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Anglo-Saxon

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cáma

(n.)
Grammar
cáma, an; m.
Entry preview:

A bit Mid brídle and mid cáman in freno et camo, Ps. Th. 31, 11

dǽd-lata

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-lata, an; m.
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One slow to act, a sluggard Oft daedlata dómę foręldit sigisítha gahuém, Txts. 152, 8

Linked entry: lata

ed-staþeliend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-staþeliend, ed-staþeligend, es; m.
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A restorer Hé is þín edstaþeligend, Hml. S. 5, 201. v. ge-edstaþeli(g)end

efen-irfeweard

(n.)
Grammar
efen-irfeweard, es; m.
Entry preview:

A co-heir Efnyrfeweard coheres, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 41. Efenyrfeweardum coheredibus, Scint. 30, 8

Linked entries: efen-yrfeweard irfe-weard

fearn-edisc

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-edisc, es; n.

A fern-pasture

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A fern-pasture On sacecumb, swá on fearn*-*edisc, C. D. B. i. 519, 2

Linked entries: edisc fearn-lǽs

fore-gidd

(n.)
Grammar
fore-gidd, -gedd

a proverb

Entry preview:

a proverb Foregeddum (geddum, L.) nán ðú cweðes prouerbium nullum dicis, Jn. R. 16, 29

fore-cneóres

(n.)

progenies

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glosses progenies Of forecneówresse on forecneóressa a progenie in progenies, Ps. Rdr. p. 296, 50

cyne-strǽt

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Substitute: The king's highway, a high road Cyne*-*strǽte puplicum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 16

ge-métend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métend, es; m.
Entry preview:

One who finds out, an inventor, a discoverer Onfindend and gemétend inuentor, Germ. 391, l

Linked entry: -métend

ge-teohhung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teohhung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Determination, ordinance Hé wiste ꝥ hit æfter his geteohhunge ágán sceolde, Hml. A. 154, 69

ge-dícan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to make a dic On ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6

Linked entry: dícan

ge-freógend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-freógend, ge-frígend, es; m.
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A liberator Gefrígend (gefreógynd, Ps. Spl. C. ) liberator, Ps. Srt. 17, 49, 3 : 39, 18

Linked entry: freógend

ge-cryppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cryppan, p. te
Entry preview:

To crook a finger, close the hand Genim gecrypte hand fulle, Lch. ii. 276, 13

Linked entry: cryppan

grynel

(n.)
Grammar
grynel, es; m.
Entry preview:

Add: A swelling in the neck Grynlas toles, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 60. Cf. cyrnel

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
Entry preview:

A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

Linked entry: swealwe

hǽt

(n.)
Grammar
hǽt, heat.
Entry preview:

For forms that might be taken as oblique cases of such a nominative see hǽtu

healding

(n.)
Grammar
healding, e; f.

Holding

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Holding, keeping of a command In haldinge in custodiendo (sermones tuos), Ps. Srt. 118, 9

hell-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
hell-wiht, e; f.
Entry preview:

A creature of hell Engla þrym and helwihta hryre and eorðan forwyrd, Wlfst. 186, 2

hláf-ofen

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-ofen, hláf-ofn, es; m.
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An oven for baking bread Fornum hláfofn, a farre dictum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 65

Linked entry: ofen

hof-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hof-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Pertaining to a court or palace Tó hoflican geseton ad palatinas zetas An. Ox. 2996

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