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Anglo-Saxon

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camp-hád

(n.)
Grammar
camp-hád, es; m.
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Warfare; militia Hí synd bigongende woruld-lícne camphád they are exercising worldly warfare, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 9

Linked entry: comp-hád

eofera

(n.)
Grammar
eofera, an; m.

A successor ⬩ successor

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A successor; successor Æfter Eorpwalde Rǽdwaldes eoferan post Earpualdum Redualdi successōrem, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 35, col. I

færnys

(n.)
Grammar
færnys, -nyss, e; f.

A passage, fare ⬩ transĭtus

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A passage, fare; transĭtus Ðǽr monna færnys mǽst wæs juxta publĭcos viārum transĭtus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 5

fédnes

(n.)
Grammar
fédnes, -ness, e; f.

Nourishment ⬩ nutrīmentum

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Nourishment; nutrīmentum On lustfullnysse ðær bíþ synne fédnes in delectātiōne fit peccāti nutrīmentum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 25

for-settan

(v.)
Grammar
for-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To obstruct ⬩ obstruĕre

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To obstruct; obstruĕre Hí ðone heofonlícan weg forsetton they obstructed the heavenly way, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4

forþ-scype

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-scype, es; m.

A going forth ⬩ growth ⬩ profectus

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A going forth, growth; profectus For his forþscype onstyred mōtus ejus profectĭbus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 28, note

ge-ménelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ménelíc, adj. [ge-méne = ge-mǽne common]
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Common; commūnis For geménelícre neóde for the common need, L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 382, 2, MS. A

hlísful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hlísful-líce, adv.
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Gloriously Óswold cyning his cynedðrn geheóld hlísfullíce king Oswald maintained his kingdom gloriously, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 119

hunig-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-gafol, es; n.
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Rent paid in honey Syllan huniggafol to pay rent in honey, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 31

líg-fǽmende

(adj.)
Grammar
líg-fǽmende, -fámbláwende, -fýrberende [-ferbærnde, MS.]

flammivomus

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vomiting flame; flammivomus [the words are those used by the several MSS. in] Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 12

Linked entry: fǽman

lytel-ne

(adv.)
Grammar
lytel-ne, adv.

almost ⬩ nearly

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All but, almost, nearly Hé lytelne [lytesne?] Breotona ríce forlét Brittaniam pene amisit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 22

ge-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweltan, p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten [sweltan to die]
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To die, perish; mŏri Men gesweltaþ hŏmĭnes moriemini, Ps. Spl. 81, 6. Geswolten, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 18

ge-sagian

(v.)
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to say, tell; dicere Gesaga him tell them, Beo. Th. 781; B. 388: Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 30

ge-wélan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wélan, pp. ed

To bind together

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To bind together Þurh ðas þeóde gewélede togædere through this people banded together, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 131

rúm-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rúm-gifa, an; m.
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A liberal giver Hé wæs eallum rúmgifa manu omnibus largus, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8. v. next word

stig-fearh

(n.)
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a young pig to keep in a sty Ǽhteswáne gebyreþ stífearh, L. R. S. 7 ; Th. i. 436, 22

Linked entries: stí-ferh fearh

swét-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
swét-líce, adv.
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Sweetly, pleasantly Swétlíce drincan ða word ðínes wísdómes verba tuae scientiae dulciter haurire, Bd. 5, 24; S. 649, 1

un-átemed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-átemed, adj.

Untamed ⬩ unsubdued

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Untamed, unsubdued Severus micelne dǽl Breotone mid díce tósceádde fram óþrum unátemedum ðeódum, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 3

un-þyldlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þyldlícness, e; f.

Difficulty

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Difficulty Ðá wæs mycel unþyldlícnes geworden be his byrignesse facto diffcultate tumulandi, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 8 note

wǽpned-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-bearn, es; n.
Entry preview:

A male child, a boy For wǽpnedbearne . . . for wífcilde pro masculo . . . pro femina, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 14

Linked entry: bearn

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