hīw-scipe

hīw-scipe, m.n: a family, household, house. (HEE-ew-SHIP-uh / ˈhiːw-ˌʃɪ-pə)

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æled

æled, m.n: fire, conflagration. (AL-ed / æ-lɛd)

þræc-hwīl, f.n: time of suffering, hard time. (THRACK-HWEEL / ˈθræk-ˌhwiːl)

buc, m.n: buck, male deer, perhaps the roe deer specifically. (BUCK / ˈbʌk)

gafol-tȳning, f.n: fence materials paid as tax or tribute. (GA-voll-TUE-ning / ˈga-vɔl-ˌtyː-nɪŋ)

smēa-þancol, adj: acute, subtle. (SMAY-ah-THONK-ol / ˈsmeːa-ˌθan-kɔl)

ylp, m.n: elephant. (UELP / ˈylp)

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

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liþe-bīge, adj: flexible at the joints, pliant; (in extended sense) compliant, humble, meek. (LITH-uh-BEE-yuh / ˈlɪ-θə-ˌbiː-jə)

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