brycgian
a bridge ⬩ To bridge, bridge over, make a bridge ⬩ pontem trajicere vel construere
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[brycg a bridge] To bridge, bridge over, make a bridge; pontem trajicere vel construere Sceal ís brycgian ice shall bridge over [water], Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 4; Gn. Ex. 73. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice bridged over the water-streams, Andr.
Linked entry: ge-brycgian
G
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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;
hrygile-búc
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Of ðam æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad. Chart. Th. 439, 26
hundseofontig-feald
Seventy-fold
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Seventy-fold Septuagesima is hundseofontigfeald getel, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 28: 86, 2
líht-ness
Lightness ⬩ brightness
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Lightness, brightness Se sunnandæg is wuldorlíc dæg and líhtnesse dæg, Wulfst. 230, 12
Persida
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Persia Tó ðam earde ðe is geháten Persida, Homl. Th. ii. 482, 2
sub-diácon
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A sub-deacon Hit is beboden subdiáconum and munecum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25
un-leahtorwirþe
Unblameable
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Unblameable Godes ǽ is swíðe unleahtorwyrðe lex Domini inreprehensibilis, Ps. Th. 18, 7
Aro-sǽte
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district) Arosǽtna landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 26
endeleás-lic
Endless ⬩ everlasting
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Endless, everlasting Heora yfel is egeslic and endeleáslic morð, Hml. S. 17, 154
ge-deád
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dead Dohter mín gedeád is filia mea defuncta est, Mt. L. 9, 18
Linked entry: deád
ge-défe
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What is seemly; seemliness, Gn. Ex. 189. [v. list.] Cf. ge-dafen; n
píp-dreám
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The Latin original is: Organa cantare audierit uicinas letitias. Cf. orgel-dreám. Add
sceaga
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In hǽðleáge sceagan ðǽr hé þynuest is, C. D. iii. 391, 15. Add
þrístness
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On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge is ǽlc þrýstnes (presumptionis occasio) forboden, Chrd. 45, 29. Add
hálsigend
An exorcist
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An exorcist Exorcista is hálsigend, L. Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6
oferstígend-líc
Superlative
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Superlative Sume synd superlativa, ðæt is oferstígendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 63
á-spinnan
to spin
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to spin Áspunnen is netum est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 15: 83, 22
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M
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When, however, m is not initial, the correspondence is not always maintained; thus, A. S. fíf, but Goth. fimf; A. S. sófte, O. H. Ger. samfto. Also for earlier fn is found mn, as in emn along with efn, Goth. ibn; stemn and stefn, Goth. stibna.
betera
BETTER ⬩ melior
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hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Mt. Bos. 12, 12 Hit is betre it is a better [thing], Wyc. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6
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