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Anglo-Saxon

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hleów-hræscnes

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For forcæncednysse l. forsc[r]æncednys; e, and add:

hell-heoþo

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Wite þú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig (l. heoro-dreórig), Sat. 700. Add

leód-bisceop

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Cnut cyning grét his arceb and his leód-biscopas, Cht. E. 229, 18. Add

sméþan

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Se cræftga sceáwað and sméðað artifex considerat et limat, Gr. D. 283, 26. Add

sunna

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Æþele tungol . . . sunna and móne, 29, 37. Add

þurh-smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smirwan, þurh-smirian
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to anoint thoroughly Hé mid ele and mid crísman mé þurhsmyrede, Wlfst. 229, 3

Linked entry: smirwan

wacor

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Sið wiþerweardnes biþ untǽlu and wracu (wacru? v.l.), Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Add

weá-cwánian

(v.)
Grammar
weá-cwánian, p. ode

To lament, wail

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To lament, wail Deófla weácwánedon mán and moiður. Cd. Th. 284, 12; Sat. 320

Linked entry: cwánian

hearp-swég

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-swég, es; m.

The sound of the harp

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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss

brunge

(v.)
Grammar
brunge, pl. brungon; pp. brungen

broughtest, brought

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broughtest, brought, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 4; Gen. 651; p. and pp. of bringan

of-cumende

(adj.)

derivative

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derivative Eahta synd frumcennede, and seofan of-cumende, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 34

spell-bóc

(n.)

a book of homilies

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a book of homilies .i. full spelbóc wintres and sumeres, Chart. Th. 430, 21

þædres

(adv.)
Grammar
þædres, adv.

Thither

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MSS.) hither and thither, Past. 22; Swt. 169, 13

Linked entry: þideres

for-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þindan, pp. -þunden

To swell up

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To swell up Gif men sié maga ásúrod and forþunden, Lch. ii. 356, 11

Linked entries: þindan for-þunden

á-steóran

(v.)
Grammar
á-steóran, -stýran; p. de

To steerguidegovern

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To steer, guide, govern Þú ástýrst and wildest æallum þís middangearde, Shrn. 168, 9

Linked entry: á-stýran

áweg-ádrífan

(v.)
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Kmbl. 14, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484

Linked entries: lǽf

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Oft hit getímað þæt swýþe hefigtýme sacu and ungeþwǽrnessa (scandala gravia) on mynstre áspringað, R. Ben. 124, 3.

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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Add: stilled, instructed Wite þú, geráda preóst, Angl. viii. 330, 17. On ðám heofonlican life beóð ealle ful wise, and on gástlicre láre full geráde. Hml.

Linked entry: sam-rád

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfð on hire . . . gemynd and andgit and willa . . . . Of ðam willan. cumaþ geþó htas and word and weorc, ǽgðer ge yfele ge góde . . . þurh ðone willan heó wile swá hwæt swá hire lícaþ, Homl. Th. i. 288, 18-30.