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Anglo-Saxon

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æplian

(v.)
Grammar
æplian, p. ede; pp. ed

To make into the form of apples

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Kmbl. 2517; El. 1260

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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Eft ... niówan stefne, 3582; B. 1789: Andr. Kmbl. 2607; An. 1305: Cd. Th. 113, 12; Gen. 1886. Hé hine Cyriacus syððan nemde níwan stefne he afterwards named him afresh Cyriacus, Elen. Kmbl. 2119; El. 1061. Emb stemn uicissim, Germ. 388, 77.

mægden-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-cild, es; n.

A female childgirl

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A female child, girl Gif hit hysecild byþ ofsleáþ ðæt gif hit sí mǽdencild healdaþ ðæt si masculus fuerit, interficite eum, si femina reservate, Ex. 1, 16.

mór-land

(n.)
Grammar
mór-land, es; n.

Moor-landwild hilly country

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Kmbl. 1221; El. 612. He wunede on ðám mórlandum ( in montanis), Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 33. Se ǽresta láreów on ðám mórlandum ða ðe syndon tó norþdǽle Pehta ríces primus doctor transmontanis Pictis ad aquilonem, 5, 9; B. 622, 40.

rysel

(n.)
Grammar
rysel, rysele, es ; m.

Fat

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Ðú nimst ðone rysel, Ex. 29, 13. Ðú nymst ðone rysle of ðam ramme, 29, 22. Ðone risel, Lev. 3, 9. Ryslas ealra eáfisca, Lchdm. ii. 30, 1

Linked entry: risel

éhtere

(n.)
Grammar
éhtere, éhtre, es; m.

A persecutorpersĕcūtor

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Of éhtere ex persecūtōre, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 19. Sanctus Albanus cýðde ðám éhterum Godes geleáfan ðæt he cristen wǽre Saint Alban told the persecutors of God's truth that he was a christian, 1, 7; S. 477, 22.

Linked entry: éhtre

æce

(n.)
Grammar
æce, ace, es; m.

An akepaindolor

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An ake, pain; dolor Eal ðæt sár and se æce onwæg alǽded wæs all the sore and ake were (led) taken away, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 35: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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a custom, usage, general practice of a community Swá Iudéa þ[e]áw (ðeáu, Lind.: ðeów, Rush.) ys tó bebyrgenne sicut mos Iudaeis est sepelire, Jn. Skt. 19, 40. Hit wæs Iudisc þeáw, Blickl. Homl. 67, 8.

FIN

(n.)
Grammar
FIN, finn, es; m.

A FINpinna

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A FIN; pinna Ne ete gé nánne fisc búton ða ðe habbaþ finnas and scilla ye shall not eat any fish except those that have fins and scales, Lev. 11, 9

mennisc

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc, es; n.

Menpeople

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Josue ofslóh eall ðæt mennisc ðe on muntum wunode ( omnem terram montanam ), Jos. 10, 40: Thw. 161, 37. Ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 7

templ

(n.)
Grammar
templ, tempel, es; n.
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A temple Se wítga spræc suelce ðæt templ wǽre eal tóworpen; hé cuæð ... 'Tóworpne sint ða stánas ðæs temples,' Past. 18; Swt. 133, 10. ' Ðis tenrpel wæs getimbrod on six and feówertigon wintron' ... Hé hyt cwæð be hys líchaman temple, Jn.

mearh-gehæcc

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-gehæcc, es; n.

A kind of puddinga sausage

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A kind of pudding, a sausage Mearhgehæc isica (insicia genus farciminis, seu obsonii ex carne concisa, Forcellini), Wrt. Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22.

Linked entry: ge-hæc

feorh-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

Living kindvīventium gĕnus

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Ex. 14

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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English form of a word: Ealle ðás (et, que, ac, ast, at, atque) habbað án Englisc (i. e. and), þeáh ðe hí tor fægernysse fela synd on Lédensprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12

hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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Hé ne sceal sprecan ýdelu word ða ðe unnytte hleahtor up áhebben ne hé eác sceal lufigean micelne and ungemetlícne cancettende hleahtor, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 35.

Linked entries: leahter hlehter

fót-swile

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swile, -swyle, es; m.

A foot-swellingpĕdis tŭmor

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A foot-swelling; pĕdis tŭmor Wið fót-swylum for foot-swellings, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 3; Lchdm. i. 342, 18. Ðes drænc is gód wið fótswilum this drink is good for foot-swellings, Lchdm. iii. 50, 12

geán-cyr

(n.)
Grammar
geán-cyr, -cyrr, es; m.

A turning againstcoming againstmeetingoccursus

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A turning against, coming against, meeting; occursus Fram heán heofone is útgang his, and geáncyr his óþ to heáhnesse his a summo cœlo est egressio ejus, et occursus ejus usque ad summum ejus, Ps. Spl. 18, 7

neát

(n.)
Grammar
neát, es; n.

A neatan ox or a cowcattlebeastanimal

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Ic eom anlíc ánum neáte ut jumentum factus sum, Ps. Th. 72, 18. Sealde heora neát ( jumenta ) hæglum, 77, 48. Deór and neát bestiae et universa pecora, 148, 10. Ða dumban neát, Andr. Kmbl. 134; An. 67.

Eádweard

(n.)
Grammar
Eádweard, -ward, es; m. [eád happy, weard ward, guardian] .

Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066

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Eáduuard] cyning [MS. king], and Harold eorl féng to ðam ríce here king Edward died, and earl Harold succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 1066; Erl. 198, 1

FÝR

(n.)
Grammar
FÝR, fír, es; n.

FIREa firehearthignisfŏcus

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Bos. 9, 44, 46 : Ex. 22, 6 : Lev. 10, 2 : Ps. Spl. 49, 4. Fýr ignis vel fŏcus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 51.

Linked entries: fír fýryn