ge-gada, m.n: a fellow-traveller, a companion, associate. (yeh-GA-da)
ge-gada
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brȳd
brȳd, f.n: a bride, a woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman. (BRUD)
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slecg-wyrhta
slecg-wyrhta, m.n: one who works with a hammer, a worker in metals. (SLEDG-WUR-h’ta)
wealh-stod
wealh-stod, m.n: an interpreter; one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages; a mediator. (WEH-al’h-STOD)
suhter-fæderan
suhter-fæderan, pl.m.n: uncle and nephew. (SUH’h-ter-FAD-er-ahn)
hā-sæta
hā-sæta, m.n: a rower. (HA-SÆ-tah)
frēo-bearn-fæder
frēo-bearn-fæder, m.n: a father of noble children. (FRAY-oh-BEH-arn-FAD-er)
bēod-genēat
bēod-genēat, m.n: table-companion. (BAY-odd-yeh-NAY-aht / ˈbeːɔd-jɛ-ˌneːat)
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dryht-cwēn
dryht-cwēn, f.n: a noble queen. (DRUH’h’t-KWAIN)
mæsse-prēost
mæsse-prēost, m.n: a priest not of the Christian church; a priest of the Christian church who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders and could celebrate the mass. His orders were the same as a bishop’s, but only a bishop could ordain priests, confirm children, and consecrate churches. (MASS-seh-PRAY-ost)
Old English Wordhord 
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