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Anglo-Saxon

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cwém-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cwém-lic, adj.
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), 7; 27. v. next word

ge-syndgian

(v.)
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Linked entry: -syndgian

hengest

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The word occurs in several local names, v. C. D. vi. 297, col. 2. Add

hreóh-full

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a-wered

(v.)
Grammar
a-wered, pp. of a-werian I and III.

protected ⬩ worn

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protected, worn;

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14.

Linked entry: waad

and-git

(n.)
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Wendan hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, Past. 7, 20. Ǽrendgewrit on þyson andgite gediht a letter to this effect, Hml. S. 23, 792. Hé áwrát be sumum ðegene þisum andgite reccende, Hml. Th. ii. 356, 22.

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]
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A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

Linked entry: bí-cwide

on-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
on-bæc, adv.
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Spl. 43, 21. v. next word

spong

(n.)
Grammar
spong, e; f.
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Gif on eágan weaxen reáde sponge drýpe on hát culfran blód . . . óþ ðæt ða sponge áweg synd, Lchdm. ii. 308, 17 : 300, 5. v. next word

twiccere

(n.)
Grammar
twiccere, es; m.
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Voc. i. 27, 20. v. next word

wyrt-forbor

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-forbor, es; n.
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Cf. next word

Linked entries: for-beran for-bor

fore-wrítan

Grammar
fore-wrítan, fore-writen; pp.
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. ¶ the word also glosses praescriptus: Mid forewritenum collectum cum prescriptis collectis, 391, 372: 384, 276: 444, 1129. Substitute:

ge-meode

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v. ge-medemian; but see next word) ðú wére tu formam corporis adsumere dignatus es, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 38

gram

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hefeld-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
hefeld-gyrd, hefeld-gird, e; f.
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A weaver's beam Hebelgerd liciatorium (the word is glossed by hebild, 74, 602), Txts. 75, 1219. Hefeldgyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 3. (Forliciatorium v. i. Sam. 17, 7.) Substitute:

on-funden

(adj.)
Grammar
on-funden, adj.
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Linked entry: -funden

on-sprǽc

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Add: talk, conversation: — Hêr hwêne wiðufan þîne word and anspræ̂c rehte and smeáde be þâm wîtelicum hellestôwum paulo superius sermo de locis poenalibus inferni versabatur, Gr. D. 332, 9

Samaringas

(n.)
Grammar
Samaringas, Samaritane, Samaritanisce; pl.
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Lind. 4, 9. v. next word

swǽr-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr-mód, (swár-); adj.
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D. v. swǽr, V. and next word

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