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Anglo-Saxon

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of-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?); adj.
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Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o

stíþness

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Ox. 482. Add Stíþnes acerbitas (poenarum), 4816. Stíþnesse austeritate, i. crudelitate, 661

-wríþan

(suffix)
Grammar
-wríþan, <b>.
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Ox. 3288

ǽ-celma

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Ox. 1386. Add

Linked entry: ǽ-cilma

bannend

(n.)
Grammar
bannend, es; m.

A caller ⬩ summoner

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Ox. 55. Bannend contionator, 5415: 2, 465. Bannendra contionatorum, 2321: 2, 74

bannuc

(n.)
Grammar
bannuc, es; m.

A bannock ⬩ cake

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Ox. 2402

cnósl

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Ox. 5033. Eal Adames cnósl omnes homines, Dóm. L. 129. Cnósle stirpe, An. Ox. 1601: progenie, 7, 89: prolem, 26, 31. Hig ǽton Jacobes cnósel comederunt Jacob, Ps. L. 78, 7. Add

clíþa

Grammar
clíþa, l. cliþa, cleoþa,
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Ox. 964. Cf. clíþan

dim-nes

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Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 1: 95, 81

frætwung

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Ox. 5109. Hwá mæg ðǽre heofenan freatewunge ásecgan?, Hml. Th. i. 286, 18. Frætwunga crepundia, i. insignia, indicia, cunabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 70. Frætewunge, preónas lunulas, An. Ox. 2204. Fræte[wunge] ornamenta, 540. Frætewunga, Prud. 52.

-mǽre

(suffix)
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Ox. 4276. Add Mǽre sublimis (celsitudo), An. Ox. 1007. Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418.

á-styntan

(v.)

to blunt ⬩ dull ⬩ to check ⬩ stop

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Ox. 2102. Þæt hé ástente elideret, i. offenderet, Hpt. Gl. 471, 32. Ástyntende arewan retundens catapultas, An. Ox. 4235

atrum

(n.)

a black liquid ⬩ pigment

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Ox. 7, 45: Angl. xiii. 28, 25 (where see note). Attrum glosses lodix, An. Ox. 18 b, 52 the gloss to which in Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 2 is loða, the line in each case being: et nova de liquido sumatur gurgite lodix, Ald. 168, 13

blis

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Ox, 1346. Gá intó þínes hláfordes blisse (gaudium), Mt. 25, 21. Add

ge-wrixl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, adj.
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Ox. 7, 216: 8, 163. Stemnum (v. stefn a turn ) gewrixlum, 3001. v. ge-wrixlic. vicarious. v. ge-wrixl(e); <b>V a, b</b> Mid ge-wrix[l]ere (gewrislre, Hpt. Gl. 460, 51) vicaria (litterarum relatione ), An. Ox. 2310

tó-stregdan

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Ox. 46, 18. Swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten wearð geond eall ꝥ hús tanta illic fragrantia odoris aspersa est, Gr. D. 282, 19. Þá tóstrýddan gebricu dispersa fragmina. An. Ox. 11. 139

firwit

(adj.)
Grammar
firwit, adj.
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Ox. 905. Fyrwittre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 77. Take here fyrwit in Dict., and add

Linked entry: fyrwet

for-wel

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Ox, 3346. Add

Linked entry: wel

geond-springan

(v.)
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Ox. 2840

ge-brosnodlic

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Ox. 8, 11

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