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Anglo-Saxon

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DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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Nabbaþ we to hyhte nymþe ðone dimman hám we have nought in hope save this dim home, Cd. 221; Th. 285, 14; Sat. 337. Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd she urged him to that dark deed, 32; Th. 43, 3; Gen. 685.

a-bealh

angered

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angered, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410

be-bohte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-bohte, p. of be-bycgean.

sold

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sold,Cd. 226; Th. 301, 5 ; Sat. 577;

fréfergende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
fréfergende, = fréfrigende

comforting

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comforting; Cd. 220; Th. 284, 7; Sat. 318

hell-heóþo

(n.)
Grammar
hell-heóþo, indecl; f.
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Hell, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 29; Sat. 700

Linked entry: heóþu

mód-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-gleáw, adj.

Wise of mind

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Salm. Kmbl. 361; Sal. 180

óþ-glídan

(v.)
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to glide away, Salm. Kmbl. 804; Sal. 401

ge-witodlíce

(adv.)

truly ⬩ certe ⬩ sane

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truly; certe, sane, Ps. Spl. T. 57, 1

ymb-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-healdan, p. -heóld
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Th. 265, 14; Sat. 7

ge-twin

(n.)
Grammar
ge-twin, es; m.

A twin

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Salm. Kmbl. 729; Sal. 364: 216; Sal. 107[?]

Linked entry: twin

selfe

(adv.)
Grammar
selfe, adv.
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In the same way, in combination with swá: cf. gelíce, same Hé forlǽt lífes frumsceaft and his ágene æðelo swá selfe. Met. 17, 25. Hæfþ ða wilnunga welhwilc néten and ða yrsunga eác swá selfe, 20, 192, 199

Linked entry: self

cýp

(n.)
Grammar
cýp, a tub.
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Gl. 492, 32 the same form occurs, but in another gloss of the same passage the form is cýue, An. Ox. 2, 236), An. Ox. 3657, where see note

sittan

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Add þǽr sæt on þám lande swýðe swýþlic hungor vehemens fames incubuerat, Gr. D. 251, 10. Þǽr on sæt mycel hunger, 145, 5. Heofonflód micel on sæt (set, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Þeáh ðe him ádl on ne sitte, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16.

eald-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
eald-spræc, e; f.

An old speech, history

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Sax. Gl. 149

on-sáwen

(adj.; part.)

sown

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sown Sǽd onsáwen, Exon. Th. 215, 14; Ph. 253

æg-léca

(n.)
Grammar
æg-léca, an; m.

A wretch ⬩ miscreant

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A wretch, miscreant, Cd. 214; Th. 269,14; Sat. 73

Linked entry: ag-léca

firnian

(v.)

to sin

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to sin, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 29; Sat. 621

leód-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
leód-gryre, es; m.
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Terror affecting a people, Salm. Kmbl. 558; Sal. 278

grynde

(n.)
Grammar
grynde, es; n.

An abyss

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An abyss, Cd. 220; Th. 285, 2; Sat. 331

heáh-getimbrad

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-getimbrad, adj.

High-built ⬩ to build high

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High-built, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 29; Sat. 29

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