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Anglo-Saxon

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wróht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-berend, es; m.

An accuser

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Lamb. ) filii excussorum, Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5

ge-tel

(n.)

a number; ⬩ numerus

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Lamb. 39, 6: Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 15, 56

be-nacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-nacian, p. ode; pp. od, ed[be, nacian nudare]

To make naked ⬩ denudare

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Lamb. fol. 190 a; 13

Linked entry: nacian

forþ-beseón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-beseón, p. -beseah, pl. -besáwon; pp. -besewen

To look forth ⬩ look out ⬩ prospĭcĕre

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Lamb. 101, 20

ge-anxsumian

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

To make anxious ⬩ vex ⬩ anxiāre

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Lamb. 142, 4

ge-árwurþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-árwurþian, p. ode; pp. od

To honour ⬩ honorĭfĭcāre

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Lamb. 36, 20

wilding

(n.)
Grammar
wilding, e ; f.

Dominion

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Lamb. 102, 22. Wylding, Ps. Spl. M. 102, 22

on-líhting

(n.)
Grammar
on-líhting, e; f.

Illumination, enlightening

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Lamb. 26, 1. Onlíhting, 138, 11. On onlíhtinge fýres, 77, 14

hólian

(v.)

to speak evil of, ⬩ slander, ⬩ calumniate

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Lamb. 118, 121

ceoler

(n.)
Grammar
ceoler, ceolre; f.

The COLLAR ⬩ throat ⬩ guttur

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Lamb. 149, 6

chor-gleów

(n.)
Grammar
chor-gleów, es; n. [gleó, gleów glee, joy, music]

A musical dance, dance ⬩ chorus = χορός

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Lamb. 149, 3: 150, 4

dǽl-numelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-numelnes, -ness,e ; f. [numol taking, receiving]

A sharing, partaking, participation ⬩ participatio

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Lamb. 121, 3

dropan

(v.)
Grammar
dropan, droppan; ende pres. part. ; p. ede; pp. ed

To drop ⬩ stillāre

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Lamb. 71, 6

Linked entry: droppan

fyrsian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrsian, p. ode; pp. od

To put far ⬩ remove ⬩ separate ⬩ elongāre

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Lamb. 72, 27

gærcung

(n.)
Grammar
gærcung, e; f.

A preparation ⬩ practice ⬩ exercĭtātio

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Lamb. 54, 3

niþer-sige

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-sige, es; m.

A going down ⬩ setting

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Lamb. 103, 19 : 113, 3. Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5

rípness

(n.)
Grammar
rípness, e; f.
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Lamb. 118, 147. Cf. rípung

ge-costnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-costnian, p. ode; pp. od

To try ⬩ tentare

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Lamb. 25, 2. He wæs fram Satane gecostnod tentabatur a Satane, Mk. Bos. 1, 13

Linked entry: costnian

ge-éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-éfstan, p. -éfste; impert. -éfst; pp. -éfsted, -éfst

To hasten ⬩ make haste ⬩ be quick ⬩ festīnāre ⬩ accelĕrāre

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Lamb. 30, 2

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian, -þyldegian, -þylgian; p. ode; pp. od

To sustain ⬩ bear ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ be patient ⬩ wait patiently ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ tolĕrāre ⬩ păti

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Hí forþyldegodon [Lamb. forþyldigodon] sáwle mine sustĭnuērunt anĭmam meam, Ps. Spl. 55, 7. Ic forbær ðé oððe forþylgode ðé sustĭnui te, 24, 22. Geþola oððe forþyldiga Drihten sustĭne Dŏmĭnum, Ps. Lamb. 26, 14

Linked entry: þyldian

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