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Anglo-Saxon

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brýd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
brýd-líc, adj.

Bridal ⬩ nuptialis

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Stv. 22, 12

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Þá eorþlican helpas dón terrena subsidia prebere, Chrd. 66, 22. a place, a refuge: Stán help ílum petra refugium herenacis, Ps.

Linked entry: helpe

a-swópen

(v.; part.)

swept ⬩ cleaned

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Stv. 12, 44

a-weorpnis

(n.)
Grammar
a-weorpnis, -niss, e; f.

A casting of ⬩ putting away ⬩ divorce ⬩ repudium

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Stv. 19, 7

Linked entry: a-worpenes

fælniss

(n.)
Grammar
fælniss, e; f.

An offence ⬩ scandălum

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Stv. 18, 7

bifgende

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
bifgende, bifigende

trembling

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Rush, Stv. 8, 14

bær-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
bær-synnig, -sinnig, -suinnih, -sunig; adj. [bær bare, open; synnig sinful, wicked]

Openly-wicked ⬩ an open or public sinner ⬩ a publican ⬩ apertus vel publicus peccator ⬩ publicanus

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Stv. 18, 17: 21, 32: Mk. Lind. War. 2, 16: Lk. Lind. War. 15, 1: Mt. Lind. Stv. 9, 10

Linked entries: bear-swinig synnig beor-swinig

el-þiód

(n.)
Grammar
el-þiód, e; f.

A foreign nation

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Stv. 21, 33

æd-wítan

To reproach ⬩ exprobare

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Stv. 27, 44

ceawl

(n.)
Grammar
ceawl, ceaul

a basket ⬩ cophinus

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Stv. 14, 20: Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43

stybb

(n.)
Grammar
stybb, stubb, stebb, es; m.
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A stub, stump of a tree:?-Stybb stirps, Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 10. Ðes stybb hic stirps, 9, 58; Zup. 68, 8. Styb, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 57; 80, 33. Treówwes steb stipes, 17, 7. Mid stybbe mid ealle stirpitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 239, 8.

Linked entries: æsc-stybb steb stubb

a-sterfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sterfan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause death ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ necare ⬩ eradicare

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Stv. 15, 13

Linked entry: a-styrfan

elcur

(adv.)
Grammar
elcur, adv.

Otherwise ⬩ alias

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Stv. 6, 1: 9, 17: Lk. Lind. War. 5, 37

biaþ

(v.)
Grammar
biaþ, bióþ

are ⬩ for

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Stv. 26, 31; Similar entries pl. pres. of bión = beón

be-táht

(v.; part.)

betrothed

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Stv. 1, 18 = be-tǽht; Similar entries pp. of be-tǽcan II

stal-gang

(n.)
Grammar
stal-gang, es; m.
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A stealthy step Deáð neálǽcte, stóp stalgongum, sóhte sáwelhús, Exon. Th. 170, 17; Gú. 1113

beaftan

(v.)
Grammar
beaftan, beaftian; p. beaftode, beafte, pl. beaftodon, beafton; pp. beaftod

To lament ⬩ lamentare

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Stv. 11, 17

Linked entries: beóftun hafetian hand-bæftian

stód-hors

(n.)
Grammar
stód-hors, es ; n.
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A stud-horse Gyf mon mǽte ðæt hé feola stód*-*horsa habbe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 5

dépan

(v.)
Grammar
dépan, p.te ; pp.ed

To dip, baptize ⬩ baptizāre

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Stv. 3, 11

ymb-styrian

(v.)
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to stir about, upset Ymbstyreþ ðæt hús evertit domum Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 8

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