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Anglo-Saxon

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meaht-loc

(n.)
Grammar
meaht-loc, es; n.
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A bolt of might Ne wáciað þás geweorc, ac hí wel healdað, stondað stídlíce bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 88

wær-lot

(n.)
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Before wærlotes insert Gebrægdnes, and see ge-brægden

wær-lot

(n.)
Grammar
wær-lot, es; n.

Craft, cunning

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Craft, cunning Wærlotes astus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 33

Linked entry: lot

ǽfen-lof

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-lof, es; n.

Even-song

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Even-song Æfter ǽfenlofe post uespertinalem laudem Angl. xiii. 437, 1035

be-lóh

forbade

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forbade Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 28, note

here-lof

(n.)
Grammar
here-lof, es; n.

Praise gained in war ⬩ fame ⬩ glory ⬩ a trophy ⬩ rumor ⬩ fama

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Praise gained in war, fame, glory; also a trophy; rumor, fama.Hpt. Gl. 406, 511, 512: 447

Linked entry: hærelof

hwít-loc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwít-loc, adj.
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3

loc-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
loc-gewind, es; n.

Hair

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Hair Locgewind vel fexnes capillatura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 38

Linked entry: ge-wind

lof-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lof-bǽre, adj.

Laudatory

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Laudatory, giving praise Lofbǽrum werodum hymniferis choris, Hymn. Surt. 57, 12

lof-herung

(n.)
Grammar
lof-herung, e; f.

Praising ⬩ commendation

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Praising, commendation Ic ágylde lofherunga ðé reddam laudationes tibi, Ps. Lamb. 55, 12

Linked entry: herung

lot-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
lot-wrenc, es; m.

Deceit ⬩ deception ⬩ cunning ⬩ fraud ⬩ device ⬩ wile ⬩ craft

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Deceit, deception, cunning, fraud, device, wile, craft Lotwrænc deceptio, fraus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 13. Mid hwelcum lotwrence hit deófla dýdon with what deception devils did it, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 18. Philippus mid his lotwrence áliéfde ðæt heora anwaldas

Linked entries: list-wrenc wrenc

word-loc

(n.)
Grammar
word-loc, es; n.

A conclusion expressed in words

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A conclusion expressed in words Wordlocum dialectica (the passage is: Ut tomus dialectica dogmata rerum disceret, Aid. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 23 : 27, 16

word-lof

(n.)
Grammar
word-lof, es; n.

Praise in words ⬩ praise

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Praise in words, praise Cyning mec weorþaþ, ne wyrneþ wordlofes, wísan mǽneþ míne for mengo, Exon. Th. 401, 13 ; Rä. ai, II

ár-loc

(n.)
Grammar
ár-loc, es; n.
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A rowlock Árlocu columbaria (columbarium foramen in navi per quod remus in aquam mittitur), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 41

loh-sceaft

Grammar
loh-sceaft, l. lóh-sceaft,
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and add: a stick with a strap to it (?)

lóm-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
lóm-lic, adj.
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Frequent: — Lómlicum siccetungum (per) crebra suspiria, An. Ox. 984

los-wist

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This word is taken out of its order between los and lose

óret-lof

(n.)
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triumph For his wuldorfullan sige óretlofes propter eius gloriosissimi uictioriam triumphi, Angl. xiii. 400, 497

lenge

(adv.)
Grammar
lenge, adv. long. v. lange;
3; longer, v. lange;
2.

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Cent-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cent-land, -lond, es; n.

Kentish land, Kent ⬩ Cantium

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Kentish land, Kent; Cantium Eást-Seaxe syndon Temese streáme tosccádene fram Centlande the East-Saxons are divided from Kent by the river Thames, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17: 3, 15; S. 541, note 24. Æðelréd oferhergode Centland [Centlond, col. 1] Æthelred ravaged

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