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Anglo-Saxon

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hund

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L. 7, 6 marg. some sea-beast, a seal (?), a dog-fish (?) De Scilla ... hí gewiton on and wurdon tó hundum. Scilla, ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61. the word occurs in local names On þone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfel, C. D. iii. 425, 29.

arc

(n.)
Grammar
arc, es; m: earc, erc, e; f: earce, an; f.

A vessel to swim on waterthe ARKa coffersmall chest or boxarcacistacistellacibotiumκιβώτιον

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Se arc wæs geférud ofer ða wæteru arca ferebatur super aquas, 7, 18

Linked entry: erk

agén-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
agén-cuman, p. -com, pl. -cómon; pp. -cumen

To come againredire

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To come again; redire Ðá se Hǽlend agén-com cum rediisset Iesus. Lk. Bos. 8, 40

atel

(adj.)

direterrible

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dire, terrible Se atela gǽst the dire spirit, Exon. 34 a; Th. 109, 9; Gú. 87

fyðer-scýte

(adj.)
Grammar
fyðer-scýte, adj.

Four-corneredquadrangularquadrangŭlus

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Four-cornered, quadrangular; quadrangŭlus Se arc wæs fyðerscýte the ark was quadrangular, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 3

norþan-eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
norþan-eástan, adv.

From the north-east

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From the north-east Ðonne se stearca wind cymþ norþan-eástan, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 19

Linked entry: be-eástan-norþan

ge-hnyst

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnyst, part. p.

Contrite

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Contrite Se gehnysta gást the contrite spirit, Ps. C. 50, 127; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 127

sealm-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-wyrhta, an; m.
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A psalmist Se psalmwyrhta ( David ), Homl. Th. ii. 82, 32. Sealmwyrhta, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 24

swǽran

(v.)
Grammar
swǽran, p. de
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To make heavy, to oppress [ Eall se líchama geswǽred byþ and gehefegud, Lchdm. iii. 120, 22.]

teld-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
teld-wyrhta, an; m.
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A tent-maker Paulus se ðe wæs on woruld-cræfte teldwyrhta, Homl. Th. i. 392, 21

un-derigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-derigendlíc, adj.

Harmlessinnoxious

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Harmless, innoxious Se Hálga Gást hí ealle onǽlde mid undergendlícum fýre, Homl. Th. i. 298, 6

un-formolten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-formolten, adj.

Unconsumedundigested

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Unconsumed, undigested Se wítega wæs gehealden unformolten on ðæs hwæles innoðe, Homl. Th. i. 488, 7

Linked entry: for-meltan

un-hreóflig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hreóflig, adj.

Not leprous

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Not leprous Ne gedyde se sacerd ðone man hreófligne oððe unhreófligne, Homl. Th. i. 124, 24

Linked entry: hreóf-lig

wibba

(n.)
Grammar
wibba, an; m.
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A worm or beetle Se glisigenda wibba the glow-worm; cicindela, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 77

be-stípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stípan, p. te

To deprive of

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To deprive of þe his suna bestéped and bereáf*-*od wæs, Gr. D. 76, 18

Linked entry: stípan

be-sidian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sidian, p. ode

To regulate

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To regulate Besceáwige se abbod and hate be*-*sidian þǽra reáfa gemet, R. Ben. 89, 18

fǽr-ærning

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-ærning, es; f.
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Rapid riding Se here mid fǽrærninge (cursu rapido) becóm tó sumre eá, Gr. D. 14, 24

Linked entry: ærning

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

un-coþu

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Add: plague bid tó forfleónne swilce uncoðu oððe cwyld quasi pestis fugiendus, Chrd. 70, 7

Linked entry: coþu

un-gewénedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewénedlic, adj.
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Unexpected Wæs se biscop swíðe gefeánde for þǽre ungewénedlican blisse (inopinata exultatione), Gr. D. 347, 18