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flíming

(n.)
Grammar
flíming, es; m.

A fugitivean exileoutlaw

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A fugitive, a banished person, an exile, outlaw Flými[u]g profugus i. expulsus. An. Ox. 2965

sýl-beám

(n.)
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36

wæter-geblǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-geblǽd,

a blister with water in it(?); ora blister made by boiling water(?),

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a blister with water in it(?); or a blister made by boiling water(?), Lchdm. iii. 36, 21

wæter-ýþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ýþ, e; f.

A wave of water, a wave

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A wave of water, a wave Beorh wunode on wonge wæterýðum neáh, Beo. Th. 4477;B. 2242

ǽ-sellend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sellend, es; m.

A law-giver

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A law-giver Se mǽra ǽsyllend Móyses, Hml. A. 24, 13. Ǽsellend legislatorem, Ps. L. 9, 21

Linked entry: sellend

hǽðen-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-cyning, es; m.

A heathen king

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A heathen king Herige hǽðencyninga a band of heathen kings, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 13; Dan. 54

gang-stól

(n.)
Grammar
gang-stól, es; m.

A stool, seat

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A stool, seat of a privy Beþige mon þone bæc-þearm on gongstóle, Lch. ii. 236, 7

Linked entry: gang-setl

bróder

(n.)

a brother

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a brother Bróder sune a brother's son, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 27; Wrt. Voc. 51, 71

wince

(n.)
Grammar
wince, an; f.

A winch

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A winch: Wince gigrillus (= girgillus; cf. girgillus a reel, Wülck. Gl. 586, 30), Wrt. Voc. 42, 29

Cone-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cone-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f.

Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario

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Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle; oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario N. Som. Ben. Lye

hláf-ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-ǽta, an; m.

A loaf-eater, domestic, servant

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A loaf-eater, domestic, servant Ceorles hláfǽta a 'ceorl's' servant, L. Ethb. 25; Th. i. 8, 10

Linked entries: ǽta hláf-brytta

wíg-hép

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hép, es; m.

A war-troopa band of warriors

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A war-troop, a band of warriors Is mín fletwerod, . wígheáp gewanod, Beo. Th. 958; B. 477

stód-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
stód-þeóf, es; m.

One who steals from a stud, a horse-stealer

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One who steals from a stud, a horse-stealer, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 5

bed-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cláþ, es; m.

A bed-coveringpl., bed-clothes

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A bed-covering; pl., bed-clothes Heó bewand ꝥ bodig mid ðám beddcláðum, Hml. A. 111, 306

C

Grammar
C, In Gothic and Icelandic C is entirely wanting, being always represented by k. It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxons have seldom made use of k; but, following the Latin, have preferred the use of c.
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the letter c is found as an initial, medial, and final. — As an initial letter it corresponds to the Gothic amd Icelandic k; as, — A. Sax. corn corn, Goth. karn, Icel. korn; A; Sax. ceósan to choose, Goth. kiusan, Icel. kjósa. As a

tygel

(n.)
Grammar
tygel, es; m.

A strap to draw witha trace

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A strap to draw with, a trace Tigel tractorium (cf.tractorium a trays, Wülck. Gl. 617, 7), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 314, 16. Tiȝel tractorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 92, 74. Þe reines oþer þe tiels. Trev. 4, 77

Linked entries: tigel tigl

ge-swinc

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Take here ge-swincg in Dict., and add: with respect to action labour of body or mind, toil, hard work: — Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlic gesuinc, and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten multo labore sudatum est, Past. 269, 12. Hú hefig ðæt twiefalde gesuinc (duplicitatis

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vilefilthyunseemlyhatefulabominableworthlessuselessturpisdetestābilisindĕcōrus

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Vile, filthy, unseemly, hateful, abominable, worthless, useless; turpis, detestābilis, indĕcōrus Is úser líf fracoþ and gefrǽge our life is vile and infamous, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 10; Dan. 304: Salm. Kmbl. 67; Sal. 34: Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 33; Cri. 195.

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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To take, grasp, seize, catch, apprehend, capture Lǽdeþ hine and læceþ and hine geond land spaneþ leadeth and taketh him, and through the land lures him, Salm. Kmbl. 989; Sal. 496. Hí læccaþ of manna begeatum hwæt hí gefón mágen eallswá gýfre hremnas

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-mána

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mána, an; m. [ge-mǽne communis]

Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunctioncommunio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus

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Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction; communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus Giféon we on ðone gemánan Godes and manna and on ðone gemánan ðæs brýdguman and ðære brýde

Linked entry: ge-mánna