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Anglo-Saxon

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æmet-hyll

(n.)
Grammar
æmet-hyll, æmett-hyll, es; m.

An EMMET-HILL ⬩ ant-hill ⬩ formicetum

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An EMMET-HILL, ant-hill; formicetum, Past. 28, 3; Hat. MS. 37 a, 3

ǽmet-hyll

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Past. 191, 25. Add

æmet-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
æmet-hwíl, e; f. [æmetta leisure, hwil while, time]

Leisure ⬩ spare-time ⬩ respite ⬩ otium

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Leisure, spare-time, respite; otium, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8, 1

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ǽmet-hwíl

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Ðæs restedæges ǽmethwíle (æn-, MS.) Sabbati otium, An. Ox. 40, 18. Add

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
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Ðú sláwa gá ðé tó æmethylle vade ad fortnican, o piger, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 191, 25. On óðre wísan sceal man manian ða sláwan (cf. late, Swt. 281, 16), on óðre ða ðe beóþ tó hrade, Past. "23; Swt. 175, 25.

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