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Anglo-Saxon

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sídan

(adv.)
Grammar
sídan, adv.
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Dip. B. ii. 389, 23. Cf. next word

West-Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wixan, pl. m.
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Dip. B. i. 414, 20

ancor-streng

(n.)
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Gl. 421, 14. v. on-wealhness in Dict

á-líþran

(v.)
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to lather Dó þǽron ealdre sápan cucler fulne . . . on niht álýþre, Lch. ii. 76, 13. v. á-léþran in Dict

Linked entries: a-ledran á-lýþran

clifer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
clifer-féte, adj.
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S. 25, 79. v. clyfer-féte in Dict

Linked entries: clyfer-féte -féte

deófol-scín

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For the citations see under scín, scinn in Dict., and add Utan wið deófolscín scildan ús georne, Wlfst. 188, 34

dweorge-dwostle

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Voc. i. 68, 61. v. in Dict. dwyrge-dwysle. Add

friht

(n.)
Grammar
friht, freht, es; n.
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Take here passages under <b>fyrht</b> in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: firht fyrht

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, to clothe.
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Take here the passages from the charters given in the Dict. wider ge-werian; to defend

hand-worht

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-worht, adj.

Hand-wrought, made with hands

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Hand-wrought, made with hands Ic tówurpe ðis handworhte tempel ego dissoluam templum hoc manu factum, Mk. Skt. 14, 58

Linked entry: -worht

egesa

(n.)
Grammar
egesa, egsa, ægsa, an; m. [ege fear]

Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo

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Sió dimme niht ofer eldum egesan ne brohte the dim night did not bring terror over men, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 34; Met. 12, 17: Cd. 202; Th. 250, 3; Dan. 541: Ps. Th. 66, 6. Egesan geaclod terrified with fear, Andr. Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo.

Linked entry: egsa

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 190, 9 : 34, 12. Tó Stóce, 203, 21. Intó Stóce, 123, 8.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

slípan

(v.)
Grammar
slípan, slépan; p. te

To slip, put something on or off. ⬩ to take away the outside covering from anything ⬩ to strip off the skin or bark of anything ⬩ to slip one's self from a bond ⬩ induere

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Cf. slípe to take away the outside covering from anything, Halliwell's Dict. Slype to strip off the skin or bark of anything, Jamieson's Dict. Se hláford hefig gioc slépte on ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 55.

Linked entry: slífan

a-steorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-steorfan, p. -stearf, pl. -sturfon; pp. -storfen

To die ⬩ mori

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To die; mori Fǽrunge astorfen sideratus vel ictuatus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 29; Wrt. Voc. 61, 9 : Wanl. Catal. 43, 17

Linked entry: a-storfen

dæg-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-feorm, e; f. [feorm food, sustenance]

Food for a day ⬩ unius diei victus

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Food for a day; unius diei victus Áne dægfeorme a day's sustenance, Cod. Dipl. 477; A. D. 958; Kmbl. ii. 355, 5

efne-esne

(n.)
Grammar
efne-esne, es; m.

A fellow-servant ⬩ conservus

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A fellow-servant; conservus Efne-esne ðin ic eom [MS. am] conservus tuus sum, Rtl. 70, 41: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 33

Linked entry: efen-esne

for-worhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-worhte, = p. of for-wyrcan.

did wrong ⬩ sinned ⬩ ruined ⬩ convicted ⬩ condemned ⬩ forfeited

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did wrong, sinned, ruined, convicted, condemned, forfeited, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 6; Gen. 857: Exon. 21 b; Th. 57, 20; Cri. 921

fýfteógða

(num.; adj.)

the fifteenth

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the fifteenth Forþferde he ðý fýfteógeðan dæge Kalendarum Martiarum qui defunctus die dĕcĭma quinta Kalendārum Martiārum, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 36

mæsten-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten-rǽden, [n], e; f.

The right to feed swine in places where there was mast

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 10

Linked entries: mæsten mæst-rǽden

penn

(n.)
Grammar
penn, es ; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 456, 3-4 : 25, 21. On hacapenn foreweardne, 412, 13

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