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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-twis

Grammar
ge-twis, Substitute:
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ofer-flówness

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Add: Habban oferflównessa accipere, stipendia superflua, See preceding word (last passage)

þurh-gán

Grammar
þurh-gán, <b>.
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See preceding word

fleá-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
fleá-wyrt, e; f.

FLEA-WORTflea-banepūlĭcāriapsylliumψύλλιονκόνυζα

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FLEA-WORT, flea-bane; pūlĭcāria, psyllium = ψύλλιον, cōnyza = κόνυζα Fleáwyrt parirus? Wrt. Voc. 287, 23

mylen-scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
mylen-scearp, adj.

Ground sharp

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Ground sharp Heówan mécum mylenscearpum, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 24; Æðelst. 24. v. next word

ge-wæmnednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæmnednes, se; f.

A corruptioncorruptio

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A corruption; corruptio Ánes wordes gewæmnednys a corruption of a word, a barbarism; barbarismus. Som

tungol-cræfta

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-cræfta, an; m.
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Voc. ii. 18, 33: 82, 6. v. next word

þeór-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-wyrm, es; m.
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A worm in a boil Wiþ þeórwyrme on fét, Lchdm. ii. 12, 2: 118, 25

unriht-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gilp, es; m. n.

Vainglory

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Vainglory Ic andette unrihtgilp and ídel word, L. de Cf. 7; Th. ii. 262, 27

wesend-horn

(n.)
Grammar
wesend-horn, es; m.
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Th. 536, 1. v. preceding word

á-metendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
á-metendlíce, adv.
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Voc. ii. 132, 60. v. preceding word

Linked entry: metend-líce

bryne-ness

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-ness, e; f.
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Cf. next word

cærsiht

(adj.)
Grammar
cærsiht, adj.
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D. iii. 121, 18. v. next word

den-berende

(n.; adj.)
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D. i. 229, 14. v. preceding word

gebyrd-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
gebyrd-tíma, an; m.
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Time of birth Of þám heregange tó Crístes gebyrdtíman, Wlfst. 312, 2. v. preceding word

ofer-gǽgan

(v.)

to transgress

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to transgress Hwí ofergǽge gé Godes word cur trans*-*gredimini verbum Domini? Num. 14, 41

corn-wurma

(n.)
Grammar
corn-wurma, an; m.

A corn-wormweevil vermiculus

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A corn-worm, weevil; vermiculus Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 84; Wrt. Voc. 22, 2

Linked entry: cor-wurma

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

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Grammar nimþe, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed) Nǽnig óðerne freóþ in fyrhþe, nimþe feára hwylc (freóþ), Fragm. Kmbl. 71; Leas. 37.

Linked entry: nemþe

hand-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-geweorc, es; n.

Work of the hand, handiwork

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Work of the hand, handiwork Ðæra hǽðenra anlícnyssa sind gyldene and sylfrene manna handgeweorc the idols of the heathen are of gold and of silver, the work of men's hands, Homl. Th. i. 366, 26: Deut. 4, 28.

Linked entry: hand-weorc

hǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hǽste[?]; adj.

Violent, vehement, impetuous

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Th. 2674; B. 1335 Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast þurh hǽstne níþ ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa never shalt thou, through vehement hate, pain so violent prepare as to turn me from these words, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 3; Jul. 56.