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Anglo-Saxon

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luf-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
luf-tíme, adj.

pleasant ⬩ grateful

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Giving rise to love, pleasant, grateful Gregorius ðæt luftýme weorc gefremode Gregory performed that grateful work [the conversion of the English], Homl. Th. ii. 126, 26

posel

(n.)
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a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word

sundor-freódóm

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-freódóm, es; m.
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B. i. 155, 17: 154, 22. v. next word

Linked entry: freó-dóm

sweord-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-wyrhta, an; m.
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-Móna se án and twentigoða unnytlíce tó wyrcenne bútan swurdwyrhtan (but the word glosses gladiatoribus), Lchdm. iii. 194, 10

á-latian

(v.)
Grammar
á-latian, p. ode
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Cf. the gloss to the same word: Uilesceret i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208, 13

Linked entry: latian

circol-wyrde

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Angl. viii. 306, 26. v. next word

ofer-glésan

(v.)
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to write an English word over a Latin one to explain the latter, make an interlinear gloss Aldred hit oferglóesade on Englisc, Jn. p. 188, 7

Linked entry: glésan

swíþrian

(v.)
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Word unrihtwísra swýðradon ofer ús uerba iniquorum praeualuerunt super nos, Ps. L. 64, 4. Swýrian prevalere, R. Ben. I. 59, 14. Swýðrenda, prevalens, 12, 16. Add

windel-stán

(n.)
Grammar
windel-stán, es; m.

A tower with a winding staircase

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A tower with a winding staircase Windelstán coclea, gewind circuitus ascensus (the word occurs in a list of names of buildings), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 3

symbelmónaþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbelmónaþ-líc, adj.

comitiales

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; the word translates comitiales in the gloss Ða symbelmónaðlícan ádla comitiales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 39

ellen-mǽrþ

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-mǽrþ, e; f. [mǽrþ greatness, glory]

Glory of valour or courage ⬩ fortitūdĭnis glōria

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Glory of valour or courage; fortitūdĭnis glōria Grendel nihtweorce geféh, ellenmǽrþum Grendel rejoiced in his night-work, his valour-glories, Beo. Th. 1660; B. 828

risne

(adj.)
Grammar
risne, adj.
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B. v. ge-risene and next word

canter-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
canter-stæf, es; m.
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A staff used by a cantor (v. preceding word)] III. canterstafas III. baculi cantorum (baculi quibus in ecclesia utebantur cantores, Migne), Cht. Th. 429, 23

for-strogdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-strogdness, dispersion (?). Forstrogdnis is given as the gloss to praecipitationis in Ps. 51, 6, Nap. 25.
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This word is glossed by fortrúgadnisse in Ps. Srt. 51, 6: Ps. Spl. T. 51, 4: could for-strogdnis be an error for this form?

geond-leóhtend

(n.)
Grammar
geond-leóhtend, es; m.
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One who gives light over or through; the word, however, is used to gloss perlustrator: O Thoma Christi perlustrator (geondleóhtend) lateris, Hy. S. 128, 12

Linked entry: leóhte

líc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-lic, adj.
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Likely, apparently suitable for a purpose Ídele word oððe hlehtre oððe gamene lí(c)lic verba vana ant risui apta, R. Ben. 1. 21, ii

rex-geníþla

(n.)
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geníþlan Elene; either word alliterates with cwéne), hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. (?)

á-wógian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wógian, p. ode

To woo

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To woo Ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc þá hé his dohter áwógode, Cht. Th. 312, 11: Hml. S. 7, 14, 299: 9, 58

Linked entry: wógian

BEALO

(n.)
Grammar
BEALO, bealu, balu; gen. bealowes, bealwes, bealuwes, baluwes; dat. bealuwe, bealwe, baluwe, bealo; acc. bealu, balu, bealo; instr. bealwe, bealuwe; pl. gen. bealwa, bealuwa, baluwa; dat. instr. balawum; balawun; n.

BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia

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BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio Hæfdon bealo they had woe, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10; Sat. 71. Bealowes gást spirit of evil [diabolus], Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682.

Linked entries: balewe balo balw bealu

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: to compounds ælmes-lác (Nap. 5), bríw-lác, drý-lác, sib-lác, word-lác, wróht-lác, wund-lác

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