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Life of St Edmund §

Edited by Tarrin Wills

Abbo ‘Abbo’

nom.

Abbo (noun m.): Abbo

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gēarum ‘years’

dat. pl.

gear (noun n.; neut noun): year

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gewende ‘returned’

3rd pers. pret. sg.

gewendan (verb; wk verb): return

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mynstre ‘monastery’

dat. sg.

mynster (noun n.; neut noun): monastery

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abbode ‘abbot’

dat. sg.

abbod (noun m.; masc noun): abbot

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þām ‘that’

dat. n. sg.

se (pron.; demonst): the, that

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ylcan ‘very’

dat. n. sg.

ilca (pron.; adj and pron): same

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mynstre ‘monastery’

dat. sg.

mynster (noun n.; neut noun): monastery

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Se munuc þā Abbo binnan twām gēarum gewende hēm his mynstre and wearð sōna abbode geset on þām ylcan mynstre.

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