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Anglo-Saxon

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anga

(n.)
Grammar
anga, an; m.
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A sting Se anga ðǽre wrǽnnesse aculeus libidinis, Past. 309, 15

Linked entry: onfundenness

bróþor-slaga

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Cain, se bróðorslaga, þe Abel ofslóh, Hml. A. 60, 221. Add

druncenig

(adj.)
Grammar
druncenig, adj.
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Drunken Druncgnia ł ꝥte druncenig inebriari, Lk. L. 12, 45

for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

lyft-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
lyft-lic, adj.
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Of the atmosphere, v. lyft; Se lyftlica heofon, Nap. 50, 2

réfa

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Hét se réfa hí beheáfdian, Shrn. 128, 11: 129, 17. Add

sixtigoþa

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Se syx-and-syxtigeþa sealm, R. Ben. 37, 6, 16. Add

un-gebrosnod

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Wuninge on þe se ungebrosnod geleáfa, Verc, Först. 145, 4. Add

á-sígan

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Se wǽta ásigí (labitur) tó ðám lime, Past. 72, 10. Add

hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLEa cloakmantleblanket

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Gl. 27; Som. 60, 111; Wrt. Voc. 25, 51. Hnysce hwítel linna, 63; Som. 68, 112; Wrt. Voc. 40, 23. Seó wimman mid hire hwítle bewreáh hine she covered him with a mantle; opertus ab ea pallio, Jud. 4, 18: L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 76, 23.

Linked entries: hwida hwien

són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

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Gif hit mycel geférǽden is sýn hý (the psalms) mid antefene gesungene, gif seó geférǽden lytel is, sýn hý forðrihte bútan sóne gesungene si major congregatio fuerit cum antiphonis, si vero minor in directum psallantur R. Ben. 41, 9.

Linked entry: be-sóne

ge-unrótsian

(v.)
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To be troubled Tristitia ... ꝥ is worulde unrótnyss, þonne se man geunrótsoð ealles tó swýðe for his ǽhta lyre ... Óðer unrótnyss is hálwende, ꝥ is ꝥ se man for his synnum geunrótsige, Hml. S. 16, 289-294.

Linked entry: un-rótsian

sóna

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Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde, sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór, mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, 570. Sóna swá ic anwóc, swá wilnode ic eft wínes, Past. 431, 17.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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See the passages below taken from the Laws. Mæssepreóst presbiter, Wrt. Voc. 42, 21: 71, 75. Swá hwæðer ðú swá mæssepreóst swá munuc. Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 35.

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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a rule Se gewuna is strængra on ǽlcum worde ðon his regal , Ælfc. Gr. 30, 4;Som.. 34, 67. Sume gáþ of ðam regole, forðan ðe se gewuna is strengra, eruo ic nerige, erutus generod.

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?

esne

a servanta man

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Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié swá swá láford his, Mt. R. 10, 24, 25: Shrn. 196, 11. Þú esne náwiht, Mt. R. 18, 32. Eádgo biðon esnas (servi) ðá ðá ðe se drihten gemoetað wæccendo, Lk. L. 12, 37. a young man Ðe esne adolescens, Mt. L. 19, 20, 22.

for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Fǽrlíce fordwán se ælðeódiga of his gesihðum, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Hé ðǽrrihte of hyra gesihðum fordwán, i. 452, 15: Hml. S. 6, 315. Se deófol þǽrrihte fordwán on his gesihðe the devil straightway vanished while he was looking at him, 31, 178.

embe-gang

(n.)
Grammar
embe-gang, es; m.

A going round, circuitcircuĭtus

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A going round, circuit; circuĭtus Se embegang ðara landa the circuit of the lands, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 402; A. D. 944;Kmbl. iii. 421, 6. Se móna hæfþ læstne embegang the moon has the least circuit, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 38.

Linked entry: ymb-gang

cweccan

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For first reference substitute Germ. 397, 504, and add Þá cwehte se déma his deóflice heáfod, Hml. S. 8, 91. Se cwellere slóh swíðe . . . him ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold þá þá hé swá hetelíce his handa cwehte, 12, 217. Cwahte vibrabit, Ps. Spl.