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brycgian

(v.)
Grammar
brycgian, p. ade; pp. ad

a bridgeTo bridge, bridge over, make a bridgepontem 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

(n.)
Grammar
hrygile-búc, es; m.
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Of ðam æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad. Chart. Th. 439, 26

hundseofontig-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundseofontig-feald, adj.

Seventy-fold

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Seventy-fold Septuagesima is hundseofontigfeald getel, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 28: 86, 2

líht-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líht-ness, e; f.

Lightnessbrightness

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Lightness, brightness Se sunnandæg is wuldorlíc dæg and líhtnesse dæg, Wulfst. 230, 12

Persida

(n.)
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Persia Tó ðam earde ðe is geháten Persida, Homl. Th. ii. 482, 2

sub-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
sub-diácon, es; m.
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A sub-deacon Hit is beboden subdiáconum and munecum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25

un-leahtorwirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leahtorwirþe, adj.

Unblameable

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Unblameable Godes ǽ is swíðe unleahtorwyrðe lex Domini inreprehensibilis, Ps. Th. 18, 7

Aro-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Aro-sǽte, Aro-sǽtan the name of an English people (
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district) Arosǽtna landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 26

endeleás-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
endeleás-lic, adj.

Endlesseverlasting

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Endless, everlasting Heora yfel is egeslic and endeleáslic morð, Hml. S. 17, 154

ge-deád

(adj.)
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dead Dohter mín gedeád is filia mea defuncta est, Mt. L. 9, 18

Linked entry: deád

ge-défe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-défe, (?), es; n. : <b>ge-défu (?);</b> f.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
hálsigend, es; m.

An exorcist

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An exorcist Exorcista is hálsigend, L. Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6

oferstígend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
oferstígend-líc, adj.

Superlative

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Superlative Sume synd superlativa, ðæt is oferstígendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 63

á-spinnan

(v.)

to spin

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to spin Áspunnen is netum est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 15: 83, 22

Linked entry: spinnan

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

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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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

Linked entry: betre