A.-S.
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For month we have in A.-S. mónâdh, in Gothic menoth, both masculine.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
Hierd and Heerd, from A.-S. hierde, perhaps also Hardewick or Harderwyk from the same.
From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
It means also, in A.-S., equus vilis, a horse that is worn out or "broken down."
From Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850 by Various
Biddy bene, A.-S. biddan, to ask or pray, bén, a supplication or entreaty.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps
The past participle of the old verb yede, from A.-S. gangead, to go, to proceed.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
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