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scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó: gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.

A shoe

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A shoe Scóh caliga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 11: 127, 67: 13, 43: calcarium, i. 291, 29. Scó fico, 26, 17. Rúh scó pero, ii. 78, 6. Tríwen sceó coturnus, i. 26, 21. Gif se innera dǽl ðæs sceós (scós, MS. B.) byþ fixen hýd, Lchdm. i. 342, 11. Þuong scóes (giscóes

Linked entries: sceó sceóh scó

gé

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Gee sint salt eorðes, Mt. L. 5, 13. Gié, 14. Nú gé magan sylfe sóð gecnáwan, An. 1560. Hwí séce gé ymbútan eów þá gesǽlþa ðe gé oninnan eów (iów, v. l.) habbaþ . . . geset ?, Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 4. Þonne gé mannes sunu upp áhebbaþ, þonne gecnáwe gé ꝥ ic

cáf

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Cáf praeceps, i. alacer, Germ. 393, 66: efficax, 400, 547. Se eorðlica kempa bið ǽfre gearo and cáf, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðám kininge, Hex. 34, 19. Þæt hý sýn cáfran tó Godes þeówdóme, R. Ben. 68, 19.

scip-mann

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Add Scypmen nauitę, Germ. 400, 493. a fighting man who goes in a ship Cómon of Denemearcon þreó Swegenes suna mid .cc. scypum and .xl. . . . ǽr þan þe þá scypmenn þider cómon hæfdon þá Frenciscan þá burh forbærned, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 21.

seóþan

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Add Hé seáþ coquebat, Germ. 395, 391. Se déma hét hí lǽdan sóna and seóðan on wætere (belúcan on byrnendum baðe, Shrn. 150, 1), Hml. S. 34, 343. 1.

cyning-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-ríce, es; n.
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Ger. chuning-ríchi sceptrum, res publica: Icel. konung*-*ríki.] Cf. cyne-ríce

ymb-set

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-set, es; n.

Siege, blockade

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Siege, blockade Ðæt gér ymbsetes ðære Beadonescan dúne annum obsessionis Badonici montis, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 22. Hé ne mihte ne mid gefeohte ne mid ymbsete obsidione ða burh ábrecan ne gegán, 3, 16; S. 542, 19

Cantwara burg

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara burg, Cantware-burg, Cantwar-burg, -burh; gen. burge; f; Cantwara byrig, e; f. [Cant-wara, gen. pl. of
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Cant-ware
Kentish men, burh a city
]

Kentish men, burh a city ⬩ A city or fortress of the men of Kent ⬩ Cantuariorum urbs ⬩ castellum ⬩ CANTERBURY ⬩ Durovernensis civitas ⬩ Rochester ⬩ Roffensis civitas

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A city or fortress of the men of Kent; Cantuariorum urbs vel castellum. CANTERBURY; Durovernensis civitas Cantwara burg forbærn ðý geáre Canterbury was burnt in that year, Chr. 754; Th. 80, 35, col. 1. Brǽcon Cantwara burh they took Canterbury by storm

Linked entry: Contwara burg

hafetian

(v.)
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Haftud plauditur, Germ. 394, 220

æ-bléc

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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Pallid, pale, livid Ǽblǽce decolor, pallidus, Germ. 392, 69: pallidus, An. Ox. 1868. On plúmfeðerum hé líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. Hé wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213.

spyrte

(n.)
Grammar
spyrte, an; f.

A basket

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A basket Spyrte fiscella, Germ. 400, 492. Spirte cistula, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 33: ii. 17, 7. Of ðære láfe wǽron gefyllede seofon spyrtan . . . . Spyrte biþ, swá swá gé sylfe witon, of rixum gebroden, oððe of palmtwygum, Homl.

Linked entries: sperte spirte

awel

(n.)
Grammar
awel, Add:, es; m.
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Awlum uncis, Germ. 393, 110

ÁC

(n.)
Grammar
ÁC, ǽc; g. e; f.

OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a

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Ger. eke: N. Ger. eiche: M. Ger. eich: O. Ger. eih : Dan. eg: Swed. ek: O. Nrs. eik.

Linked entries: ác-drenc ǽc

geréf-lang

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Ger. ge-lang affinis. (?)

wanan-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wanan-beám, es; m.

A spindle-tree

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Ger. spinnel-boum fusarius) Wananbeám (uuanan-, uuonan-) fusarius, Txts. 65, 935 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 5. Wanabeám fussarius, 36, 58 : fursarius, 1. 286, 3

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sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.).
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Ger. sin-vluot the deluge

Linked entry: syn-

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?

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Ger. betti areola.] of ground occupied by insects. Similar entries v. ǽmet-bed, bed-gerid. See D. D. bed = ant-hill

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre

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To FORGET, neglect; oblīvisci, neglĭgĕre Hú lange wilt ðú, Drihten, mín forgitan quousque, Dŏmĭne, oblīviscēris me? Ps. Th. 12, 1: 118, 109. Ic forgite oblīviscor, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 54. Ic forgite [MS. forgeite] neglĭgo, 28, 5; Som. 31, 50. Hú lange

Linked entry: for-gietan

óxn

(n.)
Grammar
óxn, e ; f.
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Ger. uohsana ascella.] Cf. óhsta

hwirflung

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Ðæt gér byð áwend mid twi six hwyrfolunga, and hyt hæfð twá and fíftig wucan, Angl. viii. 301, 36

Linked entry: hwerflung