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Anglo-Saxon

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geán-nis

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Gl. 513 substitute Geánnysse obuiam (in sponsi obuiam subuolas, Ald. 65), An. Ox. 4610

féþé-here

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Féþehere felethi (= Pelethi, Ald. 11, 37), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 45: 148, 32: An. Ox. 776. Add

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feþer-cræft

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Feþercræfte plumario (arte plumaria, Ald. 15, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. For 'Som. Ben. Lye' substitute

heald-ness

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Ald. 25, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 71. Add:

for-gef

Grammar
for-gef, = for-geaf, the perf. also for for-gif, the impert. of for-gifan

to give ⬩ forgive

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to give, forgive, Andr. Kmbl. 971; An. 486: Ps. C. 50, 45; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 45: 50, 63; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 63: 50, 139; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 139: 50, 154; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 154

hirting

(n.)
Grammar
hirting, e; f.
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Refreshing treatment Hyrtinge fotu (medicus ... putrida fibrarum procurans ulcera fotu, Ald. 150, 16), An. Ox. 17, 10

Pierisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Pierisc, adj.
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Ald. 182, 31) (printed pueriscan puerio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 48

sceadwung

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Add: something affording shade Sceadewunge umbraculo (furvo facessante veteris instrumenti umbraculo, Ald. 8, 1), An. Ox. 438

áþ-swerian

(v.)

to curse

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devotabant (se,Ald. 38, 19), Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 48. (?)

be-byrd

to fringe ⬩ border

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Ald. 77, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 46

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); pl.
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[Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

ge-scrif

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Ox. 3037 (Ald. 41, 27)), 33, 12. a prescribed practice, rite, ceremony Gescrifu, dómas ceremonias (cf. gentilitatis cerimonias hǽþenscipes bígengcas, An. Ox. 2624 (Ald. 35, 36)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 54

feax-eácas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eácas, feax-eáca, an; m.

A forelock

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A forelock Loccas oððe feaxeácan antiae frontis (calamistro crispantur, Ald. 77, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 66. Substitute:

ge-hiérsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hiérsum, adj.

Obedient ⬩ obĕdiens

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Obedient; obĕdiens Hie him alle gehiérsume dydon they made all obedient to him, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 11

lád-rinc

Grammar
lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

wiþer-winn

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winn, es; n.

Contest ⬩ conflict

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Contest, conflict Wiþerwinnes exercitationis (qui laboriosi certaminis coronam difficillimis propriae exercitationis viribus nanciscuntur, Ald. 2), Hpt. Gl. 405, 20

mǽl-sceafa

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Mǽlscaua a caterpillar (described thus : Centenis pedibus gradior per gramina ruris, Ald. 272, 33), An. Ox. 23, 53. Add

níþlíce

(adv.)
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The passage in which muliebriter occurs is: Timidorum more militum horrorem belli muliebriter metuentium, Ald. 11. 22. Cf. níþing

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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generally feminine, but see the genitive. a plough Sulh aratrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 2: 289, 76. Sul, ii. 6, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 17; Zup. 109, 18. Swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11: L. Eiig. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 9: L. C. E. 8; Th.

Linked entries: sulh-ælmesse sulh-gang sulincel syl sylan sylh syll

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág

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