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Anglo-Saxon

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enge

(adj.)
Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.

Narrow, anxiousangustus, anxius

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Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm, Salm. Kmbl. 213; Sal. 106

midde

(n.)
Grammar
midde, an; f.

The middle

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The middle (only in the phrase on middan) Se fugel hafaþ iiii heáfdu ... and hé is on middan hwælan hiwes the bird hath four heads ... and in the middle it is of a whale's shape, Salm. Kmbl. 526; Sal. 262. Forwrát hé wyrm on middan, Beo.

stíle

(n.)
Grammar
stíle, es ; n.
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Heó oferbídeþ stánas, heó oferstígeþ stýle, Salm. Kmbl. 600 ; Sal. 299

Linked entries: stéle stete stýle

and-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
and-swerian, p. ade, ede, ode; pp. ed, od

to answer

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Cd. 214; Th. 268, 6; Sat. 51. Andsweredon, Elen. Grm. 397

Linked entries: and-swarian swerian

flód-egsa

(n.)
Grammar
flód-egsa, an; m.

Flood-dreadăquārum terror

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Flood-dread; ăquārum terror Flódegsa becwom gástas geómre flood-dread seized on their sad souls, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 4; Exod. 446

in-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
in-ádl, e; f.
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An internal disease Sára inádle, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm, ii. 174, 28. Wið eallum inádlum, 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 6

féster-fæder

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Drihtnes engel hine gelǽdde tó sumum and his fésterfæder mid hine, Shrn. 91, 1. Add

full-gedrifen

(adj.; part.)
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crammed full Hé is réðra donne eal middangeard, ðeáh hé sý binnan his feówer hwommum fulgedrifen wildeóra, Sal. K. p. 150, 23

middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwellingthe abode of menthe earththe worldthe worldmankind

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Cd. 216; Th. 275, 2; Sat. 165. Sume sceolon hweorfan geond hæleþa land ... geond middaneard, 219; Th. 281, 16; Sat. 272. Geond eorþan ... ofer middaneard, Ps. Th. 137, 6: 144, 12. Ðú miht on ánre hand befealdan ealne middaneard, Hy. 7, 120; Hy.

Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38: flegma 35, 65. Nytta þára lǽcedóma þe þone horh of þám heáfde teó, Lch. ii. 282, 25. Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt. Voc. ii. 108,

middan-geard

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Add Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, and ánra gehwylc. . . móte lifigan ðreó hund wintra, Sal. K. 148, 33

sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Án wíf mihte gegán bútan ǽlcere sceaþenysse fram ofer eall ðis eálond ut etiam si mulier vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se laedente valeret, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2.

Linked entry: sceþeness

in-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drífan, p. -dráf

To impelsend forthutter

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To impel, send forth, utter Hé in wítum word indráf in torments he spoke impetuously, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 29 ; Sat. 80

níd-boda

(n.)
Grammar
níd-boda, an; m.

One who announces violence or distress

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One who announces violence or distress Sincalda , nýdboda ( the Red Sea which overwhelmed the Egyptians ), Cd. Th. 207, 29; Exod. 474

Normandíg

(n.)
Grammar
Normandíg, e; f.

Normandy

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Normandy Willelm cyng fór ofer tó Normandíg, and Eádgár cild com of Scotland tó Normandíge, Chr. 1074; Erl. 212, 3-4

heard

(n.)
Grammar
heard, es; n.
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Him on hand gǽð heardes and hnsesces, Sal. 286

hirdenn

(n.)
Grammar
hirdenn, e; f.

A hardening

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A hardening xii ðúsendum sí ða sceatpra ðonne seó án flán ðe sý fram hundtwelftigum hyrdenna geondhyrded, Sal. K. P. 150. 28

ofer-fær

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Fram Abrahame wæs ðá forð oð Móises tíde and Israéla oferfær út of Egyptum v c wintra, Sal. K. 184, 11. Add

on-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
on-stígend, es; m.

One who ascends or mounts

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One who ascends or mounts Hors and onstígend áwearp in equum et ascensorem projecit in mare, Ps. Surt. ii. 187, 4

stán-weg

(n.)
Grammar
stán-weg, es; m.
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Sax. stén-weg.] Cf. stán-strǽt