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Anglo-Saxon

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ofer-flówend

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-flówend, adj.

Superfluous

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Ben. 91, 4

cymst

Grammar
cymst, cymest comest,
  • Cd. 203
    • ;
  • Th. 252,
    • 28;
  • Dan. 585: Beo. Th. 2769
    • ;
  • 8. 1382
;
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2nd pres. sing. of cuman

feore

(n.)
Grammar
feore, to, for or with life,
  • Exon. 39 a
    • ;
  • Th. 128, 32: Beo. Th. 1161
    • ;
  • B. 578
    • ;
dat.
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and inst. of feorh

ge-dyrstlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dyrstlic, adj.
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Bold, audacious, presumptuous Þæt wíf wel ge-dyrstlice dǽde dyde þæt heó Drihtnes hrægle gehrán bene praesumsit quae uestimentum Domini tetigit. Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 83, 9

Linked entry: dyrst-lic

hociht

Grammar
hociht, l. hóciht(e)
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full of mallows,having many bends, On ðá olde lake tó hóctan ýðe, C. D. vi. 227, 9. and add [For ii in l. 3 read iii.]

sweðung

(n.)
Grammar
sweðung, swoðung, e; f.
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Ben. Interl. 59, 11) gegearwode si exibuit fomenta, R. Ben. 52, 11

Linked entry: swoðung

snǽding

(n.)
Grammar
snǽding, e; f.

A (slight?) meal ⬩ a meal ⬩ to take food

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Ben. 63, 1. Ðære wucan rǽdere gange tó hláfe and drince) ǽr ðan ðe hé áginne rǽdan R. Ben. Interl. 70, 4

Linked entry: snǽdan

for-hicgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To neglect ⬩ reject ⬩ despise ⬩ condemn ⬩ despĭcĕre ⬩ spernĕre

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Driht ná forhigede and ne forseah béne þearfena Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris, 21, 23. Ná he forhigde béne heora non sprēvit prĕcem eōrum, 101, 18

casul

(n.)
Grammar
casul, e; f?
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Ben. Lye

clough

(n.)

cleft of a rock ⬩ down the side of a hill

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Ben. Lye

císnes

(n.)
Grammar
císnes, -ness, e; f.

Choiceness, niceness ⬩ fastidium, curiositas

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Ben. 39: L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174, 21

Linked entry: cúsnis

Eaxan minster

(n.)
Grammar
Eaxan minster, gen. -minstres ; n.

The minster on the river Ex, Axminster, Devon ⬩ oppĭdum in agro Devōniensi

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Ben. Lye

fǽr-cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-cóðu, e; f.

Sudden sickness or death, apoplexy ⬩ repentĭna ægrĭtūdo vel mors, apoplexia = 940;πoπληξία,

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Ben. Lye

feld-hryðer

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hryðer, es; n.

A field ox ⬩ heifer ⬩ campestris bos ⬩ vĭtŭlus

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Ben

feórþes fót

(adj.)

four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Ben. Lye

fór-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fór-gyrd, es; m.

A fore-girdle ⬩ martingale ⬩ antela ⬩ cingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur

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Ben. Lye

gabban

(v.)
Grammar
gabban, p. ede; pp. ed

To scoff ⬩ mock ⬩ delude ⬩ jest ⬩ GABBLE ⬩ GIBBERISH ⬩ derīdĕre ⬩ lūdĕre ⬩ illūdĕre

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Ben. Lye

gǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gǽc, es; m.

A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus

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Ben. Lye

scóh-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
scóh-þegn, es; m.
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Ben. Interl. 91, 9

ge-wýscing

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Ben. 10, 14

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