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ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To shinegrow lightlucerelucescere

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To shine, grow light; lucere, lucescere Ðæt he gelíhte allum ut luceat omnibus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 15. Gelihted lucescit, Lind. 28, 1

heán-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-spédig, adj.
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Scantily, poorly endowed Ðý læs hé forhycge heánspédigran lest he despise the more scantily endowed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 1; Crä. 26

hláf-sénung

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-sénung, e; f.
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Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day On ðam ylcan dæge [Aug. 1] æt hláfsénunga, Shrn. 112, 8

Linked entry: segnung

hwǽte-corn

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-corn, es; n.
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A grain of wheat Genim hnutcyrnla and hwǽtecorn take nut-kernels and grains of wheat, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 34, 19

Linked entry: corn

in-stede

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stede, -styde [or in stede ; cf. Icel. í-stað on the spot, at once];

On the spotat onceimmediately

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adv. On the spot, at once, immediately Instyde continuo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 48. Instyde statim, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 28 : 2, 12

ofer-wintran

(v.)
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to winter, pass the winter Nán eówer nele oferwintran ( hiemare) búton mínum (the shoemaker ) cræfte. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1. [Ger. über-wintern.]

Linked entry: -wintran

geold

(n.)
Grammar
geold, es; n.
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Charge, impost Ne gafle ne geold neither tax nor charge, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 1. Strange geoldes heavy imposts, 1124; Erl. 253, 21

gyst

(n.)
Grammar
gyst, es; m.
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A guest Ic wæs gyst módor cildum factus sum hospes filiis matris meæ, Ps. Th. 68,8 : Cd. 114; Th. 150, 1; Gen. 2485

gód-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gód-leás, adj.
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Without good, miserable, wretched Ðis ungesǽlige geár and ðæt gódleáse infaustus ille annus et omnibus bonis exosus, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 33

sceápen

(adj.)
Grammar
sceápen, adj.
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Of a sheep Sceápen smera (cf. on sceápes smerwe, 1. 9), Lchdm. ii. 128, 16. Ete sceápen flǽsc and nán óþer, 358, 22

sealt-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-leáh, gen. -leáge; f.
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A salt lea; hence Saltley Of ðan swínhagan ðæt on sealtleáge; and of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 400, 1

swát-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
swát-fáh, adj.
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Blood-stained Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfag and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Vald. 1, 5. Swátfáh syrce, Beo. Th. 2226; B. 1111

un-menged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-menged, adj.

Unmixed

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Unmixed Se unmengeda non mixta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 78. Hé ( Adam ) of ðære eorðan selfre unmængedre gesceapen wæs, Anglia xi. 1, 9

Linked entry: un-gemenged

un-met

(adj.)
Grammar
un-met, un-mett, -mete; adj.

Without measureimmenseexcessive

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Without measure, immense, excessive Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quae persecutio omnibus anteactis immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 23

Wealh-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-þeód, e; f.
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The Welsh people Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Angel*-*cynnes witan and Wealhþeóde rǽdboran gesetton, L. O. D. proem.; Th. i. 352, 1

weall-dor

(n.)
Grammar
weall-dor, es; n.
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A door in a wall Ðú eart ðæt wealldor; þurh ðé Freá on ðás eorþan út síðade, Exon. Th. 21, 1; Cri. 328

wafung-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wafung-stede, es; m.
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A place for spectacles (v. wafung, ), a theatre, an amphitheatre Wafungstede theatrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 45. Syne*-*weald wafungstede amphitheatrum, 37, 1

út-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
út-wærc, es; m.
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Dysentery, painful evacuation Se útwærc, Lchdm. ii. 278, 4. Wyrð ðæt tó útwærce, 278, 15. Wiþ útwærce, 174, 1: 234, 30: 276, 20

wæstmberendness

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmberendness, e; f.
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Fertility, fecundity Mid ðý nis ǽnig synn wæstmberendnesse líchoman cum non sit culpa aliqua foecunditas carnis, Bd. 1, 27; M. 74, 24 note

weorold-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-dryhten, es; m.
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The Lord of the world, the Deity Gif ðú wilnige weorulddrihtnes heáne anwald ongitan si vis celsi jura tonantis cernere, Met. 29, 1