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Anglo-Saxon

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witer

(adj.)
Grammar
witer, witter; adj.

Knowing ⬩ wise

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Knowing, wise Hé wíslíce hine beþóhte, swá hé full witter wæs, Chr. 1067 ; Erl 204, 35

Linked entries: witran witter

ýþ-lida

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-lida, an; m.
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A wave-traverser, a ship Hé hét him ýðlidan gódne gegyrwan, Beo. Th. 399; B. 198

ymb-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-lǽdan, p. de
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10

birn-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
birn-sweord, es; n.
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A flaming sword God his byrnsweord getýhþ and þás world ealle þurhslyhþ, Bl. H. 109, 34

Linked entry: byrn-sweord

be-spanan

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Hé wile áwendan of rihtan geleáfan and be-spanan tó his unlárum, Wlfst. 95, 15. Add

efen-gelíc

(adj.)
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Substitute Efnegelíc hine dóende Gode aequalem se faciens Deo, Jn. p. 4, 9. v. next word

efen-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-hérian, l. -herian,
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and add Hergað Dryhten alle ðióde and efenhergað ( conlaudate ) hine alle folc, Ps. Srt. 116, 1

féster-módor

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Lǽswede heó hire féstermódor sceápum, Shrn. 101, 15. Add

fore-boda

(n.)
Grammar
fore-boda, (for-), an; m.

A herald ⬩ crier

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A herald, crier Þæt syndan forbodan and Antecrístes þrǽlas þe his weg rýmað, Wlfst. 55, 8

Linked entry: boda

cyrographum

(n.)
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a writ Mid his úpstige is ádýlegod þæt cyrographum úre geniðerunge, Hml. Th. i. 300, 5

gehát-land

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Gelǽddum his folce tó þám gehátlande perducto ad terram repromissionis populo, Gr. D. 204, 12. Add

Linked entry: behát-land

ge-teágan

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Add: — Him mon selle leóhte wyrtdrencas swilce swá bið wel geteád alwe, Lch. ii. 226, 14

in-dígolness

(n.)
Grammar
in-dígolness, e; f.
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A secret place Hé ásette ðýstro his indiégelnesse posuit tenebras latibulum suum, Ps. Rdr. 17, 12

Íren-síd

(n.)
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epithet of Edmund Eádmund cing Írensíd wæs geclypod for his snellscipe, Chr. 1057 ; P. 187, 36

Linked entry: -síd

mittan

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þá heó eft cóm, þá mitte heó hire cild lifiende and gesund, Shrn. 32, 15. Add

under-niman

Grammar
under-niman, <b>. II.</b> l.
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Se fæder gelǽrde ꝥ mǽden, and hió þá láre deóplíce undernam, Hml. S. 33, 28. Add

un-lǽdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽdlic, adj.
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Miserable Þá Iúdéas bǽdon swíde unlǽdlicre béne,swá him syþþan eall unlǽdlic on becwóm. . Nap. 65

Linked entry: lǽd-lic

un-weder

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Gif þá unwedru his ne forwyrnað si sterilitas impedimentum non fecerit temporis, Chrd. 15, 16. Add

mann-cwild

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Ic ðæc biddo ðæt. . . him fiónd ne sceððe, ne hungor, ne monncwild, Shrn. 73, 5. Add

mann-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-swǽs, adj.
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Gentle, meek Hé lǽrð ðá manswǽsan (mansuetos) wegas his, Ps. Rdr. 24, 9. Cf. mann-þwǽre

Linked entry: swǽs

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