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Anglo-Saxon

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fore-bodere

(n.)
Grammar
fore-bodere, es; m.

A herald ⬩ crier ⬩ praeco

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A herald, crier; praeco Forebodere praeconium, Rtl. 48, 10. Foreboderas praecones, 194, 1

Linked entry: bodere

ge-stala

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For 'A thief' substitute: One who thieves with another, an accomplice in theft

ge-býran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býran, (?) to furnish with gebúras,
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colonize Gebýrdum gemǽre colono fine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 26. Cf. á-búrod

Linked entries: -býran ge-býred

ge-clipung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-clipung, e; f.
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A calling, cry, an appeal Gecleopunga þearfan deprecationem pauperis, Ps. L. 21, 25

Linked entry: clipung

gewyrt-box

(n.)
Grammar
gewyrt-box, es, m.
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A scent-box, smelling-box Gewyrtboxas oþþe stencfatu olfactariola An. Ox. 8, 299

Linked entry: box

gód-líf

(n.)
Grammar
gód-líf, es; n.
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A good, virtuous life Waltear swíðe gðdlífes man, Chr. 1095; P. 232, 5

gróp

(n.)
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a ditch, drain Groop scropis, Txts. 115, 150. [v. N. E. D. groop.]

Linked entry: grep

hunig-binn

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-binn, e; f.
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A receptacle for honey Man sceal habban . . . hýfa, hunigbinna, Angl. ix. 264, 15

Linked entry: bin

hlóþere

(n.)

a robber

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a robber. Hlóþere praedo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 43. For 'praedator . . . Lye' substitute

hwíte-gós

(n.)
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a white goose Hwítegós anser Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 14: ii. 7, 60

Linked entry: gós

mǽr-cumb

(n.)
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a boundary cumb In mǽrcumb ; of ðám cumbe, C. D. iii. 399, 7

Linked entry: cumb

mǽr-ford

(n.)
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a boundary ford In mǽrford ; of ðan forda, C. D. v. 126, 32

norþ-hilde

(n.)
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a north-slope Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan, C. D. iii. 418, 25: 33

norþ-sciphere

(n.)
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a northern fleet Wæs Legeceasterscír gehergod fram Norðsciphere, Chr. 980; P. 124, 10

Linked entry: scip-here

ofer-gyldan

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Ofergylded, Jn. p. 188, 5. On ofergyldum reáfe, Hml. A. 28, 108. Add

pǽl

(n.)
Grammar
pǽl, es; m.
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A javelin Pǽlas pila, An. Ox. 19, 3. [From Latin palus?]. Cf. pál

pól-bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
pól-bǽr, e; f.
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Pasture-land by a pool On monnes pólbǽre, C. D. iii. 415, 5

reáda

Grammar
reáda, In l. 2 read
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extales, and add: A tonsil Reádan toleam, Lch. i. lxxii, 5: lxxiv, 28

sal-warp

Grammar
sal-warp, v. sealt-wearp.
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Dele this entry. The word is a river name, the Salwarpe in Worcestershire

Linked entry: sal-warp

scip-liþ

(n.)
Grammar
scip-liþ, es, n.
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A naval force Ꝥ sciplið gewende tó Legeceastre, Chr. 1055; P. 186, 18

Linked entry: liþ

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