rǣran, wk.v: to cause to rise, to rear, raise; to lift up, move from a lower to a higher position; to set up, establish; to give rise to, excite; to exalt. (RA-rahn)
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Judas Maccabeus besieging the Acra. Alba Bible. Spain, 1433. [commons.wikimedia.org]
þrēat, m.n: a troop, band, crowd, body of people, swarm, press, throng. (THRAY-aht)
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mynster-gang, m.n: going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life. (MUN-ster-GONG)
Vitae patrum. Italy (Naples), between 1350 and 1375. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 134r. [ica.themorgan.org]
mǣg, m.n: a relative, kinsman. Also, f.n: a woman, kinswoman. (MA-γ)
gūþ-fugel, m.n: war-bird (an epithet for the eagle). (GOOTH-FUH-yell / ˈguːθ-ˌfʌ-jɛl)
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gūþ-frec, adj: bold in war. (GOOTH-freck)
endleofan-gilde, adj: entitled to elevenfold compensation. (END-lay-ov-on-YILL-deh)
endleofan, n/adj/numeral: eleven. (END-LAY-ov-on / ˈɛnd-ˌlɛɔ-van)
cnocian, wk.v: to knock. (K’-NOCK-ee-ahn)
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regnig, adj: rainy. (RAIN-eeγ)
Inferno, Canto VI, in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Northern Italy (Genoa?), third quarter of 14th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9. [bodley.ox.ac.uk]
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