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Anglo-Saxon

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an-líc

(adj.)
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Ne finst þú þǽr náuht anlíces, Bt. 18, 3; F. 66, 11. v. on-líc in Dict. Add

be-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeówan, p. -þeówde, -þeódde (v. þeówan to serve)

To serve

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To serve Beþeóddan inserviunt (v. l. to inheserunt in passage given under previous word), R. Ben. 134, 20

Linked entries: þeówan þeówan

be-þerscan

(v.)
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to thrash thoroughly: þurh þé wé beþurscon úre fýnd in te inimicos nostros ventilabimus, Ps. Th. 43, 7

Linked entry: þerscan

cærs-will

(n.)
Grammar
cærs-will, es; m.
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A spring where cress grows In cærswylle ; æfter cærswylles síce, C. D. iii. 384, 19. v. preceding word

ceaster-weall

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-weall, es; m.
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A city-wall Sé wæs in þǽre ceastre Augustodonensi ... clypode his módor of þám cesterwealle, Shrn. 119, 26

culter

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Voc. ii. 22, 49: Angl. ix. 263, 4. Add

crísten-mann

(n.)
Grammar
crísten-mann, es; m.
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A Christian Hé gerǽsde on þá fǽmnan in crístenmonna (crístenra monna, v. l. ) midle, Mart. H. 170, 25

eall-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
eall-meaht, -miht, e; f.
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Omnipotence On mihtigre handa and on eallmihte earmes in manu forti et brachio excelso, Ps. Th. 135, 12

eást-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adj.
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Lying in an easterly direction On ðá eástlangan dícwale, C. D. v. 334, 28. v. west-lang; adj

efen-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
efen-gemynd, (efne-)
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On mínum efnegimynde (-gemynd, L.) in meam commemorationem, Lk. R. 22, 19

Linked entry: ge-mynd

firwet

Grammar
firwet, l. firwit (fer-, feor-, fær-, fyr-, fyrt-, -wet),
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Ferwyt, 10, 16. take here fyrwet in Dict., and add

ge-lífan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-lýfan</b> in Dict., and add:

ge-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tíma, a warranter.
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Take here <b>ge-teáma, ge-týma</b> in Dict., and see teám; III

Linked entries: ge-teáma ge-týma

méting

(n.)
Grammar
méting, e; f.
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Meeting, assembly An métincge þæs geféres sý þæt gebed gescyrt in conventu brevietur oratio, R. Ben. 46, 2

múr-beám

(n.)
Grammar
múr-beám, es; m.
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A mulberry tree Hé ofslóg múrbeámas hira on forste occidit moros eorum in pruina Ps. Vos. 77, 47

neáh-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-mynster, a neighbouring monastery or
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convent In þám neáh-mynstre (neáhnunnmynstre, néhnunmynstre, v. ll.) uicino uirginum monasterio, Bd. 4, I; Sch. 337, 16

ofer-feng

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In l. 2 substitute oferfengc for oferfenge, and add Oferfengc, dalc legulam, An. Ox. 5126. Oferfeng, 2, 424

plegol

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Add: in a bad sense, wanton Seó plegole (lasciua) geogoð þe byð hræd tó singienne, Chrd. 54, 22

wudu-fald

(n.)
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a fold in a wood Æt ðám ealdan wudufald; forð syððan be efisce, C. D. v. 281, 33

ymb-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Circumspect Hé symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll

Linked entry: ymb-seón

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