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ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To namenominare

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Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29

Iotas

(n.)
Grammar
Iotas, Iutan ; pl.

The Jutes

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The Jutes Ðá cómon ða men of þrím mégðum Germanie of Ald-Seaxum of Anglum of Iotum.

Linked entries: Eota land Iútan

ofer-sewenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sewenness, e; f.
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In the laws of Henry I it corresponds to ofer-hírness in the Anglo-Saxon laws Habeat episcopus debita transgressionum et poenam delictorum quae nos dicimus ofersegeneisse (quae Anglice dicitur oferisæwenes, ii. 240, 22) et gyltwíte, C.

Linked entry: ofer-gesewenness

ge-swícung

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Angl.' substitute Búton geswícincge sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103

GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the JutesJutæGAUTSGauti in SueciaΓαυτοί,

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De Anglis vēnēre Orientāles Angli, Mediterrānei Angli, Merci, [et] Nordanhymbrōrum prōgĕnies, id est, de illa patria quæ Angŭlus dīcĭtur inter provincias Jutārum et Saxŏnum, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20-26. the GAUTS, the inhabitants of the south of Sweden,

west-sceáta

(n.)
Grammar
west-sceáta, an; m.
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A western angle or promontory Sicilia is ðryscýte. . . ðone westsceátan man hǽt Libéum Sicilia tria habet promontoria . . . tertium, quod adpellatur Lilybaeum, dirigitur in occasum Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 5

mynster-mann

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, Angl. viii. 323, 16: Wlfst. 224, 17. Wé þencað iunge mynstermen tó gegrétanne, Angl. viii. 321, 38. Add

F

At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf five; hæuþ, hæfþ haveth; Euen, efen even. In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

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At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf

á-dreósan

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Angl. xiii. 385, 280

rád-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
rád-cniht, es; m.
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A title equivalent to that of sixhynde man Si autem talis occiditur qualem supra nominavimus rádcniht, et quidam Angli. vocant sixhændeman, Text. Roff. p. 38. In dome hominis, quem Angli vocant rádcniht, alii veto sexhendeman, Schmid. A. S.

hleów-stede

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Angl. viii. 451, 34. Add:

scír-mann

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add: Angl. ix. 262, 14

wealh-word

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Add: Angl. xi. 101, 42

á-blinnedness

(n.)
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cessation, Angl. v. 465, 4

Linked entry: blinnedness

meagol-mód

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Add: Angl. xi. 97, 3

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

leágung

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Dele, and see Angl. i. 508

clipol

(adj.)
Grammar
clipol, adj.
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sounding, vocal Hig deóplíce þá stefna þæs lyftes swége gesleáð, and mid þǽre tungan clypole þæne swég gewynsumiað, Angl. viii. 313, 15. v. hlúd-clipol. vowel Þæne clypolan .a., Angl. viii. 314, 16

Linked entry: clypol

ge-lumpenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lumpenlic, adj.
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occasional, accidental Þá óðre bróðru tó cirican gewitene wéron fore sumum gelumpenlicum intingan, Angl. x. 143, 82. opportune, suitable Hé in gelumpenlicum stówum biscopas hálgede, Angl. x. 141, 17. From a twelfth-century MS

six-hyrnede

(adj.)
Grammar
six-hyrnede, adj.
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Having six corners or angles Sixhernede sex-angulatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 4