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Anglo-Saxon

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wancol

(adj.)
Grammar
wancol, adj.
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Unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíþe wancol se instabilem muta*-*tione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 35.

wan-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hál, adj.
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Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body, weak, sick, maimed, infirm, unsound Wanhál inbecillis, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 23. Betere ðé ys ðæt ðú gá wanhál (debilis) oððe healt tó lífe, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8: Mk. Skt. 9, 43. Hú God mæ̂rsodon swá oft swá ǽnig

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

hwurful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwurful-ness, e; f.

Changeableness ⬩ mutability

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Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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(b α) where the clause is in apposition to a noun or pronoun :-- Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse, þæt hió biþ swíþe wancol. Bt. 20; F. 70, 34. Hé þæt gecýðde, þæt hé cræft hæfde. Sae. 200.

Linked entry: cýþan

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