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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Base ⬩ wanton ⬩ lewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-hendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hendan, p. de; pp. ed

To hold ⬩ tĕnēre

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To hold; tĕnēre Me ðín seó swíðre ðǽr gehendeþ tĕnēbit me dextĕra tua, Ps. Th. 138, 8

Linked entry: -hendan

ge-sceppend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceppend, -scyppend, es; m.

A creator

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Homl. 11, 29

under-crammian

(v.)

to stuff full below ⬩ suffercire

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to stuff full below; suffercire Hí mid byrnendum glédum ðæt bed undercrammodon, Homl. Th. i. 430, 4

un-gereclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereclíc, adj.

Disorderly ⬩ tumultuous ⬩ ungovernable

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Homl. 19, 6

un-begrípendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begrípendlíc, adj.

Incomprehensible

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Homl. 179, 9. Unbegrípendlíc and ungesýnelíc God, 185, 31

un-wæstmberendness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberendness, e; f.

Barrenness ⬩ sterility

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Barrenness, sterility Mé míne fýnd áscufon fram ðære hálgan onsegdnysse for mínre unwæstmberendnysse, Homl. Ass. 126, 329

Linked entry: wæstmberendness

un-gin

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gin, un-ginn; adj.

Not ample ⬩ contracted

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Not ample, contracted Á sceal ðæs heánan hyge hord onginnost, Exon. Th. 346, 18; Gn. Ex. 206

heofon-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-weorod, es; n.
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The heavenly host Þurh Godes mihte bid ale ástyred heofonwered (heofen-, v.l.). Wlfst. 25, 21: 203, 5

wæter-scíte

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scíte, an; f.

A towel

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A towel Hé wearð bewǽfed mid ánre wæterscýtan (linteo, Jn. 13, 4),Homl. Th. ii. 242, 25

Linked entries: scíte wæter-sceát

gy-fylness

(n.)
Grammar
gy-fylness, e; f.

Completion ⬩ end

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Homl. 145, 16

óleht-word

(n.)
Grammar
óleht-word, es; n.

A flattering speech

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Homl. 99, 26

on-grisla

(n.)
Grammar
on-grisla, an; m.

Dread, horror

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Homl. 203, 7

Linked entry: grisla

ge-sperod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sperod, part. [spere a spear]

Armed with a spear; ⬩ hastātus

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Homl. 221, 28

Linked entry: -sperod

ach

(con.)

but ⬩ sed

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but; sed Ach ðæs weorodes eác but of the host also. Andr. Reed. 3182; An. 1594

býsnigan

(v.)
Grammar
býsnigan, to give or
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set on example, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35: L. Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17

heolca

(n.)
Grammar
heolca, an; m.

Hoar-frost ⬩ rime

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Hoar-frost, rime Swá swá bytte on heolcan sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Lamb. 118, 83

leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
leáfa, [?], an; m.

Leave

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Leave Be his leáfan árǽrde mynster with his leave raised a monastery, Homl. Skt. 6, 145

mánsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mánsumung, e; f.

Anathema

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gebindan, Homl. Th. i. 370, 10

norþ-duru

(n.)

a door on the north side of a building

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Homl. 203, 34

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