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Anglo-Saxon

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wylf

(n.)
Grammar
wylf, e; f.

A she-wolf

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Fǽddæ hiǽ wylif in Rómæcæstri, 127, 2

wýsc

(n.)
Grammar
wýsc, es; m.
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Choice Ðá him wiisc [wúsc?] seald wæs optione data, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 40

Linked entry: wúsc-bearn

beód-láf

(n.)
Grammar
beód-láf, e; f.
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Food remaining after a meal Sylle hé earmum mannum his beódláfa, Bl. H. 53, 13

Linked entry: láf

for-geara

(adv.)
Grammar
for-geara, for-geare; adv.

Very well

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Very well Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige, Hml. S. 23, 556

ge-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wíte, es; n.
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Punishment, torment Þæt hé him ásecge on hwilcum gewíte ic eom, Solil. H. 68, 5

neahhige

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Ús neahge wearð gecýðed hú Gúðlác his in Godes willan mód gerehte, Gú. 64. Add

of-weorpan

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Iúdéas hine (Stephen) mid stánum ofwurpon (af-, Shrn. 31, 34), Mart. H. 6, 24. Add

óret-lof

(n.)
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triumph For his wuldorfullan sige óretlofes propter eius gloriosissimi uictioriam triumphi, Angl. xiii. 400, 497

setl-hrægl

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Hé geann Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw. 23, 15. Add

snel-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
snel-scipe, es; m.
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Boldness, bravery Eádmund cing Írensíd wæs geclypod for his snellscipe, Chr. 1057; P. 187, 36

twædding

(n.)
Grammar
twædding, e; f.
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Hig mid twæddingum beswícan eos adulationibus decipere, 62, 23

un-hálwendlic

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Rdr. 290, 33. not salutary Þaelig;t is (his, MS.))

Linked entry: hálwend-lic

weorold-camp

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-Gif hwilc preósthádes manna hine gebeóde silfne tó woroldcampe (militię seculari), Chrd. 97, 8. Add

rúmian

(v.)
Grammar
rúmian, ode
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To get free from encumbrance Ðonne rúmaþ him sóna se innaþ, Lchdm. i. 76, 13

Linked entry: rúm

ǽ-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæstlíce, adv.

Religiously

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Religiously Lifde hé ǽfestlíce his líf religiosam gerens vitam, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 10

on-rísan

(v.)

to arise

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to arise Mín yrre onríst ongén hig irascetur furor meus contra eum, Deut. 31, 17

on-stépan

(v.)

to raise

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to raise Onstép mínne hige in gearone rǽd, Exon. Th. 454, 25; Hy. 4, 38

onweg-gewitenness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-gewitenness, e; f.

Going forth, departure

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Going forth, departure Æfter his onweggewitenesse ( abscessum ) of Breotene, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 12

forðmest

(adv.)
Grammar
forðmest, adv.

First

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First Cueð tó ðǽm apostolum and biscopum æfter him forðmest, Mt. L. 10, 8 note

frum-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
frum-slǽp, es; m. (not f.)
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Hé on þǽre ylcan nihte æfter his frumslǽpe clypode, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 5. Add

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