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carte

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Sum hrefen þá cartan genam . . . geseah hé þone hrefen þá cartan beran . . . hangode seó carte on þám hreóde. . . and hé sóna féng tó þǽre cartan, Guth. 48, 22-50, 18. Hé sceáwode þá cartan and clypode tó ðám wífe: 'Þeós carte is ádílegod,' Hml.

for

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</b> as conjunction :-- Nú ú Hé féng on his gebedo ... for þǽr wæs án forehús, Vis. Lfc. 33

páwa

(n.)
Grammar
páwa, peá, an; m. : páwe, an; f.
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On ðære ylcan stówe byþ óðer fugelcynn fenix hátte ða habbaþ cambas on heáfde swá páwan in eo monte est avis fenix que habet cristas quasi orbes pavonis, Nar. 39, 4. Se fugel ( the phenix ) is onlícost peán, Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312

æcer-geard

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-geard, es; m.

An enclosure of arable landor the fence of a field

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= Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24

Linked entry: geard

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. de
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To build, fence (?) Onbúton ðone croft ðe Wynstán bylde; on ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6. Tó werbolde án fóðer gyrdo, oððe . viii. geocu byld, 451, 1

þyrs

(n.)
Grammar
þyrs, es; m.

A giantan enchantera demon

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Ðyrs sceal on fenne gewunian ána innan lande, Menol. Fox 545; Gn. C. 42. Þyrses Caci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 62. Þyr[ses] colossi, Hpt. Gl. 445, 2. Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 856; B. 426. Ealdum þyrse (þyrre, MS.), Exon.

beorgan

(v.)

to tastegustare

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to taste; gustare Fénix of ðám wyll-gespryngum brimcald beorgeþ æt baða gehwylcun the Phoenix tastes ocean-cold [water] from the well-springs at every bath Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 9; Ph. 110

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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net, met, ; as, Nett, bedd, weddian, hell, well, denn, fenn, webb, ende. the short e in Anglo-Saxon generally comes before a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moorwaste and damp landhigh waste grounda mountain

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Ys on Breotoneland sum fenn un*-*mǽtre mycelnysse . . . Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras. Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 1-4. Fennas and móras paludes Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 14.

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)
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Gl. 591, 11 : a fenne, 797, 10): Icel. sleipr slippery. Slape soft, slippery is given in Halliwell as a North-country word. See also E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. (E. Yorks. ), ' slape slippery as a dirty path, ' and Gloss. B. 7 (W.

ge-þafung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafung, e; f.

Permissionallowanceassentconsentpermissioassensusconsensus

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Ðyssum wordum óðer ðæs cyninges wita and ealdormann geþafunge sealde, and to ðære sprǽce féng cujus suasiōni verbisque prudentĭbus alius optĭmātum trĭbŭens assensum, contĭnuo subdĭdit, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 12: 4, 8; S. 576, note 5

Linked entry: þafung

híg

haymown grass

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Græs oððe hig fenum, ii. 35, 30. Swé swé hég (faenum) hreðlíce ádrúgiað. Ps. Srt. Ps. Spl. 36, 2. Híg, Ps. L. 36, 2. Hýg, 101, 5. Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l.

Linked entry: hefung

hæg

(n.)
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a fence; a hag, an enclosure Terram nominatam Haeg, C. D. i. 49, 23. The word is found forming the first part of local names, Hægdún, Hæghyll, Hægleá; also in other words, hæg-steald, hæg-þorn

Linked entries: HEGE hecg

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
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Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 228. ¶ with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lchdm. i. 190, 9.

smearcian

(v.)
Grammar
smearcian, smercian; p. ode

To smirk, smile

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Gúþlác tó smerciende féng Guthlac received it smiling Guthl. ii; Gdwin. 56, 6. Mid smercigendum múþe Homl. Th. i. 430, 34

Linked entry: smercian

ge-breadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-breadian, p. ode; pp. od, ad [=ge-bredian]

To restore the flesh or body

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To restore the flesh or body Ðonne [Fénix] þurh briddes hád gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan then [the Phœnix] through youth's state is restored again from ashes, Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 8; Ph. 372

Linked entry: ge-bredian

fremful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fremful-lic, adj.
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Him ne ðúhte ná fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, Hml. S. 31, 101

hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) Hegstæf clatrum (= ? κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

Linked entry: heg-stæf

Cásern

(n.)
Grammar
Cásern, e; f. [Cásere + en, f. termin. Cáseren, Cásern]
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An empress; augusta Æfter ðam ðe Róme burh getimbred wæs Dccc wintra and LXVII, féng Adriánus to Rómána ánwealde.