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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-hæftnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæftnys, -nyss, e; f.

Captivity ⬩ captīvĭtas

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Lamb. 52, 7

Linked entry: -hæft-nes

ge-hrorenes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hrorenes, -ness, e; f.

Affliction ⬩ ruin ⬩ ærumna

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Lamb. 31, 4

scrád

(n.)
Grammar
scrád, a moving body (? v. scríðan), a vessel (?), a body of travellers (? cf.
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Icel. skreið a shoal, flock) Scrifen scrád glád þurh gescád in brád, wæs on lagustreáme lád, Exon. Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13

síþ-stapel

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-stapel, síþ-stappel
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Lamb. 16, 5

wróht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-berend, es; m.

An accuser

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Lamb. ) filii excussorum, Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5

riht-scrífend

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scrífend, es ; m.

One who declares the sentence of the law ⬩ lawyer

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One who declares the sentence of the law lawyer Rihtscrífend ł dómsettend jurisconsultus, jurisperitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17 : i. 20, 69

Linked entry: scrífend

sǽ-flota

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flota, an; m.

A ship

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He makede muchul sæflot, Laym. 4530.]

ge-tel

(n.)

a number; ⬩ numerus

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Lamb. 39, 6: Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 15, 56

ge-riht-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
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Lamb. 36, 24. He ðǽrbinnan wunode gerihtlǽcende ðæt folc mid láre to geleáfan he dwelt therein directing the people by teaching to belief, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 113.

cégan

(v.)
Grammar
cégan, cégean

to call, call upon, invoke

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Lamb. 74, 2: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 27, col. 2, 3; Edg. 7

cweccung

(n.)
Grammar
cweccung, e; f.

A moving, wagging ⬩ commotio

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Lamb. 43, 15

eofne

(int.)
Grammar
eofne, interj.

Behold! ⬩ ecce!

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Lamb. 72, 27: 82, 3

fóre-astreccan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-astreccan, p. -astreahte, -astrehte; pp. -astreaht, -astreht

To lay or stretch out before ⬩ prōsternĕre

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To lay or stretch out before; prōsternĕre Ðæt he fóreastrehte hig on wéstene ut prōsternĕret eos in deserto, Ps. Spl. T. 105, 25

for-gnidennys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gnidennys, -nyss, e; f.

Contrition ⬩ sorrow ⬩ contrītio

Entry preview:

Lamb. 13, 3

Linked entry: gnidennys

gǽn-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
gǽn-hwyrft, es; m. [gǽn = geán, ongeán again]

A turning again ⬩ conversio

Entry preview:

Lamb. 125, 1

Linked entry: geán-hwyrft

mǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-ness, e; f.

Greatness ⬩ distinction ⬩ celebrity

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Lamb. 144, 3. Mǽrnesse insignia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 12. Mǽrnessa preconia, 66, 39

sealtness

(n.)
Grammar
sealtness, e; f.
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Lamb. 106, 34. In saltnisse in salsilaginem, Ps. Surt. 106, 34

ge-fætnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fætnian, p. ode; pp. od

To fatten ⬩ anoint ⬩ impinguare ⬩ unguere

Entry preview:

Lamb. 22, 5

Linked entries: -fǽtnian ge-fættian

yfel-wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
yfel-wilnian, p. ode
Entry preview:

Lamb. 73, 3. Nelle gé wyrian ł yfelwilnian nolite malignari, 104, 15

heáfod-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ǽ, (?)
Entry preview:

a law that affects life. v. heáfod; 2 Heáfod[ǽ?] capitol[is] lex (Wright prints: Capital lex-heáfod), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 43

Linked entry: ǽ

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