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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swǽs, adj.
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Th. 77, 67.Iohannes mid geswǽsum wordum ðæt folc tihte John exhorted the people with kind words, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34

lust-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lust-bǽre, adj.

desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable

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Ðás word sind lustbǽre tó gehýrenne these words are pleasant to hear, Homl. Th. i. 130, 16

mylen-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-steall, es; m.

A mill

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Mylenstall, 169, 9. v. next word

pílere

(n.)
Grammar
pílere, es; m.
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Voc. i. 34, 52. v. next word

sciccing

(n.)
Grammar
sciccing, a cloak, cape: — Scicing, scinccing, scicging
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Voc. i. 284, 64: ii. 13, 24. v. preceding word

stihtend

(n.)
Grammar
stihtend, es ; m.
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Th. 267, 23 ; Jul. 419. v. next word

tán-hlytere

(n.)
Grammar
tán-hlytere, es; m.

One who divines by casting lots

Entry preview:

Voc. i. 57, 41. v. preceding word

Linked entries: hlytere hlítere

swígness

(n.)
Grammar
swígness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 135, 14. and next word

wæter-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-berend, es; m.
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Gl. 427, 14. v. next word

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, adj.
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L. 26, 26. v. preceding word

byrgels-sang

(n.)
Grammar
byrgels-sang, es; m.
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Ox. 3504. an epitaph, v. preceding word

ge-þyldiglic

(adj.)
Entry preview:

., and see next word

Linked entry: -þyldiglic

girrettan

(v.)
Grammar
girrettan, gyrrettan
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See preceding word

Linked entry: gyrretynde

rúm-gifol

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See next word

seár

Grammar
seár, siére.
Entry preview:

See next word. Add

tindting

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Dele: the word seems only a bad reading of tyhting. Cf. Tyhtingce suasionis, An. Ox, 3382

toweht

(n.)
Entry preview:

The word occurs among terms connected with spinning and glosses calatum ( =calathus ? Calatum is explained in Du Cange by lignum piscatorum seu piscama e lignis con-fecta, a meaning which seems not to belong to the word here). Wrt.

hád-swǽpa

(n.)
Entry preview:

Voc. 52, 29. v. next word

self-myrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
self-myrþe, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 80, 2. v. next word

Linked entry: -myrþe

sin-trendende

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Gl. 408, 73. v. preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: sin-tredende

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