hlæder

hlæder, f.n: a ladder, flight of steps. (HLAD-er)

āc

āc, m/f.n: oak, oak tree; name of the A-rune ᚪ. (AHK / ˈaːk)

gafol-heord, f.n: rented swarm of bees that is paid for in honey. (GA-voll-HEH-ord / ˈga-vɔl-ˌhɛɔrd)

þræft, n.n: a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding. (THRAFT)

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frēols, m.n: freedom, immunity, privilege; a time of freedom, a holy day, feast, festival, the celebration of a festival. (FRAY-ols)

stunt-wyrde, adj: using foolish words, foolish in speech. (STUNT-wur-deh)

fæþman, wk.v: to embrace, enfold. (FATH-mahn)

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þyle, m.n: an orator, spokesman. (THUH-leh)

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worn, m.n: a swarm, band, flock, crowd, multitude, many, a great number, a great quantity. (WORN)

ge-inlagian, wk.v: to restore (someone) to the protection and rights of the law; to reverse (someone’s) sentence of outlawry. (yeh-in-LA-yee-ahn)