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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-trucian

(v.)

to fail ⬩ deficere

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Skt. 2, 3, col. 2

Linked entry: trucian

biscop-hád

(n.)

the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate

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the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, Cot. 86: Ps. Spl. 108, 7

ge-rypon

(v.)

reaped

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reaped, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 33, col. 1; = ge-ripon; p. pl. of ge-rípan

stán-scealu

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scealu, -scalu, e; f.
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Shale Of Stúre on ða stánscale, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word

wíþig-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-wíc, es; n.

A dwelling-place by which willows grow

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A dwelling-place by which willows grow Wíðig*-*wíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 18

an-spel

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For Cot. 56 substitute Conjecturam anspel (cf. conjectionis bodunge, 67), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 69

fregen-seldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fregen-seldlic, -syllic; adj.
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Cat. 223, col. 1

Linked entry: seld-lic

hám-scír

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For ' Cot. 71, Lye' substitute Hámscíre edilitatem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 79. Hámscír, 29, 4

Gotisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gotisc, adj.
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Of the Goths Þǽr æfter cóm Gotiscra manna here Gothis supervenientibus, Gr. D. 194, 14

weall-weg

(n.)
Grammar
weall-weg, (?), es; m.

A walled road(?)

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On ðane ealdan walweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: hege-weg

hæc-wer

(n.)
Grammar
hæc-wer, es; m.

A weir with a grate to take fish

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A weir with a grate to take fish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 15, 22

healic

(n.)
Grammar
healic, es; m.

A herring ⬩ halec

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A herring; halec Healic óðer sǽfisc herring or seafish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 250, 26

cneoht

(n.)

a boy

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a boy Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 18: 3, 18; S. 545, 45, col. 2

-túningas

(suffix)
Grammar
-túningas, pl. m.
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Wudetunnincga gemǽro, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 193, 10

circ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
circ-líc, adj. [circe a church]

ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus

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Catal. 118, 4, col. 2

feax-eacas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eacas, -eacon?

Hair hanging down the forehead ⬩ forelocks ⬩ antiæ frontis ⬩ sive a fronte dependentes

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Hair hanging down the forehead, forelocks; antiæ frontis, sive a fronte dependentes, Cot. 6, Som. Ben. Lye

felt-wurma

(n.)
Grammar
felt-wurma, an; m. [felt = feld?]

The plant wild marjoram ⬩ orĭgănum

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Glos. vol. iii. p. 349, col. 2, 32

Linked entry: feld-wurma

flóde

(n.)
Grammar
flóde, an; f.

A place where anything flows ⬩ a channel ⬩ sink ⬩ gutter ⬩ cloāca ⬩ lăcūna

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A place where anything flows, a channel, sink, gutter; cloāca, lăcūna, Cot. 44: 193, Som. Ben. Lye

fugel-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-noþ, es; m?

Bird-catching ⬩ fowling ⬩ aucŭpium

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Bird-catching, fowling; aucŭpium On fugelnoþum in fowlings, Cod. Dipl. 715; A.D. 1006; Kmbl. iii. 350, 9

Linked entry: fugoloþ

furh-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
furh-wudu, m.

Fir-wood ⬩ a fir-tree ⬩ pīnus

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C. fol. 48 d; Lchdm. iii. 327, 39, col. 1

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