Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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He was educated in Ireland for the Church, and was the first literaryy Féng Ælfred [MS.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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In his preface, he thus speaks of his book and of his other occupations Ælfréd, Cyning [MS.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Ælfric; Ælfricus. Ælfric of Canterbury, the grammarian, was of noble birth, supposed to be the son of the earl of Kent. He was a scholar of Athelwold, at Abingdon, about 960. When Athelwold was made bishop of Winchester, he took Ælfric with him and made
Ælfric
-ælfen
A fairy ⬩ nymph ⬩ nympha
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A fairy, nymph; nympha. It is found only in compound words, as Múnt-ælfen a mountain nymph; oreas = ??????, ???? Wudu-elfen a wood nymph; dryas, etc, Wrt. Voc. 60, 14-19
æl-fremd
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ alienus ⬩ alienigena
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Strange, foreign; alienus, alienigena Bearn ælfremde, Ps. Spl. 17, 47: 18, 13: 107, 10: 82, 6: Lk. Bos. 17, 18
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-ælfen
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æled
Fire ⬩ conflagration ⬩ ignis ⬩ incendium
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Fire, conflagration; ignis, incendium Æled wæs micel the fire was great, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 6; Dan. 243. Hát biþ monegum egeslíc æled the dreadful fire shall be hot to many, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 9; Ph. 522. Æled weccan to light afire, Cd. 140; Th. 175
æled
ælfrem-edung
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glosses alienatio, Ps. Rdr. 285, 14
ge-ælged
Coloured ⬩ painted ⬩ tanned ⬩ sunburnt ⬩ cŏlōrātus ⬩ sōle fuscātus
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Coloured, painted, tanned, sunburnt; cŏlōrātus, sōle fuscātus, Som. Ben. Lye
æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
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Th. ii. 130, 1. with fram, stranger to anything, without a share in, free from Se munuc sceal beón ælfremed fram eorðlicum dǽdum, Hex. 36, 24. Swá freóh fram deáðes sárnysse swá swá ælfremed fram líchamlicere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. i. 76, 15.
berg-ælfen
mountain-elves ⬩ oreades
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mountain-elves; oreades
munt-ælfen
A mountain-nymph
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A mountain-nymph Muntælfen oreades, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 14
wudu-ælfen
A wood-elf ⬩ wood-nymph
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A wood-elf, wood-nymph Wudu-elfen dryades, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 15. Wuduælfenne oreades, ii. 65, 44
feld-ælfen
Similar entry: feld-elfen
sǽ-ælfen
A sea-elf, sea-nymph
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A sea-elf, sea-nymph Sǽælfenne Naiades, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 32 : 59, 12. Sǽelfen, i. 60, 18
wæter-ælfen
A water-elf, water-nymph
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A water-elf, water-nymph Wæterælfenne nymfae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 31
æled-fýr
Flame of fire ⬩ incendii flamma
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Flame of fire; incendii flamma,Exon. 61a; Th. 223, 27; Ph. 366