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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-rinelic

Grammar
ge-rinelic, v. ge-rýnelic: nauum <b>gerinen</b> (1.
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Corp. Gl. H. ), Txts. 35, 24

geárlíce

(adv.)
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For Cot. substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 49

heáfod-slæge

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-slæge, es; n.

Head of a pillar[?]; capital

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; capital, Cot. 50, Lye

heáh-sǽ-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sǽ-þeóf, es; m.

A chief pirate ⬩ archi-pirata

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A chief pirate; archi-pirata, Cot. 9, 171

Crac-gelád

(n.)

Cricklade

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Cricklade Chr. 905; Th. 180, 21, col. 2

Cric-gelád

(n.)

Cricklade

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Cricklade Chr. 1016; Th. 276, 29, col. 2

Creccan ford

(n.)

Crayford

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Crayford Chr. 456; Th. 23, 4, col. 2

ge-steped

(v.; part.)

stepped ⬩ introduced ⬩ initiatus,

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stepped, introduced; initiatus, Cot. 108 pp.of ge-steppan

ge-swyrfan

(v.)

to file off ⬩ to polish ⬩ elimare,

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to file off, to polish; elimare, Cot. 71

un-deáþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáþlíc, adj.

Immortal

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Se ðe com deáðlíc tó ðissum middangearde ... hé árás undeáðlíc, Homl. Th. i. 222, 12, 18. Wé sprecaþ ymbe God, deáðlíce be undeáðlícum, 286, 8. Monna sáwla sint undeáþlíce (undeádlíca, Cott. MS.) and éce, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 33

Linked entry: un-deádlíc

forst

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Add: frost, intense cold Forst, frost, frots gelum, Txts. 67, 964. Æfter Candelmæssan cóm se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 33. Se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, and se winterlica wind wan mid þám forste, Hml.

CNÆP

(n.)
Grammar
CNÆP, cnæpp, cnep, es; m.

A top ⬩ cop ⬩ knop ⬩ vertex ⬩ jugum ⬩ supercilium

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A top, cop, knop ; vertex, jugum, supercilium Uppan ðæs muntes cnæp in montis vertice Ex. 19, 20. Híg astigon to ðæs muntes cnæppe ascenderunt in verticem montis Num. 14, 44. Ofer cneppas trans juga Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 55.

Linked entry: cnep

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, = ácen; adj.

Oaken ⬩ made of oak ⬩ quernus

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Oaken, made of oak; quernus, Cot. 165

Linked entry: ácen

a-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-glídan, p. -glád, pl. -glidon; pp. -gliden

To glide ⬩ slip ⬩ labascere

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To glide or slip; labascere, Cot. 123

án-laga

(adj.)
Grammar
án-laga, adj.

Alone ⬩ solitary ⬩ without company ⬩ solitarius

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Alone, solitary, without company; solitarius, Cot. 198

BÝL

(n.)
Grammar
BÝL, býle, bíle, es; m.
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A BILE, blotch, sore; carbunculus, Cot. 183

Linked entries: býle bíle

dros

(n.)
Grammar
dros, DROSS,

filth, lees ⬩ sordes, fæx, aurĭcŭla

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filth, lees; sordes, fæx, aurĭcŭla, Cot. 14

dúru-stod

(n.)
Grammar
dúru-stod, e; f. [stod = studu a post]

A door-post ⬩ ostii postis

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A door-post; ostii postis, Cot. 157

Linked entry: dúr-stodl

ed-wielle

(n.)

A whirlpool, dizziness ⬩ vortex ăquaæ

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Cot. 86

eofor-spreót

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-spreót, eofer-spreót, es;

A boar-spear ⬩ vēnābŭlum

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m, A boar-spear; vēnābŭlum, Cot. 200

Linked entries: eofer-spreót spreót

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