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Anglo-Saxon

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a-sprincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sprincan, p. -spranc, pl. -spruncon ; pp. -spruncen

To spring up ⬩ arise ⬩ oriri ⬩ exoriri

Entry preview:

Ben. 7

Linked entry: a-spruncen

for-létenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-létenes, -létnes, -ness, e; f.

A leaving ⬩ leaving of ⬩ end ⬩ intermissio ⬩ relĭquiæ

Entry preview:

Ben. interl. 15

pund-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
pund-mǽte, adj.
Entry preview:

Ben. 63, 16

slæclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
slæclíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Ben. 68, 21

bícnung

Entry preview:

Ben. I. 69, 16. Add:

Fríg-dæg

Grammar
Fríg-dæg, Fríge-dæg.
Entry preview:

Ben. I. 43, 12. Add

tó-þundenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-þundenlíce, adv.

Proudly ⬩ arrogantly

Entry preview:

Ben. 95, 5

Linked entry: -þunden-líce

ful-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-cúþ, full-cúþ; adj.

Full known ⬩ well known ⬩ famous ⬩ public ⬩ bĕne nōtus ⬩ insignis ⬩ publĭcus

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Full known, well known, famous, public; bĕne nōtus, insignis, publĭcus On fulcúþum gemynde in famous memory, Ælfc. T. 21, 1. Bí fulcúþum strǽtum juxta publĭcos viārum transĭtus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4, note, MS. T: Nar. 2, 15

scyte-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
scyte-heald, -healden; adj.
Entry preview:

bent so as to shoot downwards (cf. scyte-rǽs), sloping steeply Scyteheald preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 77. oblique, inclined Scytehald obliquum, 115, 13. Sió scytehealde onbégnes obliqua curvatura, 64, 24. Sió scythealde obliqua, 79, 1.

Linked entry: -healden

Gátes héued

(n.)
Grammar
Gátes héued, es; n. [Goat's head]

GATESHEAD, near Newcastle, Durham ⬩ oppĭdi nōmen juxta Nŏvum Castrum in agro Dunelmensi, capræ căput signĭfĭcans

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye: Bd. 3, 21; S. 125, note 37

nihstnig

(n.)

fasting

Entry preview:

Ben. 138, 2-8

Linked entry: nixtnig

strang-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-mód, adj.
Entry preview:

Ben. 138, 28

abbod-hád

Entry preview:

Ben. 124, 16. Sé ðe tó abbodháde sceal qui ordinandus est, 118, 3. Add

ge-cnyccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyccan, p. ge-cnyhte; pp. ge-cnyht
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To bind together, connect Unácnycendlicre sibbes bende gicnyhtest insolubili pacis uinculo nexuisti, Rtl. 108, 21. Gicnyht tó lufe nexa fidei, 109, 41. Gebundeno foet and hond gecnyht (honda gecnyted, R.) ligatus pedes el manus institis, Jn.

Linked entry: cnyccan

fugeles wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles wíse, fugeles wýse, an; f.

The plant larkspur ⬩ delphīnium ⬩ δελφίνιον

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye. Fugeles wýse delphinion, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 69; Wrt. Voc. 68, 4

Linked entry: wíse

þurhtogenness

(n.)
Grammar
þurhtogenness, e; f.

A religious reading in monasteries ⬩ especially after meals ⬩ collatio

Entry preview:

Ben. Interl. 118, 7

a-blýsgung

(n.)
Entry preview:

Ben. 133, 11

ár-wesa

(n.)
Entry preview:

Ben. 115, 20

Linked entry: -wesa

efen-lǽcung

Entry preview:

Ben. 139, 7. Þá Judéiscan wǽron ytele ðurh euenlǽcunge, ná ðurh gecynde, Hml. Th. ii. 226, 35. Add

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
Entry preview:

Ben. 114, 11

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