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Anglo-Saxon

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wír-boga

(n.)
Grammar
wír-boga, an; m.

Bent wire used in ornamenting an object

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Bent wire used in ornamenting an object Mec (a horn) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3

bat

(n.)
Grammar
bat, e; f.

contention ⬩ strife ⬩ contentio ⬩ a bat ⬩ club ⬩ staff ⬩ stick ⬩ fustis

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Ben. 21. a bat, club, staff, stick; fustis, Som

cearcetung

(n.)
Grammar
cearcetung, e; f.

stridor

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Ben. Lye

clæmming

(n.)
Grammar
clæmming, e; f.

A blotting, daubing, smearing, hardening ⬩ litura, oblimatio

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Ben. Lye

be-hogian

(v.)

to be anxious ⬩ solicitous ⬩ wise ⬩ very careful ⬩ solicitum esse

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Ben. 58

flett

(n.)

the floor of a house ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ sēdes ⬩ hăbĭtātio

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Ben. Lye

flýming

(n.)
Grammar
flýming, es; m.

A fugitive ⬩ runaway ⬩ exile ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul

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Ben. Lye. v. fleánning, flýma

Linked entry: fleáming

friþ-geár

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-geár, es; n.

A year of peace or jubilee ⬩ pācis annus ⬩ jūblĭæus annus

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Ben. Lye

gaflas

(n.)
Grammar
gaflas, pl. m.

Forks ⬩ props ⬩ spars of a building ⬩ a gallows ⬩ furcæ ⬩ patĭbŭlum

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: geafel

here-wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
here-wǽpen, es; n.

A weapon of war

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Ben. 34, 3; Ps. Grn. ii. 149, 3

murcnere

(n.)
Grammar
murcnere, es; m.

One who murmurs

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Ben. 21, 5

slæcfull

(adj.)
Grammar
slæcfull, adj.
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Ben. Interl. 55, 8

án-setl

(n.)
Grammar
án-setl, es; n.
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Ben. 135, 9

geflit-mǽlum

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Ben. I. 117, 8. Add

ge-cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cneówian, p. ode; pp. od. [cneówian to kneel]

To bend the knee ⬩ kneel ⬩ genuflectŏre

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To bend the knee, kneel; genuflectŏre He on díglum stówum gecneówige gelóme let him frequently kneel in secret places, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 282, 30

hléda

(n.)
Grammar
hléda, hléda, an: hléde, es; m.

A seat ⬩ bench

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A seat, bench Þes hléda (hlýda, hléde, v. ll.) hoc sedile Ælfc. Gr. Z. 34, 3. Man sceal habban . . . hlýdan, sceamelas, Angl. ix. 264, 20. Substitute:

antefn

(n.)
Grammar
antefn, antefen, es; m.: e; f.
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Ben. 37, 7. Gesungennum antefne, Angl. xiii. 403, 550. Cweþan þæne antefn, 422, 811. Þæt hý ne beginnen náðer ne sealm ne antefene (-efen, v. l. ), R. Ben. 49, 5. Sealmas and antefenas, 39, 7. Antéfnas, Angl. xiii. 401, 518

efen-werod

(n.)
Grammar
efen-werod, es; n.

A soldier of the same company, a fellow-soldier ⬩ commănĭpŭlāris

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Ben. Lye

feor-stuðu

(n.)
Grammar
feor-stuðu, e; f.

A slanting post? ⬩ obstīpum

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Ben. Lye Feorstuðu obstupum? Wrt. Voc. 290, 11

forþ-asliden

(v.; part.)

passed or gone before ⬩ tumbled or fallen down ⬩ prælapsus ⬩ prolapsus

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Ben. Lye

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