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Anglo-Saxon

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galdor-word

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-word, es; n.

A magic word ⬩ word of incantation ⬩ cantātiōnis verbum

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A magic word, word of incantation; cantātiōnis verbum Ic galdorwordum gól I sang in magic words, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 37; Reim. 24

trucian

(v.)
Grammar
trucian, p. ode.
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to fail in doing something Ne trucaþ heora nan ána ðurh unmihte ac ðurh gecynde ánre Godcundnysse hí wyrcaþ ealle ǽfre án weorc no one of them alone fails through want of power, but through the nature of one divinity they all work always the same work

sesðlar

Grammar
sesðlar, v.
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wá

(adv.; int.)

Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah

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O. and N. wo la wo: Chauc. wai la wai) Wá lá! áhte ic mínra handa geweald, Cd. Th. 23, 32; Gen. 368. Wá lá ðære yrmðe and wá lá ðære woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3. Wá ús lá, Blickl. Homl. 153, 26. Wá lá wá eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44.

Linked entries: eów waa wǽ

firgen-holt

(n.)

a mountain-wood

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a mountain-wood

ráha

Grammar
ráha, v. rá
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gern

(n.)

yarn, spun wool

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yarn, spun wool

sealtian

(v.)
Grammar
sealtian, to dance. v. saltian
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sundor-lípe

Grammar
sundor-lípe, v. synder-lípe,
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þræc

Grammar
þræc, v. ge-þræc,
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Linked entry: ádl-þracu

-drítan

(suffix)
Grammar
-drítan, v. ge-drítan,
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ge-hátheortan

(v.)
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ge-háthyrt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háthyrt, ge-háthyrtan.
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ge-land

(n.)
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ge-lífed

Grammar
ge-lífed, allowed, lawful. v. un-gelífed,
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ge-scǽning

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scǽning, ge-scǽnness.
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ge-sém

(n.)
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ge-sprec

(n.)
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ge-stredd

(v.; part.)
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ge-swelge

(n.)
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