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læfel

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hét geótan wæter on læfel misit aquam in pelvem Hml. A. 155, 102. Man sceal habban . . . læflas, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add

níten-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
níten-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of cattle gesceóp æf ðǽre eorðan eall nýtencynn and deórcynn (jumenta et bestias), Hml. Th. i. 16, 5. Eall nýtencynn and ðá wildan deór, Hex. 14, 29

on-ginness

(n.)
Grammar
on-ginness, e; f.

A beginning, undertaking

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Hine hét ðæt ðám hálwendan ongynnessum georne befulge eum coeptis insistere salutaribus jussit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 11

Linked entry: -ginness

on-findan

(v.)
Grammar
on-findan, p. -fand, -funde.

to find out, discover, detectto find out from experience, become aware of, perceive, be sensible ofto meet with, experience, suffer

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Heó onfunden wæs men were aware of her presence, Beo. Th. 2591; B. 1293. to meet with, experience, suffer weán oft onfond, Exon. Th. 377, 16; Deor. 4

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Hét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 25. Hú heó rihtlícost heora þeódscipe gehealdan mehton, Chart. Th. 139, 22. Þeódscypas winnaþ heom betweónan, Wulfst. 86, 7.

Linked entry: leód-scipe

undern

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Add: the third hour of the day hét þæt hí áne tíd ofer undern (cf. æt þǽre þriddan tíde on morgenne, Bl. H. 201, 35) hí getrymedon ongeán heora fýnd, Hml.

bælca

(n.)
Grammar
bælca, balca (-e ?), bælcan; m. (f. ?).
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Þá Regulus hí swíðost forslagen hæfde, ðá hét hí bindan and on balcan lecgan Regulus plures Poenorum bello captos in vincula conjecerat, Bt. 16, 2; S. 37, 8

fylle-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
fylle-seóc, adj.

Falling sickepilepticlunaticĕpĭleptĭcusἐπιληπτικόςlunātĭcus

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He ys fylleseóc lunātĭcus est, Mt. Bos. 17, 15. Wið fylleseócum men for an epileptic man, Med. ex Quadr. 8, 9; Lchdm. i. 358, 21. Heó fylleseócum helpeþ it helpeth the epileptic, Herb. 143, 1; Lchdm. i. 266, 5

sýring

(n.)
Grammar
sýring, e; f.

Butter-milk

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Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25.

on-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
on-sprǽc, e; f.

A suit involving a claim or accusation, claim, charge

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Bǽdon ðæt heó mósten gesyllan hire morgengyfe wið ðan ðe se cing ða egeslícan onspǽce áléte ( the charge is previously stated: ðæt wǽre on ðam unrǽde, ðæt man sceolde on Eást-Sexon Swegen underfón), Chart. Th. 540, 21

Linked entry: an-sprǽc

on

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on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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III. 3 :-- begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan, Ælfc. T.

for-sceádan

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Gif hér ðegna hwelc ðyrelne kylle bróhte tó ðýs burnan, béte hine georne, ðýlǽs forsceáde scírost wætra, Past. 469, 11. Add

beátere

a beatera boxer pugil

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Substitute: a beater hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum. Þá bærst sum sagol intó ánes beáteres eágan, Hml. S. 4, 143. a boxer; pugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1

ge-bilegan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-bilgan;</b> p. de To anger, offend Swá swá heó gebylged wǽre heó cwæð quasi indignata subjunxit, Bd. 4, 9; S. 398, 1. Mid hwylcum sáre gegremed and ábolgen (gebylged, v. l. ), Gr. D. 207, 25.

Norþ-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-hymbre, pl.

The NorthumbriansNorthumbriathe people or province north of the Humber

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Hér bræc se here on Norþhymbrum ðone friþ, 911; Erl. 100, 16. Hér fór se here on Norþhymbre, 867; Erl. 72, 7 : 873; Erl. 76, 18

Linked entry: Norþan-hymbre

weorold-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gestreón, es ; n.
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Sum hér ofer eorþan ǽhta onlíhð, woruld-gestreóna, 295, 10; Crä. 31. Ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna ( cupidi, 2 Tim. 3, 2), Wulfst. 81, 14. breác mondreáma hér, woruld-gestreóna. Cd. Th. 71, 27; Gen. 1177.

laur-treów

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Þá geseah heó spearwan nest on ánum lawer*-*treówe, Hml. A. 120, 117. Add

on-lóciend

(n.)
Grammar
on-lóciend, es; m.

An on-looker, spectator

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An on-looker, spectator Heó wæs swíðe lufigendlíc eallum onlóciendum, Anglia ix. 30, 97

Linked entry: -lóciend

bósum

wombuter

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Ox. 4162. of things Seó sǽ wunað on ðǽre eorðan bósme, Hex. 10, 31. Tunnena bósmum cuparum gremiis, An. Ox. 3513. womb; uter : Þý syxtan mónþe þæs þe Sct.

wín-tredd

(n.)
Grammar
wín-tredd, wín-tredde, an; f. ?. l. wín-tredde, an; f.
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þone cniht ásette on þá ylcan wíntreddan ( in eodem calcatorio), and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena, Gr. D. 58, 9-18, 34: 59, 4