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Anglo-Saxon

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ís-earn

(n.)
Grammar
ís-earn, es; m.
Entry preview:

Ísen alcion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 44: alchior, 7, ll

Linked entry: earn

ísen-feter

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-feter, ísen-fetor
Entry preview:

an iron fetter Isenfetor bolus, Wrt. Voc. ii. lo, 58. ísenfeter, i. 288, 6. v. isern-feter

Linked entry: ísern-feter

ís-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
ís-ceald, adj.

Ice-cold

Entry preview:

Ice-cold Ísceald sǽ, Exon. 81 b ; Th. 306, 28; Seef. 14: 307. 5; Seef. 19: Bt. Met. Fox 27, 6; Met. 27, 3

ís-gebind

(n.)
Grammar
ís-gebind, es; n.
Entry preview:

A bond of ice Winter ýðe beleác ísgebinde winter locked up the wave with icy bond, Beo. Th. 2270; B. 1133

Linked entry: ge-bind

ís-gicel

Similar entry: GICEL

ís-mere

(n.)
Grammar
ís-mere, es ; m.
Entry preview:

A mere covered with ice Scíneþ sunne sóna ísmere weorþeþ tó wætre the sun shines, at once the icy lake turns to water, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 123; Met. 28, 62

æðel-íc

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
æðel-íc, -íce. v. æþel-
ic, -
íce.

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æþel-ic

Grammar
æþel-ic, æþel-lic.
Entry preview:

Þǽre æþelican inlustris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 75. Add

íðe

(adj.)
Grammar
íðe, adj.

Easy ⬩ pleasant

Entry preview:

Easy, pleasant Nó ðæt ýðe byþ tó befleónne that is not easy to flee from, Beo. Th. 2009; B. 1002 : 4822; B. 2415.

æt-eom

Grammar
æt-eom, -eart, -is, -ys [æt at, eom am]

I am present ⬩ adsurn

Entry preview:

I am present; adsurn Ðæt ríp æt-is [æt-ys, Jun.] adest messis, Mk. Bos. 4, 29

Linked entries: æt-is æt-ys

ísen-panna

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-panna, -panne, an ; m. f.

A fryinig-pan

Entry preview:

A fryinig-pan Ísenpanna sartago, Wrt. Voc. 82, 68. Ísenpanne, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 94; Wrt. Voc. 25, 34

brand-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
brand-ísen, es; n. [brand II.
a burning
, ísen
iron
]

a burning ⬩ iron ⬩ A BRANDING-IRON, a tripod; ⬩ andena, tripes

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A BRANDING-IRON, a tripod; andena, tripes Brandísen andena vel tripes, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 77; Wrt. Voc. 27, 7: 82, 54

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

bræd-ísen

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bræd-ísen, bred-ísern, es; n. [bræd, p. of bredan; ísen, ísern, iron]

scalprum, scalpellum

Entry preview:

scalprum, scalpellum ; A scraping or graving tool, file, Brædísen scal- prum, scalpellum, Cot. 173. Bredísern scalpellum, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 28

Linked entry: bred-ísern

bræd-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
bræd-ísen, brǽd-ísen ?.
Entry preview:

.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long

toren-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
toren-íge, adj.

Blear-eyed

Entry preview:

Wiþ eágena sár, ðæt is ðonne ðæt hwá torníge (toraneáge, MS. B.) sý ad lippitudinem oculorum, Lchdm. i. 108, 23. Wið eágena sáre, ðæt ys ðæt wé cwéðaþ torníge (-ége, MS. H.) ad epiphoras oculorum, 156, 18

Linked entries: toran-eáge torn-íge

ísen-græf

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-græf, es; m.
Entry preview:

An ironstone quarry On tsengrafas ; oi isen-grafan, C. D. v. 234, 30. Cf. Isern-ðre

án-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-íge, -ígge; adj.

One-eyed

Entry preview:

One-eyed Áníge luscus. Cot. 122. Gif he hí gedó ánígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25

Linked entries: án-eága ǽn-íge

ár-ing

(n.)
Grammar
ár-ing, árung, e ; f.

Honour ⬩ respect ⬩ honoratio

Entry preview:

Honour, respect; honoratio Búton áringe without honour, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 41

delf-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
delf-ísen, es; n.

A digging-iron, spade ⬩ fossōrium

Entry preview:

A digging-iron, spade; fossōrium Costere vel delfísen vel spadu vel pal fossōrium, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 40; Wrt. Voc. 16, 14: Cot. 90

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