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drencan

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Add: <b>I a.</b> to intoxicate Swá hwæt swá drence quicquid inebriat, Chrd. 74, 7

þwirel

(n.)
Grammar
þwirel, es; m.

A stick for whipping milk

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A stick for whipping milk Meolc lac, fliéte verberatum, molten lac coagolatum, þwiril verberaturium, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 26-30

ge-hilt

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Substitute <b>ge-hilte</b>; pl. (used like pl. of hilt with singular meaning] ge-hiltu

glíw-mægden

Grammar
glíw-mægden, glíw-mǽden.
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Take here <b>gliéw-méden</b> in Dict., and add Glíwmǽdena tympanistriarum, Ps. Rdr. 67, 26

Linked entry: mægden

hafocere

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Take here <b>hafecere</b> in Dict., and add Hafocere falconus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 3

Linked entry: hafecere

grafere

(n.)
Grammar
grafere, es; m.
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Take here <b>græfere</b> in Dict., and add Grafere sculptor, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 23

Linked entry: græfere

hrætele

(n.)
Grammar
hrætele, hrætel-wyrt.
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Substitute: <b>hrætel-wyrt,</b> e; f. Rattle*-*wort Hrætelwyrt hierobotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 73

wrecan

Grammar
wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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&lt;b>Id.&lt;/b> add :-- Þá folc him betweónum ful .x. winter þá gewin wrecende wǽron, Ors. I, II; S. 50, 21. &lt;b>IIIc.&lt;/b> add :-- Hé wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde remittit quod ferire debuit, Past. 149, 21.

médan

(v.)
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For on méde in l. 2 onméde from onmédan (&lt; on-mód, as eáþmédan &lt; eáþ-mód) may be read

Agustus

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Add:to &lt;b>II:&lt;/b> gen. Agustes In Agustes mónþe mense Augusta, Nar. 6, 8: Lch. i. 70, 7

frignan

(v.)
Grammar
frignan, [The different treatment of the g in this word gives rise to a great variety of forms. 1.the g may be retained, see the forms in Dict., to which add p.pl. [ge-] frungan; pp. [ge-]frognen. 2. the g may be absorbed giving a. frínan; p. frǽn, pl. frúnon ; pp. frúnen ; or b. frínan may be regarded as of the ablaut series í, á, i and have p. frán, pl. frinon ; pp. [be-]frinen. 3. the g may be assimilated and forms as from frinnan result, see prs. frinne, ppr. frinnende; p. pl. frunnon. Here perhaps belongs the form frunian,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 54.
]

to ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ to ask a question, ⬩ to ask about, after, ⬩ to ask ⬩ to ask a person a question ⬩ to ask a person about something, ⬩ to ask information of or from a person,

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Fraegnende (fregnende, R. ), Lk. L. 2, 46.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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L. 67, 4. &lt;b>III a.

folc-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
folc-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A nation's law ⬩ plēbiscītum

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A nation's law; plēbiscītum Sum mæg folcrǽdenne gehycgan one may deliberate a nation's law, Exon. 79a; Th. 295, 32; Crä. 42

beódende

(n.; v.; adj.)
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Substitute: &lt;b>beódend,&lt;/b> es; m. A preceptor Fram beó-dende a preceptore, Angl. xiii. 432, 967

croc

(n.)
Grammar
croc, crocc, es; m.
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Substitute: &lt;b>crocc,&lt;/b> e; f. A pot Man sceal habban . . . pannan, crocca, Angl. ix. 264, 10

ge-glengendlic

(adv.)
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Substitute: &lt;b>ge-glengendlíce;&lt;/b> adv. Delicately, elegantly Geglencendlíce glencan delicate (i. pompose) componere, An. Ox. 1202

geó-man

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Take here &lt;b>iú-man&lt;/b> in Dict., and add Swá geómen cwǽdon, Lch. iii. 430, 32

ge-sída

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Substitute: &lt;b>ge-sidu, ge-sida;&lt;/b> pl.n. Appurtenances, apparatus. v. heort-gesidu, sulh-gesidu; ge-sidian

hrúmig

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For 'Cot. 31, Lye' substitute Hrúmig caccabatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 17. v. rómig: &lt;b>-hrúmod.&lt;/b>

eád-wacer

(adj.)
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Substitute: &lt;b>eád-wacer,&lt;/b> eáþ-wacer (?); adj. Easily roused (?), alert, vigilant. As a proper name, Rä. 1, 16

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