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Anglo-Saxon

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andetla

(n.)
Grammar
andetla, an; m.

A confession ⬩ confessio

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Alf. pol. 22; Th. i. 76, 4

fædren-mǽg

(n.)

a paternal relative

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Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 78, 20

for-slyhþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-slyhþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-sleán.

smites

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Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14, MS. H;

eall-mihtig

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-mihtig, -meahtig, -mehtig, -mihteg [el-, æl-, sell-]; adj.

All-mighty ⬩ omnĭpŏtens

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All-mighty; omnĭpŏtens Drihten eallmihtig Domĭnus Deus, Ps. Th. 93, 22

Linked entries: æll-mihtig Æl-meahtig Æl-mehtig Æl-mihtig eal-mihtig

ǽfr-ǽnig

(pronoun.)

[any at all

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[any at all Mid ǽfrǽnige þinge, C. D. iv. 209, 24. ]

bryce

(n.)

a violation, infraction

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Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 9

Linked entry: bríce

god-gild

(n.)
Grammar
god-gild, -gield, -geld, -gyld, gode-gild, es; n.
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Alf. 32; Th. i. 52, 12. Ðæt he gulde ðǽm hǽðnum godgyldum that he should sacrifice to heathen idols, Shrn. 101, 1: Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 13. He heora godgieldum eallum wiðsóc he renounced all their idols, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 4.

Linked entry: god-gyld

ge-rǽdod

Grammar
ge-rǽdod, ge-rǽded.
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Geréde-gedum ( = gerédedum; this and the preceding one are glosses on Ald. 2, 32), 3, 4. Feówer hors, twá. gerǽdede (cf. in the article on heriots: Feówer hors, twá gesadelode, Ll. Th. i. 414, 10), C. D. ii. 380, 27. Hú ú

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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Add Wlite machina (colorum, ex quibus ornatur praesentis machina mundi, Ald. 273, 6), An. Ox, 23, 58. Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.

homela

(n.)
Grammar
homela, homola, an; m.
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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 5. See the note there; see also on cutting the hair as a mark of disgrace, Grimm's Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer, pp. 702-3. v. hamelian

gauel-sester

(n.)
Grammar
gauel-sester, es; m.

A measure of rent ale ⬩ sextārius vectīgālis cerevisiæ

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A measure of rent ale; sextārius vectīgālis cerevisiæ, Som. Ben. Lye

níd-hǽmed

Grammar
níd-hǽmed, néd-, niéd-, nýd-hǽmed, es; n.

Rape

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Alf. pol. 25, 26; Th. i. 78, 11-18

fihle

(n.)
Grammar
fihle, es; m.? n.? l. fihl, es; m.
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Fihles ðæs alde panni ueteris, Mk. p. 2, 16. and add

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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a son Mín se gecorena sunu (sune, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 17. Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes

Linked entry: suna

þun-wang

(n.)
Grammar
þun-wang, e; -wange, -wenge, an; f. (and n.? Wange, wenge are both found neuter, though also the plurals wangas, wangan occur)

A temple

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A temple Þunwang timpus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 50. Þunwange tempus, 64, 32. Þunwencge (-wenge, -wange) timpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 59, 5: 298, 2. Gif ic on þunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Bufan his þunwengan supra tempus

Linked entry: wang

byndele

(n.)
Grammar
byndele, byndelle
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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 1, MS. H

dolg-bót

(n.)

compensation for a wound

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Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 7

Linked entry: bót

gold-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
gold-þeóf, es; m.
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Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 5

be-scýt

(v.)

injects

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injects, Alb. resp. 40; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. of be-sceótan

tó-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scǽnan, p. de

To break to pieces

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Corineus smat in enne stane . . . þe stan al tosceande (þat þe ston al tobrac, 2nd MS.), 2309-15. In Layamon the word is intransitive

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