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ge-lástfull

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lástfull, adj.

Helpful ⬩ officious

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Helpful, officious Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull that every man should be helpful to other, L. Æðelst. 5, 4; Th. i. 232, 11

Linked entry: -lástfull

brægdan

(v.)

to modulate; ⬩ modulari

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to modulate; modulari Hí gehéraþ hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas they hear other birds modulate their songs, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 94; Met. 13, 47

lang-scip

(n.)
Grammar
lang-scip, es; n.
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11

egesfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egesfullíce, adv.
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Óþer dæl wæs weallendum lígum ful swíðe egesfullíce flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 5

heáfod-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gerím, es; n.

The chief number, majority; or number of heads, i. e. of men

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The chief number, majority; or number of heads, i. e. of men [cf. the other compounds of gerím], Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 309

grillan

(v.)
Grammar
grillan, p. de
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MS.] óðre men they like to provoke other men, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 292, 19; MS. Cot

Linked entry: gryllan

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

em-sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
em-sárig, adj.

Equally sorry ⬩ æque tristis

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Equally sorry; æque tristis Hí woldon ðæt ða óðre wíf wǽran emsárige heom they wished the other women to be equally sorry with themselves. Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 1

Linked entry: emn-sárig

ǽr-gód

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-gód, adj.

Good before others ⬩ of prime goodness ⬩ præ ceteris bonus

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Good before others, of prime goodness; præ ceteris bonus Æðeling ǽrgód a prince good before others. Beo. Th. 260; B. 130: 2662; B. 1329. Íren ǽrgód iron of prime goodness, 1982; B. 989

Linked entry: gód

andlang-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
andlang-cempa, (?), an; m.
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A soldier who fights along with others (?), who is in line with others Anlangcempa miles ordinarius (cf. ordinarius miles qui integro ordine militat. Corp. Gl. H. 87, 266), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 13

Linked entry: anlang cempa

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, p. sláf; pp. slifen

To slive ⬩ findo, effisso ⬩ avulsio, abscissio ⬩ slice

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Palsgrave, "I slyve a gylowfloure or any other floure from his branche or stalke."' Baker, Northants Gloss.)

Linked entry: sléfan

sin-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sin-snǽd, e; f.

A huge bit

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A huge bit Grendel slǽpendne rinc slát . . . synsnǽdum swealh swallowed by huge bits, or by bits that followed each other continuously ?, Beo. Th. 1490; B. 743

Linked entry: snǽd

weorold-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíse, an ; f.
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gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .

ofer-ild

Grammar
ofer-ild, ofer-ildu, ofer-ildo.
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Ǽlc óþer oferylde and geogeþe reliqui, R. Ben. 115, 11. Add

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old

án-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
án-wunung, e; f.
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Solitary dwelling: — Óþer cyn is muneca þe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ánwununge lufiaþ (deserta loca sequi atque habitare perhibentur), R. Ben. 134, 12

wesendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wesendlíce, adv.
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Essentially Þ is þonne óþer, ꝥ man eádiglíce lifige sume hwíle, óðer is, ꝥ man aa wesendlíce (essentialiter) and écelíce lifie, Gr. 0. 336, 36: 337, 4

æt-bryidan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bryidan, p. ede; pp. ed

To take away ⬩ auferre

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To take away; auferre Ðæs óðres áþ ðe mon his orf æt-bryideþ the oath of the other from whom the cattle is taken away, L.O. 3; Th. i. 178,16, = æt-bredan

calwa

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The latter word seems to be Latin; cf. alapiciosus caluus in other glossariem. v. Corp. Gl. H. xli

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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Grammar þrí, in combination with other numerals, Grammar þrí, with cardinals, Grammar þrí, multiplicative Þreó hund fæðma, Gen. 6, 15. Þreó hund wera, Jud. 7, 6. On þisum þrim hundrydum, 7. Wiþ þrim hundred (ðriim hundum, Lind.) penegon, Jn.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

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