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ge-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styltan, p. te

To be astonished ⬩ to be silent from astonishment

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Lind. 12, 23. Folc gestylte [gistylted wæs, Rush.] populus stupefactus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 15. Gestyldon aldro stupuerunt parentes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 56

gristbitung

(n.)
Grammar
gristbitung, e; f.
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A gnashing of the teeth Tóþa gristbitung [gristbiottung, Lind.] stridor dentium, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12: 13, 42, 50: Blickl. Homl. 185, 7: Cd. 220; Th. 285, 7; Sat. 334. Gristbiotung, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 30. Gristbittung, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28

Linked entry: gristbátung

los-wist

Grammar
los-wist, lose-wist, e; f: es, m.[?]

Hurt ⬩ loss ⬩ destruction ⬩ waste

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Lind. 16, 26. Losuist [losewest] gedóe, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 36: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 25

hlinc

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc, es; m.

a link, ⬩ linch, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ 'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,' ⬩ a hill, ⬩ rising ground

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a link, linch, rising ground; 'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,' Junius. The word occurs in the charters, e.g. Of ðere díc on þornhlinch; ðanone on dynes hlinch; of ðam hlince, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 223, 29.

un-geleáfullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfullíc, adj.

unbelieving ⬩ incredulous ⬩ unbelievable ⬩ incredible

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unbelieving, incredulous Gif hwá ðises ne gelýfð hé ys ungeleáfulíc, Jud. 15, last line. unbelievable, incredible Ic wát ðæt hit wile ðincan swýðe ungeleáffullíc ungelǽredum mannum, Lchdm. iii. 270, 7

fóstraþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóstraþ, es; m.

Food ⬩ victuals ⬩ esca ⬩ cĭbus

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Lind. 3, 4. Hláf oððe fóstraþ pānem, Jn. Lind. War. 6, 31. Fóstraþ manna, Jn. Lind. War. 6, 49. Fóstraþas epimēnia = ἐπιμήνια provisions for a month, a month's rations, Som. Ben. Lye

under-hebban

(v.)

accipere ⬩ sustollere ⬩ sublevare

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Lind. 8, 17. Genom ł underhóf sustulit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 9. Underhóf subleuasset, 6, 5. Underhebendum égum subleuatis oculis, Lind. 17, 1. Ðæt ué sié underhefen sublevari, Rtl. 80, 1

úta-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
úta-cund, (úta = útan or úte; v.innan-, inne-cund); adj.

Foreign, alien, strange

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Ðes útacunda, Lind. 17, 18. On útacund in alieno, 16, 12. Útacund ... ðara útacundra alienumalienorum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 5. From útacundum ab alienis, Mt, Kmbl. Lind. 17, 25: Rtl. 168, 13

yfelsian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelsian, p. ode

To blaspheme

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Lind. 9, 3. Ebolsas (heofolsaþ, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 7. Ebolsas (eofolsas, Rush.), 3, 29. Ebolsaþ (eofolsigaþ, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10. Efolsade (efalsade, Rush.) blasphemavit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 65. Ebolsadon (eofulsadun, Rush.), Mk.

Linked entry: eofulsian

ge-fulwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fulwian, -fulgwian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To baptize

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Lind. 3, 14. Gefulwas baptizabit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 8. Se ðe gefulguas qui baptizat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 33. Hine man gefulwade he was baptized, Blickl. Homl. 219, 1. Gefulguade baptizabat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 22. Gefulwad, Blickl. Homl. 213, 14 : Elen.

un-trymman

(v.)
Grammar
un-trymman, -trymian; p. ede

To be or to become weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm

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To be or to become weak, sick, ill, infirm His sunu untrymede (unntrymade, Lind.) filius infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 46. Ðæs bróðer untrymade, Lind. 11, 2. Hé ongann untrymmia coepit egere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 14

speoftan

(v.)
Grammar
speoftan, (?); p. speaft

To spit ⬩ conspuetur

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Lind. Rush. 9, 6), Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 23. Speufton expuerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 67. Speofton, 27, 30. Speafton (speoftun, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 15, 19

þorfend

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
þorfend, es; m.: þorfende; adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively

A needy person ⬩ a poor person

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Lind. 12, 5

ge-fræpian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fræpian, ge-fræpigan; p. ede.

to accuse ⬩ to reverence

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Lind. 12, 10. to reverence Gefræppegedon reverebuntur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

Linked entry: fræppigan

Nazarenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Nazarenisc, Nazaresc; adj.

Of Nazareth

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Of Nazareth Se Nazareniscea (Nazaresca, Lind.) Hǽlend, Mk. Skt. 10, 47: 14, 67. Ðone Nazareniscean (Natzarenisca, Lind.) Hǽlend, Jn. Skt. 18, 5

un-boht

(adj.)

unbought ⬩ free

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Lind. 10, 8. Sacleás ł unsynnig ł unbocht gratis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 25

Linked entry: un-ceáped

ymb-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wærlan, p. de

To turn round

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Lind. 7, 44, 9. Ymbwærlde (-wælde, Lind.), Rush. 9, 55

sunor

(n.)
Grammar
sunor, (-er), e; f. A herd of swine, a sounder ('That men calleth a trip of a tame swyn is called of wylde swyn a soundre; that is to say, ȝif ther be passyd v. or vi. togedres.'—Halliwell's Dict.)
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Lind. 8, 32, 33

Linked entry: suner

lengþ

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Add: height, v. lang; 2 a Ðone munt ðe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síþa ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. p. 152, 5

twigu

(n.)
Grammar
twigu, (?), an; f.; the forms in the Northern specimens may also be taken as weak, tuigge, pl. tuiggo

A branch ⬩ twig

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Lind. 13, 32. Tuiggo ramos, 21, 8. Telgo ł twiggo, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 32: 11, 8

Linked entry: palm-twiga

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