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Anglo-Saxon

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purpul

(adj.)
Grammar
purpul, (?); adj.
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hrepung

(n.)
Grammar
hrepung, e; f.

Touchtouching

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Hé mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge ac hé geswutelode ðæt his hrepung is swíðe hálwende geleáfullum he could have healed him with his word without touching; but he shewed that his touch is very salutary to believers, Homl.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms), speculia Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 4. a mirror Sceáwere(in a list of words connected with dress.) speculea Cf.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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Woruldcunde (world-, v.l. ), L. C. S. proem.; Th. i. 376, 4. Hwelce wutan wǽron geond Angelkynn ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruld*-*cundra, Past. pref.; Swt. 2, 3. Woroldcundra, Chart. Th. 132, 2

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Gegafsprǽce and ídele word and þá word þe leahter ástyrien on eallum stówum wé forbeódaþ scurrilitales vel verba otiosa et risum moventia in omnibus locis dampnamus, R. Ben. 22, 4. Add

clǽnsung-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung-drenc, es; m.
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A cleansing-drink, purgative Ne bið áléfed on ðyssum dagum ðæt mon blód lǽte oððe [cl]ǽsnungdrenceas drince, Shrn. 80, 5. v. preceding word

hamacgað

(v.)
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The word glosses convalescet, so probably the true form is part of a verb corresponding to O. H. Ger. ge-magén convalescere, cf. magian

heáh-þrymme

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-þrymme, (?); adj.
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Of exalted glory Hú andrysne heáhþrymme (or a case of preceding word ?) cyningc heár wile déman quam celsithronus metuendus adveniet Judex, Dóm. L. 95

Linked entry: -þrymme

wræc

Grammar
wræc, <b>. II.</b>
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add: See preceding word. Add Adam wæs ádrifen of neorcxnawanges gefeán . . . and becóm in þá yrmðe þises wræces (exilii), Gr. D. 260, 7-18

éc-nes

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On écnesse in aeernum, Mk. 11, 14. eternity On écnesse in ealra worlda world á búton ende, Bl. H. 53, 32. In ǽcnesse in aeternum, Jn. L. 4, 14

eorþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-fæt, es; n.

An earthen vessel, the body vas terrâ factum, corpus

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An earthen vessel, the body; vas terrâ factum, corpus Se gǽst nimeþ swá wíte swá wuldor, swá him in worulde ðæt eorþfæt ǽr geworhte the spirit receives either punishment or glory, as the body has worked for him before in the world, Exon. 98 a; Th. 367

edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
edwistlíc, adj.

Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive substantiālis

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Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive; substantiālis Ic eom, is edwistlíc word I am is the substantive [existing] verb, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 24

Linked entry: edwistfull

platian

(v.)
Grammar
platian, p. ode
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Áplatedum obryzo, 456, 47. v. next word

Linked entry: ge-platod

rǽd-þeahtende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
rǽd-þeahtende, part.
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Cf. rǽd-hycgende and next word

þeówincel

(n.)
Grammar
þeówincel, es; n.
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A young slave, a slave Ðiówincelu familici (the word has been taken as if connected with famulus ), Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 15

cásus

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Verbum ys word, án dǽl lédensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan cáse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 9. Tó sumum cásum, 107, 4. Add

clæppan

(v.)
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to throb Wið heáfodsár . . . þis syndon þá tácnu þæs sáres, ꝥ is ǽrest þá ðunewenga clæppaþ, Lch. iii. 88, 5. v. next word

Linked entry: clappan

drync-leán

Grammar
drync-leán, drynce-leán.
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The word occurs under the heading: De officiis domino debitis

eáþ-módig

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-módig, (?); adj.
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Cf. ofer-módig, and v. next word

fin

(n.)

a fin

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Finnum squamis the word occurs in a riddle on the cuttle-fish (loligo), Aid. 251, 281, An. Ox. 26, 10. Add