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Anglo-Saxon

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amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
Entry preview:

Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To look ⬩ gaze

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Th. 7, 15; Gen. 106. Wlít (háwa, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20) on moncyn mildum eágum, Met. 4, 54. Hý wénaþ ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon. Th. 360, 28; Wal. 12. Eágum wlítan on, Cd. Th. 107, 25; Gen. 1794: 109, 19; Gen. 1825

ǽneg

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽneg, ǽnegu

any

Entry preview:

any Ǽnegu gesceaft any creature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 26: Cd. 26; Th. 34, 17; Gen. 539

æppel-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
æppel-bǽre, adj.

Apple-bearing ⬩ fruit-bearing ⬩ pomifer

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Apple-bearing, fruit-bearing; pomifer Æppel-bǽre treów lignum pomiferum, Gen. 1, 11: Hexam, 6; Norm. 12, 5

ǽrendran

(n.)

messengers ⬩ nuntii

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messengers; nuntii Æðele ǽrendran andswarodon [Grn. aerendracan] the noble messengers answered, Cd. 111; Th. 147, 4; Gen. 2434

æsc-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æsc-berende, part.

Spear-bearing ⬩ hastam gerens

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Spear-bearing; hastam gerens Wígena æscbe-rendra of warriors bearing spears, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 7; Gen. 2041

a-stífian

(v.)
Grammar
a-stífian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed

To stiffen ⬩ grow or wax stiff ⬩ obrigere

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Gen. 32, 32

ed-neowe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-neowe, adj.

Renewed ⬩ renŏvātus

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Th. 102, 5: Cd. 17; Th. 20, 25; Gen. 314

foca

(n.)
Grammar
foca, an; m.

A cake baked on the hearth ⬩ pānis sub cĭnĕre pistus

Entry preview:

A cake baked on the hearth; pānis sub cĭnĕre pistus Wire focan fac subcĭnĕrĭcios pānes, Gen. 18, 6

eahta-tyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
eahta-tyne, ehta-tyne; adj.

EIGHTEEN ⬩ octōdĕcim

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EIGHTEEN ; octōdĕcim Híg him þeó-wodon eahtatyne geár they served him eighteen years, Jud. 3, 14: 10, 8

Linked entry: ehta-tyne

eall-nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-nacod, adj.

Entirely naked ⬩ omnīno nūdus

Entry preview:

Entirely naked; omnīno nūdus Ic eom eallnacod I am all naked, Cd. 42; Th. 54, 3; Gen. 871

Linked entry: eal-nacod

línete

(n.)
Grammar
línete, an; f.

A linnet

Entry preview:

Ger. hanf hemp, hänfling linnet] Línete cardella, Wrt. Voc. 62, 46

niht-feormung

(n.)
Grammar
niht-feormung, e; f.

Entertainment for the night

Entry preview:

Th. 147, 2; Gen. 2433

niht-rest

(n.)
Grammar
niht-rest, e; f.

The couch on which one rests at night

Entry preview:

Th. 173, 18; Gen. 2863

óðel

(n.)
Grammar
óðel, es; m.
Entry preview:

Th. 126, 7 ; Gen. 2091

réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
réceleásian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To be negligent or careless Tó hwon réceleásedest ðú ðære gife ðe ic ðe geaf? Wulfst. 258, 15

scúr-sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
scúr-sceadu, (or -scead; n.); f.
Entry preview:

Th. 50, 23; Gen. 813

in-trepettan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ger. trepizente quadrupedante.] Cf. treppan

Linked entry: trepettan

winter-stund

(n.)
Grammar
winter-stund, e; f.

A year's space

Entry preview:

Th. 23, 35; Gen. 370

olfend-mere

(n.)
Grammar
olfend-mere, an; f.

A she-camel

Entry preview:

A she-camel prítig gefolra olfendmyrena mid heora coltum camelos foetas cum pullis suis triginta, Gen. 32, 15

Linked entry: mere

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