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Anglo-Saxon

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wrigian

(v.)
Grammar
wrigian, p. ode

To turn ⬩ wend ⬩ hie ⬩ go ⬩ move

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Swá déþ ǽlc gesceaft, wrigaþ wiþ his gecyndes, and gefagen biþ gif hit ǽfre tó cuman mæge validis quondam viribus acta fronam flectet virga cacumen; hanc si curvans dextra remisit, recto special writes coelum . . .

brýd-lác

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lác, es; n.

A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage ⬩ nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates

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Ælfc. C. 9; Th. ii. 346. 18

endeleáslíce

(adv.)

everlastingly ⬩ to eternity

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Þá mánfullan beóð ǽfre cwylmigende on helle súsle endeleáslíce, 608, 11. Endeleáslíce losian, Hex. 22, 12.

Linked entry: endeleás-lic

ceáp-sceamul

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-sceamul, -sceamel, es; m. [scamel = a bench, seat]

A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury ⬩ mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = τελώνιον

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Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est in gazophylacio, Jn. Bos. 8, 20

Linked entry: cép-sceamol

god-módor

(n.)
Grammar
god-módor, f.
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A GODMOTHER Æt ðam fulwihte hyre onféng sum godes þeów ðære noma wæs rómána ... heó slép æt ðære godmódor húse a certain servant of God, whose name was Romana, was her sponsor at baptism ... she slept at the godmother's house, Shrn. 140, 24

clǽn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽn-líce, adv.

Purely, cleanly ⬩ puré

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Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25

beggen

(pronoun.)
Grammar
beggen, nom. m.= begen.

both

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Ælf. P. 35; Th. ii. 378, 13, 15, 16

full-sóþ

(adv.)

full sooth ⬩ most truly

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Ælf. C. 6; Lambd. 128, 29

Hwít-cirice

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-cirice, an; f.

WHITCHURCH

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A local name, WHITCHURCH Æt Hwítciricean, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 7

Ismahélitisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Ismahélitisc, adj.

Ishmaelite

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Ishmaelite Æt ðám Ismahélitiscum mannum de manu Ismaelitarum, Gen. 39, 1

corn-lád

(n.)
Grammar
corn-lád, e; f.
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Leading or carrying corn Æt cornláde, Ll. Th. i. 440, 28

Linked entry: lád

in-stæpe

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpe, adv.
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Hý farað, and instepe æft cumað, Solil. H. 62, 31. Add

þurh-wacol

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Add: — Gestód hé þurhwacol æt ánum eáhþýrle, Gr. D. 170, 27

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Innan þǽre cyricean ... inn æt þám eástende, Vis. Lfc. 52. Add

fíftig

Grammar
fíftig, <b>; II a.</b>
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Ǽr þám fíftigan sealme ante psalmum quinquagesimum, Chrd. 28, 1. Add

a-lénian

(v.)
Grammar
a-lénian, [a, lǽnian to be lean]

To make lean ⬩ to soak ⬩ macerare

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To make lean, to soak; macerare, Ælf. pref. Hom. p. 4

be-sæncan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sæncan, p. -sæncte; pp. -sænct

to sink ⬩ mergere

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Ælf. P. 13; Th. ii. 368, 27

nunn-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
nunn-híréd, es; m.

A nunnery

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A nunnery Ðe ǽr ðes nunhírédes wes, Chart. Th. 232, 6

þeáter

(n.)
Grammar
þeáter, (with declension like winter?)
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a theatre Æt heora þeátra, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 154, 2

holen-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
holen-stybb, es; m.
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A holly-stump Æt ðǽm holenstypbum, C. D. iii. 383, 27

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