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sealt-stán

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-stán, es; m.
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Lothes wíf wearð áwende tó ánum sealtstáne ( in statuam salis ), Gen. 19, 26: Anglia vii., 48, 472

un-geþwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrian, p. ode

To disagreebe at variancediffer

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Ungeþwǽrudon discordarent, Anglia xiii. 367, 34

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrian

wan-hálness

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hálness, e; f.
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Bróþor se untruma gif hé gefrét hys weaxan wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem), Anglia xiii. 442, 1102. Cf. wan-hæ̂lþ

Linked entries: hál-ness wan-hǽþ

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3.

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Se wuldorfulla (gloriosus) Eádgár, Anglia xiii. 365, 3. Se wuldorfulla cyning (Christ), Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 6. For his wuldorfullan sige oretlofes propter ejus gloriosissimi victoriam triumphi, Anglia xiii. 400, 497.

Linked entry: wuldor

up-spring

(n.)
Grammar
up-spring, es; m.

an upspringingrising of a heavenly bodycoming of day or nighta rising of waterbreaking forthbirthwhat springs up

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Þurh ðæs steorran upspring, 108, 5. a rising of water, breaking forth On upspri[n]c (diluvii) inruptionem, Anglia xiii.32, 124. birth Hé gestrýnde Cainan.

Linked entry: spring

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Gl. 45; Som. 64, 98. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossomflorere, efflorere, reflorereto be in full vigour or bloomto burst, blossom

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Th. 57, 8. blówan to blossom, is sometimes used in Anglo-Saxon instead of bláwan to blow; and thus, blówan was occasionally used by the Anglo-Saxons as the present English to blow.

tapor

(n.)
Grammar
tapor, (-er, -ur); m.

A taper; also the wick of a lamp

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Taperas cerei, Anglia xiii. 402, 529: 403, 541. Ðrítig teapera, Chart. Th. 473, 32. Ðá com ðæs landes menigu mid leóhtfatum and mid taperum, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 24. Taporas cereos, Germ. 395, 72. Taperas, Lchdm. iii. 202, 4

Linked entries: tapor-berend teaper

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division,distinction,separationa division,one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be dividedone of the parts into which a whole is divideddivision,separation,break of connection or of continuity,intermissioninterruptiona division,dividing-point,break,pause

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Ða tódǽlednyssa on ðám versum synd feówer, Anglia viii. 313, 38

Linked entry: -dǽledness

blówan

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Blówendum frondente, 151, 10. of vegetation Þa wyrte man nimeð þonne heó bléþ (bléwð,v.l.) swiðust, Lch. i. 160, 14. ꝥ Þeáh Maius wynsumlíce blówe, Angl. viii. 311, 1. Treówa hé déð blówan and eft áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 1.

drinca

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Tó scencenne drincan ad haurienda pocula, Angl. xiii. 393, 395. Add

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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D. l, 18. in grammar, ge-scirpt acute Acutus accentus, þæt ys gescyrpt accent, Angl. viii. 333, 25. (O. L. Ger. Ge-skerpian.)

forþian

(v.)
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Cf. forþ-dǽd He friðige and forðige ǽlce tilðe, Angl. ix. 259, 14. Yrðe georne forðian, 261, 21. Þá menn gehabban and gehealdan þe ic forðian sceal, Solil. H. 35, 18. to carry out, accomplish, perform Ealle Godes gerihto forðige man georne, Ll.

ge-drencan

(v.)
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Gl. to plunge into a liquid, soak Gedrengcet héd subjactum corium, Angl. viii. 451 (omitted in Wülck. Gl. 165, 6). to plunge, sink (trans.), drown Of gedrenced sié in grund sǽes demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. L. 18, 6.

gecynd-lim

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On gecyndlimum mínum, Angl. xi. 117, 25. Hé him ealle þá gecyndlimu of ácearf, Gr. D. 26, 27. Nim heortes gecyndlimu (-leomo, v.l. ), Lch. i. 336, 20. of a female, vulva, uterus Of méddernum rife, gecyndlime de uulua, An. Ox. 1496.

hrif

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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú mid þínum þám clǽnan hrife hunger and þurst and cyle þrowodest, Angl. xii. 507, 20. applied to things Þæt mé ( a bow ) of hrife fleógeð, Rä. 24, 12: 18, 6

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Þe lǽste ( ne forte ) beó gemétt bróþor ásolcen, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. as subst. Ic oft wíscte ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre swá gewinfulra, Nar. 2, 29

ǽfen-sang

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Ǽfensang vesperam, Angl. Xiii. 392, 385: vespertinalem sinaxim 425, 863: 432, 964. Ǽfensangas singan vesperas celebrare 415, 711. Add

bealdlíce

(adv.)

boldlyconfidentlyboldlyimpudently

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Voc. ii. 44, 12: fiducialiter, Angl. xiii. 38, 313: Ps. L. 11, 6: Wlfst. 284, 23. Ballíce, Rtl. 66, 13: audacter, Mk. L. R. 15, 43. Bealdlíce, Gr. D. 212, 8. Hú dearst þú ǽfre þus bealdlíce lǽran praedicare quomodo praesumis?, 32, 10: 135, 30.