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Anglo-Saxon

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be-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cépan, p. te

To be heedful ⬩ observant of (gen. )

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To be heedful, observant of (gen. ) Þæs becépð se feónd quem attendit hostis, Ps. L. fol. 142, 4

ge-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heald, cpve. ge-healdra, ge-hildra (ge-hældra, ge-hyldra); adj.
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., and add Þæt him wíslicre and gehaldre ( tutius ) wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 49, 4. Þæt him gehealdre (gehǽledre, v. l.) wǽre quia satius esset, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. On gehældran (gehealdenre, v. l. ) stówe, 2, 2; Sch. 120, 13

sácerd-lic

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Hé hine hálsode þæt hé þurh hine sácerdlice þénunge onféngce, þæt hé hine móste gehádigan tó mæssepreóste and tó þénunge Drihtnes weófodes adjurare coepit eum, ut sacerdotale officium per eum susciperet, Guth. Gr. 156, 40.

á-rǽsan

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þæt folc fǽrlíce ongonn forð árǽsan, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 13. v. forð-árǽsan in Dict. Add

Linked entry: rǽsan

brac-hwíl

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Swá ys seó brachwíl on þæs mannes eágan, heó ys sóðes atomus, Angl. viii. 318, 33. Add

cycen-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
cycen-þegnung, e; f.
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Service in the kitchen Se ærcediácon and se práuost móton beón áspelode fram þǽre cycenþénunge, Nap. 15

dohtor-sunu

(n.)
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a grandson Leódulf wæs þæs ealdan Oddan sunu and Eádweardes cininges dohtorsunu, Chr. 982; P. 124, 32

drýg-scód

(adj.)
Grammar
drýg-scód, adj.
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Dry-shod Þæt folc fór betwux þám twám wæterum on þám grunde ealle drýgsceóde, Wlfst. 293, 17

efen-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-hleóþrian, p. ode
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To sing together Gyf þá deóflu þæt ongytað . . . beóð hí ealle efenhleóþriende and swýðe blíðe, Nap. 19

efning

(n.)
Grammar
efning, es; m.
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A consort, partner Hæfde se cyning efning ( consortem ) þǽre cynelican wyrðnesse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 18

fæderen-mǽg

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Swá hwylc mínra fædrenméga swá þæt sió, ꝥ hine tó þan gehagige, Cht. Th. 481, 24. Add

forþ-geleóred

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-geleóred, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Departed, deceased In þǽra forðgeleóredra fædera dǽdum in patrum praecedentium factis, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 356, 201

ge-brytsen

(n.)
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a fragment Twelf wylian fulle þǽra gebrytsena (bryt-sena, v. l. ), Mt. 14, 20: Jn. 6, 13

Linked entry: brytsen

ge-byhte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byhte, es; n.
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A bight, bend Andlang díces oð þaet gebyhte; of þám gebyhte andlang hagan, C.D. i. 257, 33

Linked entry: -byhte

grǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽde, adj.
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Grassy Gang nú of þǽre grǽdan (grénan, v. l. ) dúne, Hml. S. 18, 245. v. grǽd grass

merigen-dæg

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Gif hé him þæs mergendæges geunnan wolde si in crastino vitam servasset. Guth. Gr. 110, 60. Add

munt-geóf

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Add:, -giú On Mauricius mynstre, þæt is on Muntgiú swá men farað tó Róme, Wlfst. 152, 9

or-trúwian

(v.)
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Þreó þing syndon þe ne beóð forgifene . . . þrydde, þæt man ortrúwige Godes mildheortnysse, Wlfst. 299, 16. Add

sixteóþa

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Þú scealt gewítan on ðám sixteóðan geáre þæs ðe þú munuc wurde, Hml. S. 6, 80. Add

slipor

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Add: uncertain, unsteady, without fixed principles Þá geár þæs slyporan geogoðhádes lubrice etatis annos, Chrd. 54, 33

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