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Anglo-Saxon

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ǽ-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-hwǽr, adv.

Everywhere ⬩ ubique

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Everywhere; ubique.Ps. Th. 88, 31

ǽ-lá

O!

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Ælá Drihten O Lord, Hy. 1, 1

Linked entry: ǽ

ǽ-lǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽrende, part.

Teaching the law ⬩ legem docens

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Teaching the law; legem docens Siððan him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera since there was none other of those teaching the law better than he. Elen. Kmbl. 1009; El. 506

æ-lǽten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æ-lǽten, = a-lǽten; pp. of a-lǽtan.

divorced

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divorced,L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 23

Linked entry: -lǽte

æ-leng

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-leng, adj.

Long ⬩ protracted ⬩ lengthy ⬩ troublesome ⬩ longus ⬩ molestus

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Long, protracted, lengthy, troublesome; longus, molestus Me þincþ ðæt ðé þincen tó ǽlenge ðás langan spell methinks that these long discourses appear to thee too lengthy. Bt. 39,4; Fox 218, 6

ǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-líc, adj.

Belonging to law ⬩ lawful ⬩ legalis ⬩ legitimus

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Belonging to law, lawful; legalis, legitimus,Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 495, 29. Tyn ǽlícan word the ten commandments Som

Linked entry: ǽw-líc

æ-réfnan

(v.)

to bear

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to bear, Ps. Spl. T. 24, 5

æ-swind

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-swind, adj.

Idle ⬩ iners

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Idle; iners, Cot. 108

æ-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
æ-teorian, p. ode; pp. od

To fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ deficere

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To fail, be wanting; deficere Æteorode se heofonlíca mete the heavenly food [manna] failed, Jos. 5, 12

æ-þrýt

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-þrýt, adj.

Troublesome ⬩ tedious ⬩ molestus

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Troublesome, tedious; molestus, Equin. vern. 38

æ-þrýtnes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-þrýtnes, -ness, e; f.

Trouble ⬩ molestia

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Trouble; molestia, Lye

ǽ-wǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-wǽde, adj.
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Stripped of clothes Ǽwǽde nudatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 70

Linked entry: -wǽde

ǽ-welm

Similar entry: ǽ-wilm

ǽ-wird

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-wird, -werd ; adj.
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Corrupt Sé bið ǽwerd on his lífe. Lch. iii. 162, II

Linked entry: ǽ-werd

ǽ-swic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-swic, ǽ-swicc; adj.
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Apostate Ðá ǽswiccan gástas apostatas spiritus, Gr. D. 304, 28

ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, l. -swician,
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and add: to desert Ic ðé nǽfre ne ǽswicige. Hml. Th. ii. 246, 2. Ealle gé mé ǽswiciað, 244, 33. to be apostate Ǽswician apostatare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 2. to offend Gif honde ðíne ǽswicæþ ðec . . gif eágan ðín ǽswiceþ ðec, Mt. R. 18, 8, 9.

ǽ-wrítere

Similar entry: ǽ-gewrítere

ciric-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-ǽ, ciric-ǽw
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church-marriage, the relation of the priest to the church on account of his orders Ꝥ syndon þá ǽwbrecan þe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan and ꝥ ábrǽcan . . . Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 14, 23

ǽ-cyrf

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-cyrf, f. l. m.

ǽ-fæstlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-ǽfæstlíce

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