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Anglo-Saxon

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a-gróf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-gróf, p. of a-grafan.

inscribed

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inscribed,Exon. 1233; Th, 473, 10; Bo. 12;

a-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grówan, [a, gróðwan to grow]

To grow under ⬩ to cover ⬩ succrescere

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To grow under, to cover; succrescere Seó eorþe stód mid holtum agrówen the earth was [stood] covered [overgrown] with groves [holts ]. Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 4

a-héncg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-héncg, p. of a-hón.

hung

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hung,Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 13;

a-hlutred

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hlutred, pp. of a-hluttrian.

purified ⬩ purificatus

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purified; purificatus,Cot. 68;

a-geat

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-geat, p. of a-gitan.

understood

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understood.Ps. Spl. 118, 95;

a-lamp

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-lamp, p. of a-limpan.

happened ⬩ occurred

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happened, occurred,Beo. Th. 1249; B. 622;

a-fúnden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fúnden, pp. of a-findan.

found ⬩ discovered

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found, discovered,Jn. Bos. 8, 4: Bt. 35, 5; Fox 162, 31;

a-leát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-leát, p. of a-lútan.

bent down

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bent down Aleát wið ðæs engles bent down before the angel, Num. 22, 31;

a-lege

Grammar
a-lege, impert. of a-lecgan.

lay down ⬩ depone

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lay down; depone Alege oððe ahwelf híg, eálá ðú Drihten cast down [or cover over] them, O Lord! depone eos, Domine! Ps. Lamb. 58, 12;

a-legen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-legen, pp. of a-licgan.

confined

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confined,Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 31;

a-léh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-léh, p. of a-leógan.

belied

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belied,Beo. Th. 160; B. 80;

a-swǽpþ

Grammar
a-swǽpþ, pres. of a-swápan.

sweeps away

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sweeps away,Past. 36, 8; Hat. MS. 48 b, 16;

a-swand

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-swand, p. of a-swindan.

languished away

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languished away,Ps. Lamb. 106, 26;

a-soden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-soden, pp. of a-seóðan.

sodden ⬩ boiled ⬩ tried by seething

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sodden, boiled, tried by seething,Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 15;

a-solcen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-solcen, a-swolcen; part.

Idle ⬩ lazy ⬩ dissolute ⬩ slow ⬩ slothful ⬩ remissus ⬩ desidiosus

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Idle, lazy, dissolute, slow, slothful; remissus, desidiosus, Homl. Th. i. 306, 11

Linked entry: a-swolcen

a-scyled

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-scyled, pp. of a-scilian.

taken out of the shell ⬩ shelled ⬩ enucleatus

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taken out of the shell, shelled; enucleatus,Cot. 75;

a-sette

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sette, p. of a-settan.

set ⬩ placed ⬩ built

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set, placed, built,Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26;

a-þwægen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-þwægen, pp. of a-þweán.

washed

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washed,Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 9 ;

a-wǽht

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽht, pp. of a-wǽcan.

weakened ⬩ wearied

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weakened, wearied;

a-wehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wehte, p. of a-weccan.

awaked ⬩ excited

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awaked, excited,Andr. Kmbl. 1167; An. 584: Ps. Th. 77, 26;

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