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Anglo-Saxon

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seáþ

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Hí ðá moldan námon oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ( fossa ) ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 3. Hé hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9.

be-wǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽfan, p. de; pp. ed; [wǽfan to cover]

To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere

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Heó nam hyre wǽfels and bewǽfde híg illa sustulit pallium et operuit se, Gen. 24, 65. Martinus me bewǽfde mid ðyssere wǽde Martin clothed me with this garment, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 34.

Linked entry: wǽfan

wringan

(v.)
Grammar
wringan, p. wrang, pl. wrungon; pp. wrungen

To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out

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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11.

Linked entry: a-wringan

windel

(n.)
Grammar
windel, es; m.

A basket

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Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel (fiscellam scirpeam) on scipwísan gesceapenne, Ex. 2, 3, 5, 6. Man sceal habban wilian, windlas, systras, sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 12

friþ-gild

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-gild, es; n.

A peace-guild ⬩ a society for the maintenance of peace and security ⬩ fœderātōrum sodālicium

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This name was given to certain guilds or clubs established during, or before, the reign of king Athelstan, for the repression of theft, the tracing of stolen cattle, and the indemnification of persons robbed, by means of a common fund raised by subscription

Linked entries: frý-gyld freó-gyld

ge-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwǽr, -hwár; adv.

On every side ⬩ everywhere ⬩ undique ⬩ ubique

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Nemnaþ men ðæne mónaþ gehwǽr Iulius men name that month everywhere July, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 33; Edg 25 : Elen. Kmbl. 2364; El. 1183, Wel wíde gehwǽr everywhere far and wide, Menol. Fox 118; Men. 59.

gér

(n.)
Grammar
gér, es; n.

a year ⬩ annus

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Recd. 139, 23. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gér a year, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gér a year, as,- RUNE [gér] byþ gumena hiht, ðonne God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte blǽda beornum

gréting

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A. 1, 2. term applied to a person or thing, appellation Heofenlicere grétincge synderlic gifu cęlestis eulogię (the name Benedict) pręrogatiua, An. Ox. 2571.

wealh-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-wyrt, e; f.

Wall-wort ⬩ dwarf elder ⬩ the word glosses ebulum and intula

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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man ebulum and óðrum naman ellenwyrte nemneþ, and eác sume men wealwyrt hátaþ, i. 202, 3-6. Uualhwyrt intula, Txts. 69, 1075. Wealewyrt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 71. Walwyrt, Wülck.

Linked entries: weale-wyrt weal-wyrt

hægel

(n.)
Grammar
hægel, hægl, es; m.

hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl

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Sealde heora neát hæglum tradidit grandini jumenta eorum, 77, 48. the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl RUNE byþ hwítust corna hail is whitest of grains, Hick. Thes. 135; Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4.

Linked entry: hagal

sceáwere

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add: a watchman Episcopus is grécisc nama, ꝥ is on léden speculator, and on englisc sceáwere, for þám þe hé is geset tó þám ꝥ hé ofersceáwian sceole mid hys gýmene þá lǽwedan, swá swá God sylf cwæð tó Ezechiele: ' Speculatorem dedi te ic þé gesette tó

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.

an official ⬩ officer ⬩ ruler ⬩ one who discharges the duties of a scír ⬩ an inhabitant of a district

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Gregorius befrán, hú þære scíre nama wǽre, ðe ða cnapan of álǽdde wǽron. Him man sǽde, ðæt ða scírmen wǽron Dere gehátene. Homl. Th. ii. 120, 33. as a technical English term = scír-geréfa. v. Stubbs' Const.

tíd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíd-líc, adj.
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Sume naman syndon temporalia, ðæt synd tídlíce, ða æteówiaþ tíman, 5; Zup. 14, 16

un-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gilde, adj.

Not entitled to wergild

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Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical name of the crime here referred to was forsteal (cf. si in via regia fiat assaltus super aliquem, forestel est, L. H.

Linked entries: or-gilde un-gylde

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic

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Chaucer's: Poure persoun dwellyng uppon land) wite his naman; mæg beón ðe glædre his heorte ðe hé sum þing hérof undergyte, Anglia viii. 317, 38. Ic wéne, lá, uplendisca preóst, ðæt ðú nyte hwæt beó atomos, 318, 14.

Linked entry: uppe-land

H

hail

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The name of the Runic letter was hægl hail Hægl byþ hwítust corna, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4; the forms accompanying the poem and given by Kemble are these, RUNE RUNE RUNE (see printed page)

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.
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Maria nam án pund deórwyrðre sealfe mid ðam wyrtgemange ðe hig nardus hátaþ Maria accepit libram ungenti nardi pistici preciosi, Jn. Skt. 12, 3. Wyrtgemang and alewan mixturam murrae et aloes, 19, 39. Myrre and gutta and cassia ...

be-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lífan, ic -lífe, ðú -lífest, -lífst, he -lífeþ, -lífþ; p. -láf, pl. -lifon; pp. -lifen

To remain ⬩ abide ⬩ to be left ⬩ superesse ⬩ manere ⬩ remanere

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Hí námon ðæt of ðám brytsenum beláf, seofon wilian fulle sustulerunt quod superaverat de fragmentis, septem sportas Mk. Bos. 8, 8

Linked entries: lífan lífan

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)

eofor

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. ¶ in local names. Efer-bróc, Eferæs cumb, Efer-dún, Eofor-sol, C. D. vi. 284, 285