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Anglo-Saxon

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dolg-sealf

(n.)

a wound salve, poultice for a wound

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a wound salve, poultice for a wound, L. M. cont. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 8, 26, 29

eored-wered

(n.)
Grammar
eored-wered, es; n. [werod, wered a company, multitude]

A band, company, multitude exercĭtus, lĕgio

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A band, company, multitude; exercĭtus, lĕgio Eóredweredu ðara deófla lĕgiōnes sive exercĭtus dæmonum, Greg. Dial. 1, 10

eorþ-tilia

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-tilia, an; m.

An earth-tiller, husbandman agrĭcŏla

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An earth-tiller, husbandman; agrĭcŏla Mín fæder ys eorþtilia pater meus agrĭcŏla est, n. Bos. 15, 1

Linked entry: irþ-tilia

friþ-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-scipe, es; m.

A state of peacepax

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A state of peace; pax To friþscipe for peace, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 5

furh-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
furh-wudu, m.

Fir-wooda fir-treepīnus

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Fir-wood, a fir-tree; pīnus, Gl. C. fol. 48 d; Lchdm. iii. 327, 39, col. 1

ge-hlǽg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlǽg, es; n.

Scornridicule

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Scorn, ridicule Hí gehlǽges tilgaþ they strive after scorn, Exon. 116 a; Th.446, 1; Dóm. 15

Linked entry: -hlæg

hám-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weardes, adv.
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Homewards Sió óðeru fierd wæs hámweardes the other force was returning home, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 1

heals-gund

(n.)
Grammar
heals-gund, es; m.
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A swelling in the neck; struma, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 44, 10, 13, 15, etc

mis-crocettan

(v.)

to make a horrible noise

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to make a horrible noise Hí ( evil spirits ) miscrocetton on hásrúnigendum stefnum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1

Linked entry: -crocettan

on-hrine

(n.)
Grammar
on-hrine, (?), es; m.
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Touch Ne ðe ǽniges yfeles onhrine (onryne, MS. B.) dereþ, Lchdm. i. 328, 1. Cf. æt-hrine

ósle

(n.)
Grammar
ósle, an; f.
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An ousel, blackbird Óslae merula, Txts. 78, 665: Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 1. Ósle, i. 281, 17

geótere

(n.)
Grammar
geótere, es; m.
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A pourer, melter, founder; fūsor, flātor Se geótere the founder, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 27, 35

gifung

(n.)
Grammar
gifung, gyfung, e; f.

A givinggrantingassentconsent

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A giving, granting, assent, consent Mid gyfunge ðære synne peccati consensu, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 11

Linked entry: gyfung

seld-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
seld-cyme, es ; m.
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A rare visit Wéna mé ðíne seóce gedydon, ðíne seldcymas, Exon. Th. 380, 27 ; Rä. 1, 14

spor-plætt

(n.)
Grammar
spor-plætt, es; m.
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A kick (?) Spátlu spurplættas (eárplættas ?) bendas ðú þrowodest tu sputa, colaphos, vincula passus Hymn. Surt. 80, 1

sweóta

(n.)
Grammar
sweóta, (?), an; m.
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The scrotum:?-Sweótan marsem ( = marsupium, v. Cockayne's remark, Lchdm. iii. 371, col. 1), Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 27

þorn-rind

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-rind, e; f.
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The bark of a thorn-tree Hnutbeámes rinde and þornrinde gecnúa tó duste, Lchdm. ii. 52, 1

un-fæstende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstende, adj.

Not fasting

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Not fasting Ðæt ǽnig unfæstende man húsles ne ábirige, L. Edg. C. 36; Th. ii. 252, 1

Linked entry: fæstan

cimbing

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Cimbing commisura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 1. Gefég, cimbing commisura, s. Dicitur tabularum conjunctio, 132, 10. Add

cométa

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Hér atíwede cométa, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. Hér atéwoden twégen cométan, 729; P. 45, 1. Add