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Anglo-Saxon

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in-þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
in-þicce, adj.

Gross ⬩ thick

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Gross, thick Inþicce is hearta folces ðisses incrassatum est cor populi hujus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 15

mót-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
mót-weorþ, adj.

Entitled to attend a mot

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Entitled to attend a mot Ealle ða men ða beón mótwurðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 208, 32

port-wara

(n.)
Grammar
port-wara, an; m.
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A citizen Lulla gebohte ðis lond miþ ealra ðeassa portweorona gewitnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 3, 11

ge-beácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beácnung, -bícnung, e; f. [ge, and beácnung a beckoning]

A presage ⬩ sign ⬩ a speaking by tropes or figures ⬩ predicament ⬩ præsāgium ⬩ catēgĕria ⬩ κατηγορία

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A presage, sign, a speaking by tropes or figures, predicament; præsāgium, catēgĕria = κατηγορία Gebeacnunge catēgĕriæ, Cot. 57

Linked entries: ge-bícnung beácnung

wundor-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-bebod, es; n.

A monstrous command

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A monstrous command Hé him bebeorgan ne con wóm wundorbebodum wergan gástes, Beo. Th. 3498; B. 1747

eolh-sand

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For Cot. 75 substitute

cyninges wyrt

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Cinges wyrt samsuchon, Lch. iii. 305, col. 1. Add

hǽðiht

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽðiht, adj.

Heathy

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Heathy In ða hǽðihtan lége to the heathy lea, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21 : 262, 22

hassuc

(n.)
Grammar
hassuc, es; m.

Coarse grass, a place where such grass grows

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Coarse grass, a place where such grass grows On ðone hassuc, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 223, 25

Linked entry: hæssec

ofer-sáwan

(v.)

to oversow

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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25

Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan

swín-haga

(n.)
Grammar
swín-haga, an; m.

An enclosure for swine

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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35

trog-hrycg

(n.)

a ridge where there is a trough of water (?)

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On trohhrycg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 17

sealt-mere

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-mere, es; m:

A salt mere or marsh ⬩ Saltmere

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Tó sealtmere; of sealtmere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 3

Linked entry: mere

seoh-tor

(n.)
Grammar
seoh-tor, (?), seoh-torr, es; m.

A look-out place

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, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 14

sídan

(adv.)
Grammar
sídan, adv.

From a wide area

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From a wide area Of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23

Linked entry: síde

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25.

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

efen-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-gelíc, adj.

Like, co-equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis, consĭmĭlis, co-æquālis

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Like, co-equal; sĭmĭlis, consĭmĭlis, co-æquālis Cweðaþ to hyra efengelícon dīcunt co-æquālĭbus, Mt. Bos. 11. 16

gár-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
gár-mitting, -mittung, e; f.

A meeting of spears or javelins ⬩ a battle

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banners, at the meeting of javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 3, col. 1; Æðelst. 50

a-mán-sumung

(n.)
Grammar
a-mán-sumung, -sumnung, e; f. [a ex, man = mǽn = gemǽne communis, sumnung = samnung a congregation]

Excommunication ⬩ a curse ⬩ excommunicatio ⬩ anathema

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Conc

Ceawan hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
Ceawan hlǽw, es; m.

Cheawan low, CHALLOW

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Abing. i. 138, 5: Cod. Dipl. v. 310, 33

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