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Anglo-Saxon

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hwol

Grammar
hwol, An. Ox. 37, 6. The word is given as a gloss to infingens in the passage : Inruit in quamdam spinulam . . . medelanium plantae ipsius
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infigens, Guth. Gr. 153

riht-gelífende

(adj.)
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Úrum wealdende rihtgelýfendum, Guth. Gr. 100, 1. Add

ambrósie

(n.)
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ambrosia Mid ambrósie þǽre wyrte swétnysse gefylde, Guth. 90, 3

engel-lic

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Hé þone apostol on engellicre fægernysse geseah, Guth. 28, 27. Of engcellicre sprǽce, 72, 11. Hí wurdon betǽhte engellicum bósmum, Hml. Th. i. 84, 9. Tó engelicum sprǽcum, 544, 31. Engellicum, Guth. 86, 8. Engcellice sangas hé gehýrde, 88, 14. Add

þearm

(n.)
Grammar
þearm, es; m.
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A gut, an intestine [Tharm = guts washed for making hogs' puddings, is given as a Lincolnshire word in Bailey's Dictionary; with the meaning, 'material of which fiddle-strings are made,' it is given in E. D. S. Pub.

feor-land

(n.)
Grammar
feor-land, -lond.
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Geácsode se foresprecena wræcca on feorlandum þæs hálgan weres forðfóre, Guth. 94, 2. Add:

ge-gyld

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Mid þám fægerum stafum gegylde, Guth. 4, 2. .II. gegylde weófodsceátas, Cht. Th. 244, 18. Add

blǽco

(n.; v.)
Grammar
blǽco, es; n.

Pallor

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On blǽco gecyrred, Guth. 88, 14. Substitute: indecl. f

in-timbrian

(v.)
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Trymede hé hí mid his láre and mid his manunge heora heortan intimbrede, Guth. 64, 19. Add

merigen-dæg

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Guth. Gr. 110, 60. Add

ge-híran

Grammar
ge-híran, <b>;
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</b> add Þá heó þá gehýrde þone bróþor forðféredne, Guth. Gr. 167, 123

ofer-líþan

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Swá ic strange sǽ and mycele oferlíðe velut transvadato vasti gurgitis aequore, Guth. Gr. 102, 33. Add

ge-blíþe

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-blíþe, adj. (or adv.)
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Blithe (or blithely) Hé swýþe geblíþe hine hét gyrwan tó þám ingange þæs heofonlican rices, Guth. 80, 1

Linked entry: blíþe

swétness

Grammar
swétness, <b>. I.</b>
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Hí ealle þá stówe gemétton mid ambrosie þǽre wyrte swétnysse ( ambrosiae odore ) gefylde, Guth. Gr. 168, 130. Add

gár-þríst

(adj.)
Grammar
gár-þríst, adj.

Spear-bold ⬩ daring with a spear ⬩ hastâ audax

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Spear-bold, daring with a spear; hastâ audax Gúþ-heard, gárþríst warlike, spear-bold, Elen. Kmbl. 407; El. 204

hás-hrímian

(v.)
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to cry hoarsely Hié háshrýmedon on heora stefnum (hásrúnigendun stefnun, v. l.) erant clamoribus raucisonis, Guth. Gr. 128, 127. (?)

Linked entry: hrímian

mæger

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Hig hæfdon mycele heáfda, and mægere (manigre, MS. ) ansýne erant. . . capitibus magnis, macilenta facie Guth. Gr. 128, 114. Add

git

Grammar
git, ye two.
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, Guth. 64, 6. Add

ríce-healdend

(n.)
Grammar
ríce-healdend, (?), es; m.
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Athelwaldo . . . rite regimina regenti, Guth. Gr. 104, 4

æf-weard

absens

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Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. Hé sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add

Linked entry: -weard

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