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heonane

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Ne mót hé hionane lǽdan of þisse worulde wuhte þon máre hordgestreóna þonne hé hider bróhte, Met. 1. 4, 9. from existence Gedwínað heonone þysse worulde gefeán (hujus cessabunt gaudia saecli) . . . wrǽnnes eác gewíteð heonone, Dom. L. 231-235

Lindesse

(n.)
Grammar
Lindesse, Lindisse, Lindesíge

Lindsey

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Paulinus Godes word on Lindesse: seó mǽgþ is seó nýhste on súþhalfe Humbre streámes, ligeþ út on sǽ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 18. On Lindesége mǽgþe, 519, 16. On Lindese, 3, 11; S. 535, 14.

fetian

(v.)
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Hí mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan (fetton, v. l.), 1006; P. 137, 12. Feta, gif ðú dyrre, æt ðus heaðuwérigan háre byrnan, Vald. 2, 16. Fetige hé him má, Solil. H. 1, 10.

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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Guman ónetton . . . oð þæt hý sæl ongytan mihton, B. 306: 1803: Gen. 1985

swǽrmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽrmódness, (swár-), e; f.
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Sluggishness of disposition, slowness, dullness Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ menn ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe ( but the Latin is : Saepe agendi

coccel

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Hé sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, Angl. viii. 300, 24. Coccelas oferstígað hwǽte zizania transcendunt frumentum, Scint. 101, 1

cranic

(n.)
Grammar
cranic, es; m.
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A chronicle Swá swá Hieronimus sǽde on his cranice, Hml. A. 79, 164. Man gesette on cranice ( mandatum est historiis et annalibus traditum ) ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him on þæs cyninges belimpum, 95, 122.

EAXEL

(n.)
Grammar
EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.

The shoulder ⬩ hŭmĕrus

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He gewérgad sæt freán eaxlum neáh he sat wearied near his lord's shoulders, 5699; B. 2853: 722; B. 358. Hæfde earmas and eaxle it had arms and shoulders, Exon. 129 a; Th. 494, 24; Rä. 83, 6. Gif eaxle gelæmed weorþeþ if a shoulder be lamed, L.

Linked entries: eaxle esl exl

for-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrincan, he -scrincþ; p. -scranc, pl. -scruncon; pp. -scruncen [for-, scrincan to shrink]

To shrink up ⬩ dry up ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ wither ⬩ emarcescĕre ⬩ exarescĕre ⬩ arefiĕri ⬩ arescĕre

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Sǽd forscranc sēmen exāruit, Mk. Bos. 4, 6: Lk. Bos. 8, 6. Sóna forscranc ðæt fíctreów arefacta est contĭnuo fīculnea. Mt. Bos. 21, 19. Hig forscruncon āruērunt, Mt. Bos. 13, 6. Mín hýd is forscruncen my skin is shrunk up, Job Thw. 167, 37.

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

hefig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-líc, adj.

Grievous ⬩ troublesome

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Grievous, troublesome Ne sig ðé hefilíc geþuht ðæt ðæt Sarra ðé sǽde let not that be grievous in thy sight which Sarah hath said, Gen. 21, 12.

ǽfen-glommung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glommung, e; f.

Evening-twilight

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Evening-twilight Swá ðæt oft on middre niht geflit cymeð ðám behealdendum hwæþer hit sí ðe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen deágung ita ut media saepe tempore noctis in quaestionem ueniat intuentibus, iterum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an iam nduenerit

Linked entry: glómung

grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg, grég; adj.
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Sǽ grǽfe glashluðre the sea grey and clear as glass, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 15; Met. 5, 8. Grǽgan sweorde with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330: 673; B. 334

ge-fyllednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyllednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A fulness ⬩ satiety ⬩ completion ⬩ finishing ⬩ end ⬩ plēnĭtūdo ⬩ sătĭrĭtas ⬩ consummātio

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A fulness, satiety, completion, finishing, end; plēnĭtūdo, sătĭrĭtas, consummātio Astyrod biþ sǽ and gefyllednys hyre commŏveātur, māre et plēnĭtūdo ejus, Ps. Spl. 95, 11 : 97, 7.

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode
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To ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and

swiftness

(n.)
Grammar
swiftness, e; f.
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Uton behealdan ða wundorlícan swyftnysse ðære sáwle; heó hæfþ swá mycele swvftnysse, ðæt heó on ánre tíde besceáwaþ heofonan and ofer sǽ flýhþ, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 123

Linked entry: swiftu

cíne

Grammar
cíne, l. cine (-u), take here passage in Dict. under cínu,
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Geoniendum þám cinum se sǽ eóde inn rimis patentibus intravit mare, Gr. D. 248, 27. Cinan rimas, Germ. 399, 307. Þurh þá cinan (cynan, v. l.) þǽre dura per rimas ostiorum, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 388, 4. a chasm, cavern Cinan crypte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 61.

creópan

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Add: of reptiles Eall ðæt on sǽ and on eáuum crýpð, Hex. 14, 8. Nǽddran crupon on ꝥ hús, Shrn. 152, 28. Wurmas crupon cuce of his líce, Hml.

feormian

(v.)

to cleanse ⬩ to furbish

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Hwítlas on sǽ wacsan and feormian, Bd. 4, 31; Sch. 540, 12. Tó feormianne (geclǽnsian, v. l.), sumne dǽl hwǽtes, Gr. D. 97, 2. to furbish, polish a weapon, vessel Seó hálige clǽnnes þæt sweord feormað (purificat), Gl. Prud. 15.

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