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spyrd

(n.)
Grammar
spyrd, es; m.

stadium ⬩ a course ⬩ a measure of distance ⬩ a course ⬩ a distance ⬩ stadium

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Rush. 11, 18. Swelce spyrdo fífe and twoegentig quasi stadia .xxv., 6, 19. Ðara spyrda stadiorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang

a-ríseþ

it behoveth ⬩ oportet

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Rush. War. 9, 22; quia oportet filium hominis, Vulg

ége

(n.)
Grammar
ége, n.

An eye

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Rush. War. 5, 29

græs-hoppa

(n.)
Grammar
græs-hoppa, an; m.
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Rush. 3, 4. Hý habbaþ fét swylce græs-hoppan pedes quasi locuste, Nar. 35, 7

ge-brehtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brehtnian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To become bright

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Rush. 13, 31

samen

(adv.)
Grammar
samen, adv.

Together

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Rush. 20,4 . Wérun somen Simon Petrus and Didimus, 21, 2, Baþe samenn. Orm. 377; Sitte samen, R. Brun

Scariothisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scariothisc, adj.

Of Scariot

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Rush. 14, 43

sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, (?), sceáþ (?)

a nail

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a nail Tácon ðara sceaðana (sceoðona, Rush.) . . . styd ðara scæððana figuram clauorum . . . locum clauorum Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 25. . Similar entries v. horn-sceaþa

búfan

(adv.)
Grammar
búfan, búfon [be-ufan]; adv.

Above, before ⬩ supra ⬩ supra

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Rush. Stv. 2, 9

ǽniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽniht, [ǽn = án one, -iht adj. termination]

Anything ⬩ quicquam

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Rush. War. 14, 30

aldor-dóm

(n.)

a principality

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Rush. War. 20, 20

in-féran

(v.)
Grammar
in-féran, p. de

To enter

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Rush. 4, 38

Linked entry: féran

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

wáriht

(adj.)
Grammar
wáriht, adj.
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Full of sea-weed Wárihtum árena tíum algosis remo-rum tractibus (Ald. 3), Hpt. Gl. 406, 68: Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 14: 4, 63

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

cásering

(n.)
Grammar
cásering, e; f. A cæsaring, a coin with an emperor's image, a coin; drachma = δραχμή , didrachma
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Rush. War. 15, 8. Ne unband cásering non solvit didrachma, Mt. Lind. Stv. 17, 23

frohtian

(v.)
Grammar
frohtian, ; p. ade, pp. ad

To fear ⬩ to be in danger

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Frohtade timuit, Rush. 14, 30

næfig

(adj.)
Grammar
næfig, adj.

Not having means ⬩ poor

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Rush. 9, 8. Næfgum (næfigum, Lind.) egenis, 13, 29. Næfigum, Lind. 12. 5

Palm-sunnandæg

(n.)
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On Palmsunnandæg, Rub. Lk. Skt. 19, 29

wénend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wénend-lic, adj.
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To be hoped for Paulus cwæð se geleáfe wǽre gehyhtendlicra þinga and wenendlicra þinga sped est Jides sperando-rum stibstantia rerum, Gr. D. 269, 13

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