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Anglo-Saxon

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ærce

archbishop's pallium

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Similar entries v. arce in Dict

Linked entry: erce-

be-fillan

(v.)

to fell.

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to fell.See examples under be-fyllan in Dict

a-deorcian

(v.)
Grammar
a-deorcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To obscure ⬩ dim ⬩ darken ⬩ hide ⬩ obscurare

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To obscure, dim, darken, hide; obscurare Adeorcad obscuratus, Som

dippan

(v.)
Grammar
dippan, p. de, te; pp. ed, d, t
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To dip, Ps. Spl. 67, 25: Ex. 12, 22

fremde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fremde, = fremede; p.of fremman.

did ⬩ effected

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did, effected, Cd. 181; Th. 227, 11; Dan. 185

Linked entry: FREMEDE

ge-bryce

(n.)
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(l. n.) in Dict

ge-sǽtnian

(v.)
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Take here ge-setnian (l. ge-sétnian) in Dict

Linked entry: sǽtnian

eorþ-burh

Grammar
eorþ-burh, -byr(i)g.
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Of ðǽre díc besúþan ðǽre eorðbyrg, vi. 129, 21. Ðone wudu æt ðǽre eorðbyrig, iii. 4, 11. Anlang hrycges tó ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23. On lythlan eorðbeorg; of ðǽre byrig, 48, 26. Dele 'or burying-place; humatio,' and add:

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, adv.

Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously

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Dial. 1, 8

Linked entries: ge-málíce ge-máglíce

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protection ⬩ A protector ⬩ patron ⬩ advocate ⬩ a protection of rights granted by charter

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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7. Icc nelle ðat any man ðás mundbyrdnesse tóbreke, 213, 19

wígbed-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceát, es; m.

An altar-cloth

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Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 33.

Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
Wixan, pl.

The name of some people

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Dip. B. i. 414, 19. Similar entries Cf. on wixena bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 78, 1

tún-steall

(n.)
Grammar
tún-steall, es; m.
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Dip. B. ii. 202, 7. On ðone túnsteal eástweardne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 193, 14. Cf. hám-, mylen-steall, and town-place = farmyard, which Halliwell gives as used in Cornwall

scocere

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 107, 9

Súþ-hámtún

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 49, 20

ægnian

(v.)
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Dele To terrify (in Dict. ), anad see ágnian; IV

mór-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
mór-seáþ, es; m.

A boggy ⬩ marshy pit

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 13

wróht-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-hangra, (?)
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 120, 12

Linked entry: hangra

on-sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
on-sǽtnung, e; f.
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Plot, wile, Rtl. 147, 13 (at on-setnung in Dict.)

wealdness

(n.)
Grammar
wealdness, e; f.

Rule ⬩ dominion

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Rule, dominion Waldnis ðín dominatio tua, Ps. Surt. 144, 13

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