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Anglo-Saxon

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á-læccan

(v.)
Grammar
á-læccan, p. -læhte
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To get hold of, catch Se kyng álehte him betwux his earmes, Chr. 1123; P. 251, 9

Linked entry: læccan

eorþ-weard

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Substitute for 'An earth-guard,' what guards a land, a fortress, and add leóda fæsten after lígdraca

ír

(n.)
Grammar
ír, [íre, es; n. ?]
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D. ear. Cf. Ger. öhr handle.]

Linked entry: ére

mold-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
mold-wyrm, es; m.

An earth-worm ⬩ a worm in the grave

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An earth-worm, a worm in the grave Ðec ( the body ) sculon moldwyrmas monige ceówan, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 7; Seel. 72

ge-lýfed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýfed, part. p.

Weakened, advanced [in age]

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Weakened, advanced [in age] Ðara ðe gelýfedre yldo earum quæ ætate provectæ, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 33 : 4, 24; S. 597, 3

fold-hrérende

(adj.)
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earth-stirring, epithet of an animal that stirs the ground with its feet, mating foot prints on the ground, treading the ground. Add:

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Cain wæs eorþan tilia fuit Cain agrĭcŏla [lit. a tiller of the earth ], Gen. 4, 2.

Linked entries: eord eorþ

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinship ⬩ relationship

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Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.' Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth in death' ...

blód

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Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16.

eorþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-weg, es; m.

An earth-way ⬩ terrestris via

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An earth-way; terrestris via Hió me woldan ðisses eorþweges ende gescrífan consummāvērunt me in terra, Ps. Th. 118, 87.

eorþ-byrig

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-byrig, e; f.

An earth mound ⬩ agger

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An earth mound; agger Eorþ-byrig [MS. -byre], Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 45; Wrt. Voc. 37, 33

frecnes

(n.)

glis ⬩ clammy earth ⬩ argilla ⬩ glus

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Lye: also clammy earth; argilla, Som. Ben. Frecnis glus, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 157, 25

ge-wló

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wló, adj.

Adorned ⬩ ornatus

Entry preview:

Adorned; ornatus Seó eorþe wæstmum gewló the earth with fruits adorned, Cd. 85; Th. 107, 14; Gen. 1789

úht-floga

(n.)
Grammar
úht-floga, an; m.

A creature that flies in the early morning

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A creature that flies in the early morning Ðæs wyrmes denn, ealdes úhtflogan, Beo. Th. 5513; B. 2760

wang-beard

(n.)
Grammar
wang-beard, es; m.
Entry preview:

A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13

Linked entry: beard

on-þringan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Beofode ðæt eálond foldweng onþrong [onsprong the earth cracked with the shaking (?)], Exon. Th. 181, 28; Gú. 1300. (?)

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

without ⬩ original, early

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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

earning-land

(n.)
Grammar
earning-land, es; n.

Land earned or made freehold

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Land earned or made freehold = bóc-land, Cod. Dipl. 679; A. D. 972-992; Kmbl. iii. 259, 10; Sax. Engl. i. 312, note 2

eorþ-stede

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-stede, es ; m. [stede a place]

An earth-place ⬩ terræ lŏcus

Entry preview:

An earth-place ; terræ lŏcus Ðá hí ðæt ðín fægere hús on eorþstede gewemdan [MS. gewemdaþ] in terra polluērunt tabernacŭlum, Ps. Th. 73, 7

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