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Anglo-Saxon

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bleó

(n.)

blue or azure colour ⬩ cæruleus

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blue or azure colour; cæruleus, Som

ge-bégdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bégdnes, -bégednes, -ness, e; f.

Crookedness ⬩ aduncĭtas ⬩ oblīquĭtas

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Crookedness; aduncĭtas, oblīquĭtas,Som. Ben. Lye

ge-bégendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bégendlíc, adj.

Bending ⬩ flexible ⬩ flexĭbĭlis

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Bending, flexible; flexĭbĭlis,Som. Ben. Lye

ge-brýsednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brýsednes, -ness, e; f.

A bruising ⬩ contūsio

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A bruising; contūsio, Som. Ben. Lye

ge-emnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnian, p. ode; pp. od

To make even ⬩ match ⬩ adæquare

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To make even, match; adæquare, Som

ge-rósod

(adj.)

rosy, belonging to roses ⬩ rosaceus

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rosy, belonging to roses; rosaceus, Som

scip-fylleþ

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fylleþ, the private jurisdiction exercised over a group of three hundreds. The word occurs in a charter of Edgar granting to Bishop Oswald certain privileges connected with three hundreds, where in reciting the request that had been made to the king it is said: 'quatinus posset ipse (Oswald) cum monachis suis unam naucupletionem, quod Anglice scypfylleð dicitur, per se habere.' The grant of the request is then stated: 'Ego Eadgarus Oswaldo episcopo annuo et dono huius libertatis priuilegium . . . ut ipse episcopus cum monachis suis de istis tribus centuriatibus . . . construant (constituant, Chart. Th. 214) unam naucupletionem, quod Anglice dicitur scypfylleð oððe scypsócne, in loco quem ob eius memoriam Oswaldeslaw deinceps appellari placuit, ubi querelarum causae secundum morem patriae et legum iura iure discernantur; habeatque ipse episcopus debita transgressionum . . . et omnia quaecunque rex in suis hundredis habet,' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 240. The connection between the sense in which the word seems to be used in the charter and the meanings of the two parts of the compound may perhaps be found in the entry under the year 1008 in the Chronicle. It there apparently states, that from every three hundred hides one ship should be furnished to the national fleet, v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 105, and cf. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 255. The word fylleþ occurs in the compound winter-fyllef, q. v.; cf. also
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Icel. skip-sókn a ship's crew

Linked entry: scip-sócn

cornoch

(n.)
Grammar
cornoch, es ; m.

A crane ⬩ grus

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A crane; grus Som. Ben. Lye

costnes

(n.)
Grammar
costnes, -ness, e; f.

A temptation ⬩ tentatio

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A temptation; tentatio Som. Ben. Lye

cræft-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cræft-líc, adj.

Artificial ⬩ artificialis

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Som. Ben. Lye

ge-smiten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-smiten, part. p.

Anointed ⬩ smeared ⬩ smutted ⬩ litus ⬩ unctus

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Anointed, smeared, smutted; litus, unctus, Som

ge-spænning

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spænning, e; f.

An incitement ⬩ a provocation ⬩ incitamentum,

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An incitement, a provocation; incitamentum, Som

ge-sprucg

(n.)

discord ⬩ strife ⬩ seditio,

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discord, strife; seditio, Som. 171; Lye

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

Cerdic ⬩ Cerdĭcus

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was the son of Cynegils, Chr.

hlyst

(n.)
Grammar
hlyst, es; m: e; f.

The sense of hearing, ⬩ hearing, ⬩ listening

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Gr. 11; Som. 15, 15. Ða fíf andgitu ... hlyst ... the five senses ... hearing ..., Homl. Th. ii. 550, 11: i. 138, 27. Gif se hlyst óþstande ðæt hé ne mǽge gehiéran if the hearing be stopped so that he cannot hear, L. Alf. pol. 46; Th. i. 92, 23.

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, dióre; adv.

Dearly, with great price ⬩ cāre, magno

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Dearly, with great price; cāre, magno Deóre he hit bohte vel sealde he bought or sold it dearly; care vendĭdit, Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 84; Wrt. Voc. 28, 62.

Linked entry: dióre

mǽl-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-dæg, es; m.

A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time

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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339.

Linked entry: mál-dæg

ge-nefa

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Hé gefeaht wið Pompeiuses nefan (genefon, v. l. nepotes), 5, 12; 8. 244, 6. the son of a cousin Adrianus, Traianuses nefa (genefa, v. l.) Hadrianus, consobrini Trajani filius, 6, 11; S. 266, 6

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

for-wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wisnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To wither or wizen away ⬩ dry up ⬩ decay ⬩ marcescĕre ⬩ arescĕre ⬩ tābescĕre ⬩ putrescĕre

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Ðæt biþ forwisnad wraðe sóna, ǽr hit afohten foldan losige quod priusquam evellātur, arescit, 128, 4. To hwan drehtest ðú me eal forwisnad wherefore didst than torture me all decayed? Soul Kmbl. 36; Seel. 18

Linked entry: for-weosnian

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