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Anglo-Saxon

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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

án-waldan

(v.)

to have sole power over ⬩ to exercise absolute rule ⬩ solam potestatem habere ⬩ dominari

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to have sole power over, to exercise absolute rule; solam potestatem habere, dominari He ðone ánwaldeþ he rules it, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 154

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

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

wín-cóle

(n.)
Grammar
wín-cóle, an; f,

A tub into which the juice pressed from the grapes runs

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A tub into which the juice pressed from the grapes runs Wínmere sive wíncóle lacus ubi frugum liquor decurrit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 13

Linked entries: -cóle wín-mere

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Ðæt is suíðe rúm weg and wídgille lata et spatiosa via est, Past. 18 ; Swt. 133, 20. Ðæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum wídgille and lang þurh*-*wunaþ on norðsǽ, Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 8. Sió wídgille passivus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 55.

Linked entries: -gill -gal

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

bétende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bétende, part. [from bétan to make better, atone]

Amending, atoning ⬩ reparans, expians

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Amending, atoning; reparans, expians Bétende [MS. betend] crungon hergas to hrusan the atoning bands sank to earth, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29

dreórgian

(v.)
Grammar
dreórgian, p. ode; pp.od [dreór blood]

To be dreary, to fall, to perish ⬩ mærēre, cadĕre, corruĕre

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To be dreary, to fall, to perish; mærēre, cadĕre, corruĕre Ðás hofu dreórgiaþ these courts are dreary, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 26; Ruin. 30

gold-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-beorht, adj.
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Bright with gold; auro splendens Beorn monig goldbeorht scán many a warrior shone bright with golden ornaments, Exon. 124 b; Th. 477, 33; Ruin. 34

tæppel-bred

(n.)
Grammar
tæppel-bred, es; n.

A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool

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Rush. 5, 35. Tæppilbred, 22, 44

Linked entry: tæppil-bred

preóst-regol

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-regol, es; m.
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A canonical rule Libbað clǽnre heortan an eówrum preóstregole (regula canonica), Chrd. 88, 15: 89, 33. Éstfullnes lífes be preóstregole deuotio uitę regularis, 93, 11

Linked entry: regol

setness

(n.)
Grammar
setness, e; f.
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Rush. 25, 34

sóþ

(prefix)
Entry preview:

In sóð (sóðe, Rush.) cneóreso in progenies, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 50. Sóð cymes procedit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 26. Sóðcuom processit, Rtl. 2, 37: procedit, 57, 6. Sóðfylga prosequere, 29, 36. Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, 29, 28.

Linked entries: sóþ-secgan sóþ-tácen

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