heoru-word

heoru-word, n.n: hostile or cutting word (‘sword-word’). (HEH-oh-ruh-WORD / ˈhɛɔ-rʌ-ˌwɔrd)

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twi-sprǣc

twi-sprǣc, f.n: double speech, unfair speech, detraction. (TWIH-SPRATCH / ˈtwɪ-ˌspræːtʃ)

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hlacerian, wk.v: to scoff at, mock. (H’LOCK-eh-ri-ahn / ˈhla-kɛ-rɪ-an)

wordlung, f.n: (in a good sense) discourse, conversation; (in a bad sense) idle talk, babbling, chattering.

hēof-sang, m.n: elegy. (HAY-off-sahng / ˈheːɔf-saŋ)

lāc, n/m/f.n: battle, struggle; a gift, present, grace, favour; a message (offering of words); medicine. (LAHK / ˈlaːk)

ge-sprec, n.n: the power of speech. (yeh-SPRETCH / jɛ-ˈsprɛtʃ)

cīegan, v: to call, call upon, invoke. (CHEE-eh-gahn / ˈtʃiːɛ-gan)

lēoþ, n.n: song, poem, ode. (LAY-oth / ˈleːɔθ)

be-gyllan, v: to cry out against or in answer to. (beh-YUEL-lahn / bɛ-ˈjyl-lan)

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