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Anglo-Saxon

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be-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
be-fleán, p. -flóg, pl. -flógon; pp. -flagen

To flay ⬩ to skin ⬩ take off the skin or bark ⬩ decorticare

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To flay, to skin, or take off the skin or bark; decorticare, Cot. 62

Linked entry: be-flagen flǽsc

telg-berend

(n.)
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that which produces a dye Tæl(g)berend ostriger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 72

wyrttrumian

(v.)
Grammar
wyrttrumian, p. ode
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To take root Séd wyrtrumiaþ (wyrtrymaþ, Rush.) semen germinet, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 27

frætwian

(v.)
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Take here frættewian in Dict., and add Frætwian comere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 47

ge-medummicel

(adj.)
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Take here passage under <b>ge-medmicel</b> in Dict

Linked entry: medum-micel

ge-barian

(v.)
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to bare, take the covering off Gebarudre róde nudata cruce, Angl. xiii. 419, 766

ge-wemmedlíce

(adv.)
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Take here <b>ge-wemmodlíce</b> in Dict., and add

Linked entry: -wemmedlíce

ge-wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wiltan, p. te
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Take here <b>ge-wæltan</b> in Dict

sige-fæst

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Add Se feónd biþ sóna áfyrht for ðám sigefæstan tácne, Hml. S. 27, 154

hilde-wrǽsen

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-wrǽsen, e; f.

A chain used to secure those taken in war [?].

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A chain used to secure those taken in war [?]. Salm. Kmbl. 586; Sal. 292

Linked entry: wrǽsen

ge-hédan

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For 'to acquire, . . . seize' substitute to take charge or possession of, to take, have. In Met. 27, 15 gehende is to be read rather than gehéde. v. ge-hendan. Dele

brún-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
brún-wyrt, brúne-wyrt, e; f.

BROWNWORT or water-betony ⬩ scrofularia aquatica ⬩ wood-betony or brownwort ⬩ scrofularia nodosa

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Genim brúne wyrt take brownwort, 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 9, 13: 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 5: 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 16. wood-betony or brownwort; scrofularia nodosa [Genim] ða brúnan wyrt brádleáfan, sió weaxeþ on wuda take the broad-leafed brownwort, which

Linked entry: bran-wyrt

ge-onfenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-onfenge, adj.

Taken

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Taken Án geonfenge biþ una assumetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 35

Linked entry: on-fenge

tæppa

(n.)
Grammar
tæppa, or tæppe, an; m. or f.

A band, ribbon, tape

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A band, ribbon, tape Tæppan tenia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 63

æt-feorrian

(v.)
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to take away Ná ætfeorra þú non auferas, Scint. 160, 7

dryht

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Take here last two passages given under driht-ealdor in Dict

cyneþrym-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cyneþrym-lic, adj.
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Very glorious Swíðe cyneþrymlica tácen him beforan samod síðedon, Nap. 15

ge-cípan

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Take here ge-cépan and ge-cýpan in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: ge-ceápian ge-cýpan

hwirfere

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfere, a changer, an exchanger.
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Take here <b>hwerfere</b> in Dict

myrgan

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Take here mirgan, and add: [v. N. E. D. merry ; vb. ]

Linked entries: mirgan mirgan

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