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Anglo-Saxon

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cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
cræftiga, cræftega, cræftica, cræftca, cræftga, an; m.

A craftsman ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ architect ⬩ artifex ⬩ opifex ⬩ architectus

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D. cræftca] artifex Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 43, MS. C; Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 2; Wrt. Voc. 47, 9. Cræftca artifex Wrt. Voc. 73, 36. Ðyssera cræftcena horum artificum Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 44.

Linked entries: cræfta cræftca cræftega cræftga cræftica

Arrius

(n.)
Grammar
Arrius, ii; m.

Arius

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Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 3

biscopgan

(v.)

to confirm

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Ælf. C. 18; Wilk. 155, 51

án-ád

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
án-ád, án-ǽd, es; n. [án unus, ád = eád, eáþ desertus, vastus, Ett: Goth, áuþs ἔρημος desertus: v. DER. eáðe; adj.]

Solitude ⬩ a desert ⬩ solitudo ⬩ desertum

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Solitude, a desert; solitudo, desertum On ðam ánáde in the desert, Exon. 37a; Th. 122, 12; Gú. 304: 37b; Th. 123, 34; Gú. 327. On ánǽde in a desert, 122b; Th. 471, 22; Rä. 61, 5

Linked entry: ǽn-ette

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f? es; n?

Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal ⬩ lis, rixa, seditio

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Ælf. P. 50; Th. ii. 386, 12. Folcslíte vel ǽswícung, sacu, ceást seditio, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 39; Wrt. Voc. 21, 30

be-hleápan

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Ic on behleápe insilio, Ælf. Gr. Z. 191, 4. Add

clǽn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽn-líce, adv.

Purely, cleanly ⬩ puré

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Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25

beggen

(pronoun.)
Grammar
beggen, nom. m.= begen.

both

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Ælf. P. 35; Th. ii. 378, 13, 15, 16

full-sóþ

(adv.)

full sooth ⬩ most truly

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Ælf. C. 6; Lambd. 128, 29

a-lénian

(v.)
Grammar
a-lénian, [a, lǽnian to be lean]

To make lean ⬩ to soak ⬩ macerare

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To make lean, to soak; macerare, Ælf. pref. Hom. p. 4

be-sæncan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sæncan, p. -sæncte; pp. -sænct

to sink ⬩ mergere

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Ælf. P. 13; Th. ii. 368, 27

prím-sang

(n.)
Grammar
prím-sang, es ; m.
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Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6: R. Ben. 40, 6. Ǽlce Sunnanniht bútan Lenctene ... dægrédsang, prímsang ... mid alleluian sýn gesungene, 39, 18

acolitus

(n.)

ἀκόλυθος ⬩ A light-bearer ⬩ lucifer ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ ordo ⬩ gradus

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Ælf. P. 34 ; Th. ii. 378, 7 : L. Ælf. C. 14 ; Th. ii. 348, 4. state, condition; ordo, gradus, etc

sælmerige

(n.)
Grammar
sælmerige, an; f.

Brine

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Brine Sælmerige (sæll-, sel-; -mærige) salsamentum, Ælf. Gr. 30; Zup.192, 18

Linked entry: selmerige

dún-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dún-lic, adj.
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Cf. dún-ælf

ǽfen-sang

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-sang, es; m.

EVEN-SONG ⬩ vespers ⬩ vespertinus cantus

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Ælf. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 7

bysmor-líce

(adv.)
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Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20

hálsigend

(n.)
Grammar
hálsigend, es; m.

An exorcist

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Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6

hæring

(n.)
Grammar
hæring, es; m.

A herring

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Ðes hæring hoc allec, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 22. Hæring allec vel jairus vel taricius vel sardina, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 80; Wrt. Voc. 56, 3. Hærinc taricus vel allec, Wrt.

declínian

(v.)
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Swá swá wé ǽr declínodon mea ancilla, Ælf. Gr. Z. 102. 18. Add

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