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Anglo-Saxon

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cæfester

(n.)
Grammar
cæfester, es; m?
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A halter, head-stall; capistrum, Cot. 31: 33

forþ-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen

To blow forth ⬩ belch out ⬩ eructāre

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To blow forth, belch out; eructāre, Cot. 78

fóster-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-bearn, féster-bearn, es; n.

A FOSTER-BEARN or child ⬩ ălumnus

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A FOSTER-BEARN or child; ălumnus, Cot. 9

Linked entry: féster-bearn

frǽ-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
frǽ-mǽre, -mére; adj.

Very great ⬩ famous ⬩ excellent ⬩ egrĕgius ⬩ exĭmius

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Cot. 77

freóls-geár

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-geár, -gér, es; n.

A feast-year ⬩ jubilee ⬩ annus jubĭlæus

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Cot. 106

fylging

(n.)
Grammar
fylging, e; f.

That which follows ⬩ a harrow ⬩ occa

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Cot. 143

ge-ænged

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ænged, part. [ænge narrow, troubled, anxious]

Troubled ⬩ anxious ⬩ anxius

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Troubled, anxious; anxius Ge-ængedu anxia, Cot. 18

gold-fell

(n.)
Grammar
gold-fell, es; n.
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Gold skin, gold leaf; bractea, Cot. 24, Lye

Linked entry: gold-fyll

gelde

(adj.)
Grammar
gelde, adj.

That has yeaned ⬩ brought forth ⬩ effeta

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That has yeaned, brought forth; effeta, Cot. 75

ge-scǽnednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scǽnednes, -scǽningnes, se; f.

A dashing together, a breaking ⬩ collisio

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A dashing together, a breaking; collisio, Cot. 59

hǽmed-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-wíf, es; n.

A married woman ⬩ uxor, matrona

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A married woman; uxor, matrona, Cot. 136, Lye

compung

(n.)
Grammar
compung, e; f.

A combating ⬩ fighting ⬩ contest ⬩ pugna ⬩ concertatio

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A combating, fighting, contest; pugna, concertatio Cot. 49

crohh

(n.)

a pitcher ⬩ legythum ⬩ lagena ⬩ ampulla

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a pitcher; legythum, lagena, vel ampulla Cot. 119

ge-tǽsnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽsnes, se; f.

An opportunity ⬩ a saving ⬩ placing ⬩ commoditas,

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An opportunity, a saving, placing; commoditas, Cot. 55

æling

(n.)

weariness ⬩ tædium

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Cot; Rawl. viii. notes, line 10

a-scilian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scilian, p. ede; pp. ed [a from, scel a shell]

To take off the shell ⬩ to shell ⬩ enucleare

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To take off the shell, to shell; enucleare, Cot. 171

Linked entry: a-scyled

aweg-alúcan

(v.)
Grammar
aweg-alúcan, [aweg away, alúcan to lock out, separate]

To shut or lock out ⬩ to separate ⬩ discludere

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To shut or lock out, to separate; discludere, Cot. 67

a-wringan

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

To wring out ⬩ to squeeze out ⬩ express ⬩ exprimere

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To wring out, to squeeze out, express; exprimere, Cot. 196

Linked entry: a-wrungen

beer

(n.)

a bier ⬩ bed

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a bier, bed, Cot. 23 : Jn. Lind. War. 5, 8

be-hæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
be-hæfednes, -ness, e; f.

A detention ⬩ care ⬩ conservatio

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A detention, care; conservatio Behæfednes fæsten sparingness, parsimony Cot. 191

Linked entry: fæsten-behæfednes

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