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Anglo-Saxon

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stór-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
stór-fæt, es; n.
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A censer Ðonne þú stórfæt habban wille, þonne wend þú þíne hand ofdúne and wege hí swilce þú stýre, Tech. ii. 120, 14

un-þancfull

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Ne sceall ic nǽfre læng unþancfull þǽre þegnurge mé onýwan þám were viro illi ingratus apparere non debeo, Gr. D. 343. 11. Add

ryniga

(n.)
Grammar
ryniga, (?), an; m.

Liquid that runs off

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Wel mintan on sealtes rynian, Lchdm. ii. 76, 2. Genim rynian sealt[es], gehǽt, þweah mid ðý, 156, 16

híw-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-cúþ, heow-; adj.
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Ða syndon heowcúþe ðe geseón ne mágon those things are familiar that we cannot see, Blickl. Homl. 97, 23. Híwcúþe, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 122; Met. 10, 61

Linked entry: híred-leóf

Grécas

(n.)
Grammar
Grécas, Greácas; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,

bold-getæl

a districtprovince

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Wæs sum wer in Samni þám boldgetæle (boltgetele, v. l.) . . . swá manige men swá cúðon Samni ꝥ boldgetæl (-tel, v. l.) erat in Samnii provincia quidam vir . . . quot Samnii provinciam noverunt, 229, 6-11.

ge-saca

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Add: One who is in conflict with another. in a general sense, an opponent, adversary p sum wer wunne on þǽre hengestan hatunge his gesacan (adversarii sui), Gr.

mann-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cyst, e; f.
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Manly virtue Healdan þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst

Linked entry: cyst

earning

(n.)
Grammar
earning, e; f.

A merit mĕrĭtum

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A merit; mĕrĭtum Nó ðæs earninga ǽnige wǽron for this were not any merits, Exon. 118b; Th. 456, 17; Hy. 4, 68

hand-geswing

(n.)
Grammar
hand-geswing, es; n.
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Stroke given by the hand Ðǽr wæs heard handgeswing there were hard blows dealt by the hand, Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115

Linked entry: ge-swing

lícend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lícend-líc, adj.

Pleasingpleasant

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Pleasing, pleasant Forðon on his folce is fægere Drihtne wel lícendlíc quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, Ps. Th. 149, 4

Linked entries: lícan líciend-líc

orweg-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
orweg-stíg, e ; f.
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Horwegstíg ( but cf. horu-weg), 25, 25

heáh-strǽt

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Cf. heáh-weg. Add

irfa

(n.)
Grammar
irfa, an; m.
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An heir Ðet hé ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5

Scyttisc

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wel cúþe Scyttysc, and Aidan ne mihte gebígan his sprǽce tó Norþhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe þágít, Hml. S. 26, 67. Add

rest-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
rest-gemána, an; ;m.;

Conjugal intercourseconcubitus

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; Conjugal intercourse;; concubitus Hié noldan leng heora hláforda ne heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16. Restgemanan, Lchdm. i. 350, 10

un-gebrocod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrocod, adj.

Unafflicteduninjured

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Unafflicted, uninjured Ðonne manna líchaman derigaþ, búton ðære sáwle derian magon, ða líchaman þurhwuniaþ on heora áwyrdnysse ... Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt godas sind ... forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl.

ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12

efen-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-ríce, adj.

Equally mighty, of equal power æqualis potentiæ, æquipollens

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Equally mighty, of equal power; æqualis potentiæ, æquipollens Wǽron hí eft efenríce they were again of equal power, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 27

féðe-here

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-here, es; m.

A foot armyinfantrypĕdestris exercĭtuspĕditātus

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A foot army, infantry; pĕdestris exercĭtus, pĕditātus On his féðehere wǽron XXXII M in his infantry were 32,000, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 17