A fetterchaincătēnacompes

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A fetter, chain; cătēna, compes Hraðe siððan wearþ fetorwrásnum fæst he was soon fast bound in fetters, Andr. Kmbl. 2215; An. 1109

Linked entries: feter-wrásen wrásen

gærs-swýn

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-swýn, es; n.

A pasturage swineherbāgii porcus

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A pasturage swine; herbāgii porcus He sceal syllan gærs-swýn dēbet dăre porcum herbāgii, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 9

ge-feolan

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

To stick topersistinsistere

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To stick to, persist; insistere Ðæt he ðám, hálwendum ongynnessum georne gefeole ut captis salutaribus insisteret, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 11

hǽmed-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-ceorl, es; m.
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A married man Hwæðer sig hægsteald ðe hǽmedceorl utrum cælebs sit an uxoratus, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 28

mistig

(adj.)
Grammar
mistig, adj.

Mistycovered with mist

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heóld mistige móras, Beo. Th. 326; B. 162

níd-behóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóflíc, adj.

Necessary

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Necessary sǽde ðæt him wǽre his líf nýdbehóflíc quia multum necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 3

on-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cnáwness, e; f.
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Knowledge, conception hiene bedǽlþ ðære oncnáwnesse ðæs uplecan leóhtes a luce se supernae cognitionis excludit, Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 24

swefel-þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
swefel-þrosm, es; m.
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The vapour or smoke of sulphur rýnde ofer synfullan sweflðrosm pluit super peccatores sulphur, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Cf. swefel-réc

Linked entry: þrosm

un-gesǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽllíce, adv.

Unhappilymiserablywickedlyimprobe

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Unhappily, miserably, wickedly; improbe Hæfð se yfela gást ungifa ... and ða dǽlð ðám mannum ðe ungesǽlíce him gehýrsumiaþ, Wulfst. 52, 12

Waller-wente

(n.)
Grammar
Waller-wente, pl.
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The Celtic inhabitants of Cumbria Nime his mága .xii. and .xii. Wallerwente, L. N. P. L. 51; Th. ii. 298, 8

wit-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-leás, adj.

Witlesssenseless

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Witless, senseless On ðam fíftan mónþe (the fœtus) biþ cwica and weaxeþ and seó módur líð witleás, Lchdm. iii. 146, 12

wiþer-talu

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-talu, e; f.

Replydefence

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Reply, defence ðǽrrihte ádumbode, for ðan ðe æt Godes dóme ne bið nán beládung ne wiþertalu, Homl. Th. i. 530, 6

ǽrend-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrend-fæst, adj.
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Bound on an errand Férde sum ǽrendfæst ridda . . . and lǽdde hit forð mid him ðǽr fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 221

Linked entry: -fæst

an-wealda

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wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add

Linked entry: on-wealda

brego

Grammar
brego, (-a).
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Sum árleás cynincg, Cosdrue geháten, wæs swá upáhafen, and swá árleás brega, ꝥ wolde beón God, Hml. S. 27, 27. Add

ge-cyssan

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gecyste þone man þe wæs egeslíce hreóf. Shrn. 147, 6. ꝥte gecyste hine ut oscularetur eum, Lk. L.R. 22, 47. Add

hwæt-ness

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ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum, ꝥ ys styrung, and on Lýden, a motu siderum, Angl. viii. 318, 6. Add

Scyttisc

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wel cúþe Scyttysc, and Aidan ne mihte gebígan his sprǽce tó Norþhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe þágít, Hml. S. 26, 67. Add