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Anglo-Saxon

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heáh-sunne

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sunne, (?), an; f.
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and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17

sunna

(n.)
Grammar
sunna, an; m.
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Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

a-streahte

(v.)
Grammar
a-streahte, -streaht

stretched out

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stretched out;

a-wrehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wrehte, a-wreht

aroused ⬩ awoke ⬩ suscitavit ⬩ suscitatus

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aroused, awoke; suscitavit, suscitatus,Jn. Bos. 12, 1 ;

a-þohte

(v.)
Grammar
a-þohte, -þoht

thought out ⬩ thought

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thought out, thought,Beo. Th. 5280; B. 2643 ;

for-beád

(v.)
Grammar
for-beád, 1st and 3rd sing. p. of for-beódan.

forbade

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forbade, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 11; Gen. 637;

ge-fystlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fystlian, l. ge-fýstlian and for 'pugnis . . . Scint. 2'
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substitute Gif syngiende gefýstlude gé forþyldiaþ si peccantes colafizati suffertis, Scint. 7, 14

lígnian

(v.)
Grammar
lígnian, l. lígnan, and in bracket for iaugnen l.
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läugnen

æled

(v.)
Grammar
æled, l. ǽled, and dele [pp. of ælan].

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, e and es (v. niht); f.

Continual night ⬩ perpetual darkness

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Continual night, perpetual darkness Ða ðe in þeóstrum sǽton sinneahtes those who sat in the shades of perpetual darkness, Exon. Th. 8, 13; Cri. 117. Hám sweart sinnehte (hell), Exon. Th. 142, 26; Gú. 650. Hý ábídan sceolon in sinnehte, 99, 29; Cri. 1632

bygest

(v.)
Grammar
bygest, 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bycgan.
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he bygeþ buyest, he buys, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 14; Gn. Ex. 111

simble-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
simble-gemaca, an; m.
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan

Linked entries: simbel simbel-geféra ge-maca

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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DOCK, sorrel; lăpăthum = λάπαθoν, rumex Ðeós wyrt ðe man lăpăthum, and óðrum naman docce nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum, and on ealdum myxenum this herb which is called lăpăthum, and by another name dock, is produced in sandy places, and on old

éðle

(n.)
Grammar
éðle, to a home, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 21; Gú. 326: éðles of a home, Andr. Kmbl. 1660; An. 830; dot. and gen. of éðel

a home ⬩ domĭcĭlium

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a home; domĭcĭlium

ge-genga

(n.)
Grammar
ge-genga, an; m.
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Þæt éce fýr wæs deófle gegearwod and his gegengum (-gencgum, -gængum, geférum, v. ll. ) eallum, Wlfst. 184, 18

un-eáðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, and un-iéðe (-éðe, -íðe, -ýðe); adj.

difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous

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an easy matter to you to call and to teach; adolescens loquere vix, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 10

Linked entries: un-éðe un-íðe

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

A species of money introduced by the Danes

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Icel. eyrir, the eighth part of a mark) þolie twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 16. Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Less ⬩ lest

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Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34. Gif læs manna beó sin minor est numerus, Ex. 12, 4. Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38.

Linked entry: læsast

pilece

(n.)
Grammar
pilece, an; f.
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Hwí worhte God pylcan Adame and Eve æfter ðam gylte? Ðæt hé geswutelode mid ðám deádum fellum ðæt hí wǽron ðá deádlíce, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 28

Linked entry: pylece

mór-berige

(n.)
Grammar
mór-berige, an; f.
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A mulberry: — Hí mid mórberium gebyldon þá ylpas (to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries, 1 Macc. 6, 34), for ðám ðe mórberian him is metta leófost, Hml. S. 25, 576

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