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Anglo-Saxon

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meltung

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Be lattre meltunge sumra metta, Lch. ii. 160, 9. Add

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, a slippery place(?).
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Perhaps slæp should be read. v. N. E. D. slap

strégan

(v.)
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Perhaps the example given at stregdan; should be taken here

syflige

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Be óðrum sifligum de ceteris pulmentaris, Chrd. 126, 3. Add

á-sécendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-sécendlic, adj.

To be sought out

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To be sought out Ásécendlice exquisita, Ps. L. 110, 2

Linked entry: -sécendlic

swǽsend-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
swǽsend-dagas, (swǽsing-); pl.
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The ides; the Latin term seems to be so rendered from supposing it to be connected with the verb edere; v. next word Swǽsingdagas idus, ab edendo dicuntur Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 37. Swǽsenddagas idus, ab edendo ii. 62, 27: 48, 55

ge-healdendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdendlic, (?); adj.
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That is to be kept Þa gehealdennelicun (gehealdendlican ? The word glosses custodienda, and its form seems to be due to a confusion of the gerundial tó gehealdenne = custodiendus with an adjective like lufigendlic = amandins ) and þá gelóhgenlican, R

Linked entry: -healdendlic

a-súrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-súrian, p. ode; pp. od

To be or become sour ⬩ tart ⬩ bitter ⬩ acescere

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To be or become sour, tart, bitter; acescere, Cot. 10: 177

án-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
án-wunian, part. -wuniende; p. ode; pp. od

To dwell or be alone ⬩ esse solitarius

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To dwell or be alone; esse solitarius, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8

fóre-beón

(v.)

to be before or over ⬩ to preside ⬩ præesse

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to be before or over, to preside; præesse. Scint. 32, 58

earfoþ-recce

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-recce, adj. [reccan to relate]

Difficult to be told ⬩ diffĭcĭlis narrātu

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Difficult to be told; diffĭcĭlis narrātu, Lupi Serm. 5, 3, Lye

Linked entry: -recce

ge-weallan

(v.)

to boil ⬩ be hot ⬩ fervescere ⬩ fervere

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to boil, be hot; fervescere, fervere, Rtl. 101, 26: 105, 3

á-gleddian

(v.)
Grammar
á-gleddian, p. ode
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To smear, stain Agleddégo. labefacare , Txts. in, 9. Cf. be-gleddian

willung

Grammar
willung, heat.
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, <b>. I.</b>
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Be ánfealdum ic forgylde simplum Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 17. Add

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

eásta

(n.)
Grammar
eásta, an; m.

The east ⬩ ŏriens

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The east; ŏriens He férde syððan to ðam múnte, be eástan Bethel inde transgrĕdiens ad montem, qui erat contra ŏrientem Bethel, Gen. 12, 8. Be eástan Ríne syndon Eást-Francan to the east of the Rhine are the East-Franks, Ors. I. I; Bos. 18, 29, 31, 33

and-heáfdu

(n.)
Grammar
and-heáfdu, (-a); n. pl.
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Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D. v. 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36). Ofer ðá mǽd, ðæt swá be ðára andheáfdan

Linked entry: on-heáfdu

a-borgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-borgian, p. ode; pp. od

To be surety ⬩ to undertake for ⬩ to assign ⬩ appoint ⬩ fidejubere

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To be surety, to undertake for, to assign, appoint; fidejubere Gif he nite hwá hine aborgie; hæfton hine if he know not who will be his borh, let them imprison [lit. have, detain] him L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i 210, 8

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, he -wyrþeþ, -wyrþ

To be ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri

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To be, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mihte ðæt gewyrþan how might that happen? Andr. Kmbl. 1145; An. 573. Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34

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