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roð-hund

(n.)
Grammar
roð-hund, es; m.

A large dog molossusblood-hound and band-dog

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[In later English vocabularies molossus is translated by blood-hound and band-dog. v. Wrt. Voc. i. 177, 15 :187, col. 2. ] Roðhund molosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27. Rothundas molosos, ii.91, 9. Hroð-hund inutilis canis, i.23, 36

Linked entries: hroð-hund ryðða

syn-bryne

(n.)
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The Latin is: Spiritus qui ad peccandum succendit, and the English version is imperfect. As bryne is masculine, þǽre synbryne is certainly incorrect, and needs some emendation like that suggested), Verc. Först. 143, 18. (?)

wande-weorpe

(n.)
Grammar
wande-weorpe, an ; f.
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A mole (cf.later English mold-werp, still used in some dialects: O. H. Ger. mu-werfo talpa, Grff. i. 1040: M. H. Ger. molt-werf: Ger. maul-wurf: Icel. mold-varpa) Wondeuueorpe (uuan-daeuui[o]rpae, uuondæuuerpe) talpa, Txts. 101, 1975.

Linked entries: weorpe wand

cystig-ness

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Add: liberality Largitas, ꝥ is cystignyss on Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 326. Cystinesse liberalitatis, An. Ox. 2576: munificentiae, 3833. Ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10.

ymb-hwyrft

Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, <b>. IV.</b>
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Engliscra and óþra þeóda wiðinnan embhwyrft (ambitum) Brittisces íglandes wunigendra cincg, Angl. xiii. 365, 4. Add

út-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
út-færeld, es; n.

A going out

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A going out Exodus on Grécisc, exitus on Lýden, útfæreld on Englisc, Ex. Thw. tit. Útfæreld his fram Fæder egressus ejus a Patre, Hymn. Surt. 44, 17. Hí ǽr Moyse and hys folce ðæs útfæreldes wyrndon, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 19. Útfæreld exitum, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ex-odus

Engle

Anglesthe English

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Englum and Sæxum, 1065; P. 193, 34. the English Engle (Myrce and West-Seaxe, v. l.) and Dene gefuhton, Chr. 910; P. 94, 33. Dene and Engle wurdon sammǽle, 1018; P. 155,14.

friþ-bræc

(n.)
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A breach of the peace concluded between two hostile peoples (English and Danes) :-- Gyf eahta men beón ofslagene, þonne is ꝥ friðbréc, binnan byrig oþþon búton . . . Be friðbréce binnan byrig. Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, seó friðbrǽc, Ll.

ofer-rǽdan

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Seó bóc is on Englisc áwend, on ðǽre mæg gehwá be ðison genihtsumlíce gehýran, sé ðe hí oferrǽdan wile, 358, 31

eáster-fæsten

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Add: Ercenbriht . . . ǽrost Engliscra ciningagesette Eástorfeasten (Eásterfæsten, v. l. ) (cf. hé bebeád þæt feówertiglice fæsten ǽr Eástrum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 219, 20), Chr. 639; P. 27, 19

fór-swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-swíðe, adv.

Very stronglyvery muchvehementlyutterlyvaldevehĕmenter

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Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles fórswíðe gebrócod the army had not utterly broken up the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 29

sturtan

(v.)
Grammar
sturtan, (? vowel as in murnan?); steart
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v. examples from Middle English) se halta gistód exiliens claudus stetit, Rtl. 57, 27. [Arður up sturte (storte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 23951. Pharaon stirte up, Gen. and Ex. 2931. Stirte forth, Havel. 873.

Linked entry: styrtan

wyrm-melu

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-melu, (-o), wes; n.
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'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne.

wordlian

(v.)
Grammar
wordlian, wurdlian; p. ode

To talkdiscourse

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Uton nú on Englisc ymbe ðys be dǽle wurdlian, 303, 14. [Gewurdlud vel gesprecen, 320, 16.] Wordlian sermocinari, Hpt. Gl. 461, 38

pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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Libra is pund on Englisc, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 30; Som. 52, 8. Pund praesorium (pressorium), Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 25. Maria nam án pund ( libram ) deórwyrðre sealfe, Jn. Skt. 12, 3.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

a-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fight againstattackassailimpugnareexpugnareto tear or pluck outevellere

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to fight against, attack, assail; impugnare, expugnare Bryttas Ongel þeóde afuhton the Britons fought against the English nation, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 647, 1: 4, 26; S. 602, 25. Hí afuhton me expugnaverunt me, Ps. Th. 108, 2: Ps.

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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þénest, þeónest the English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word occurs separately refers to Germany, so perhaps the German form has been borrowed(?)

wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
wacol, (-ul, -el); adj.

Watchfulvigilant

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Uigilantius, ðæt is on Englisc wacolre, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 13

a-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; p. -reahte, -rehte; impert. -rece; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forthstretch outstrainraise upextendereexpandereerigereto put forthrelaterecountspeak outexpressexplaininterprettranslateproponereexponereenarrareeloquiexprimeredisserereinterpretarireddereto set in orderadorndeckexpedireexpolirecomere

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Án ǽrendgewrit of Lǽdene on Englisc areccean to translate an epistle from Latin into English, Past. pref. Hat. MS. to set in order, adorn, deck? expedire, expolire, comere? - Areaht síe expoliatur, Cot. 77, Lye: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 9; Reim. 10

ge-þeóde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeóde, es; n.

Languagespeechidiomtranslationlingua

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Hér sind fíf geþeóde Englisc and Brittisc and Wilsc and Scyttisc and Pyhtisc and Bóc Leden there are five languages here, English, British, Scotch, Pictish, and Latin, Chr. Erl. 3, 2.

Linked entry: ge-þióde