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æd-

(prefix)
Grammar
æd-, prefixed to words, denotes

Anew ⬩ again

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Anew, again, as the Latin re- Æd-sceaft re-generation

cild-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
cild-geong, adj.

Young as a child ⬩ infans

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Young as a child; infans. Andr. Kmbl. 1369; An. 685

gystigan

(v.)

to lodge ⬩ to abide as a guest ⬩ hospitari

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to lodge, to abide as a guest; hospitari Scint. 47

cniht-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
cniht-geong, adj.

Young as a child; ⬩ puerilis

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Young as a child; puerilis Elen. Kmbl. 1276; El. 640

hund-eahtatig

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Add: as (singular) substantive Þæs folceshim eóde on hundeahtatig burga, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 15. Heacute; hund-eahtatig scipa gegaderade, 4, 6 ; S. 170, 34. II. as adj. Hund*-*eahtatigon síðon octuagies, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 5

eal-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.

ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ simĭlĭter, sīcut

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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22. Ðá cwæþ he ealswá to ðám óðrum dixit simĭlĭter

Linked entries: swá al-swá eall-swá

dyppan

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Dele the forms given as cognates, and see dípan

hrére-mús

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Hrýremús stelio (read as vespertilio?), Kent. Gl. 1110. Add

sam-

(prefix)
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as a prefix denotes agreement, combination, -rád, -winnende, -wist

Linked entries: -rád som-

efen-blíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-blíþe, adj.
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Rejoicing with another Ne wépað git mé ná swá ic deád sý, ac beóð mé efenblíðe weep not for me as if I were dead, but rejoice with me (rejoice as I do), Shrn. 56, 19. [ Icel. jafn-blíðr.]

cyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn-líc, adj. [cyn suitable, fit]

Becoming, fitting ⬩ dĕcōrus

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Becoming, fitting; dĕcōrus Suilce iów cynlíc þynce as to you may seem fitting, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 461, 36. Swá him rihtlíc and cynlíc þince as to them may seem just and becoming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 493, 12

hwæl-hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-hunta, an; m.

whale-fisher ⬩ whaler

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A whale-hunter, whale-fisher, whaler Hwælhunta cetarius, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12

Linked entry: hunta

ágend-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ágend-líce, adv.

Properly ⬩ as his own ⬩ proprie

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Properly, as his own; proprie, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 42

gafol-bere

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-bere, es; m.

Barley paid as rent

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Barley paid as rent Threó pund gauolbæres, Th. Chart. 145, 2

Linked entry: bere-gafol

ge-sciran

(v.)

to act as a steward ⬩ vilicare

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to act as a steward; vilicare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 2

Linked entry: scíran

ende-byrdlic

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Endebredlices originalis (misread by glosser as ordinalis?), Rtl. 109, 27. Add

tonwinto

adlido

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The word occurs as a gloss to adlido, Txts. 39, 79

lác-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lác-líc, adj.

Sacrifcial

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Sacrifcial, having the nature of a sacrifice or offering Swá oft swá hí offrodon ða láclícan lác ðe ðá gewunelíce wǽron as often as they offered the sacrificial offerings that were then customary, L. Ælfc. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 18

lǽr-gedéfe

(v.; adj.)
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Leorna láre lǽr gedéfe wene ðec in wísdóm. Exon. 806; Th. 303, 31; Fä. 61. In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian

Linked entry: ge-défe

mannian

(v.)
Grammar
mannian, p. ode

To supply with men ⬩ to garrison

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To supply with men, to garrison Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton every one of them went to his castle and garrisoned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16