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Anglo-Saxon

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IC

(pronoun.)
Grammar
IC, pron. of 1st pers. s.

I

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I Ic Æðelstán cyningc cýðe I, king Athelstan, proclaim, L. Ath. 1; prm; Th. i. 194, 2. Ic hyt eom it is I; ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 27. Ic sylf hit eom ipse ego sum, Lk. Skt. 24, 39. Ic eom Gabriel ic ðe stande beforan gode ego sum gabrihel qui adsto ante

lætemest

(adj.)
Grammar
lætemest, a double superlative of læt.

Last

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Last In ðæm lætemestan dæge in novissimo die, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 44: 39, 40. Stówe ða lætemestu novissimum locum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 9, 10. Monige wutudlíce bióþun ǽrist ða foerþmestu and ða lætemestu foerþmest multi autem erunt primi novissimi et novissimi

Linked entry: lætmest

ge-wæg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wæg, p., of ge-wegan. p.

bore, carried

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bore, carried.Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22;

ge-bearg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bearg, -bearh

secured ⬩ protected

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secured, protected,Beo. Th. 5134; B. 2570 : 3101; B. 1548;

ge-beón

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-beón, -beónn

commanded ⬩ assembled

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commanded, assembled,Cod. Dipl. 1073; A. D. 896; Kmbl. v. 140, 8 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 896; 139, 11;

Linked entry: beón

ge-bitt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bitt, 3rd pres. of ge-biddan.

prays ⬩ will pray ⬩ ōrābit

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prays or will pray; ōrābit,Gen. 20, 7 ;

Linked entry: bitt

ge-blénd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-blénd, pl. -bléndon

mixed

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mixed,Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 10; Cri. 1438;

ge-brudon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brudon, p. pl. of ge-bredan.

drew ⬩ unsheathed

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drew, unsheathed,Ps. Spl. 36, 14;

ge-budon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-budon, p. pl. of ge-beódan.

proposed

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proposed,Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 52, 27;

ge-búdon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búdon, p. pl. of ge-búan.

abode

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abode,Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 36;

ge-fette

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-fette, pl. -fetton

Fetched ⬩ brought

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Fetched, brought,Gen. 24, 11 : Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 30;

ge-hióld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hióld, pl. -hióldon

kept ⬩ preserved

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kept, preserved, Past. pref; Swt. 3, 7; Hat. MS;

swét-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
swét-wyrde, adj. Agreeable of speech, bland
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Blandis sermonibus, lenis verbis líþum vel swétwyrdum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 4. Balbus, qui vult loqui et non potest wlips vel swétwyrda ( blandus seems to have been read?), 125, 11

á-bléred

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
á-bléred, bald, bared of hair. v.
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passage in Dict. under tyslian

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, a species of ( wild) beast.
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Add:after deórcynn (l. 4) and ealle nýtena þe on feówer fótum gáð (cf. God geworhte þǽre eorðan deór ( bestias) æfter hira híwum and þá nítena (jumenta ). Gen. 1. 25)

bret

(v.)
Grammar
bret, 3rd pres. of bredan

varies, changes

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varies, changes; Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beó wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30

brudon

(v.)
Grammar
brudon, p. pl. of bredan.

spread ⬩ dilatarunt

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spread; dilatarunt. Cd. 154; Th. 191, 29; Exod. 222;

bryrþ

(v.)
Grammar
bryrþ, 3rd pres. of bryrdan.

urges, constrains

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urges, constrains, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 5; Met. 13, 3;

bulle

(v.)
Grammar
bulle, bullon

bellowedst, roaredst ⬩ bellowed, roared

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bellowedst, roaredst; bellowed, roared;

fel-cyrf

(n.)
Grammar
fel-cyrf, e; f? [fel skin, cyrf a cutting off]

The foreskin ⬩ præpūtium

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The foreskin; præpūtium, Cot. 217

Linked entry: cyrf

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