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feax-wund

(n.)
Grammar
feax-wund, e; f.
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Gif in feaxe bið wund inces lang, geselle ánne sciłł. tó bóte. Gif beforan feaxe bið wund inqes lang, twégen sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 17

Norþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-mann, es; m.

A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane

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Hé sǽde ðæt Norþmanna land ( Norway ) wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl, Swt. 18, 24. Hé ( Ohthere from Halgoland ) ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2. On his dagum cómon ǽrest iii scipu Norþmanna ...

Linked entry: Nor-men

æg-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
æg-wyrt, e; f.

Egg-wort ⬩ dandelion ⬩ leontodon taraxacum

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Egg-wort, dandelion; leontodon taraxacum, Lacn. 40; Lchdm. iii. 28, 26

án-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
án-wunian, part. -wuniende; p. ode; pp. od

To dwell or be alone ⬩ esse solitarius

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Lamb. 101, 8

ge-healt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-healdan.

keeps ⬩ guards ⬩ protects

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Lamb. 120, 5;

sealm-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-cwide, es; m.
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Lamb. 97, 5

sulh-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s

West-móringas

(n.)
Grammar
West-móringas, pl. m.
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The people of Westmoreland Westmóringa land, Chr. 966; Erl. 125, 2

Linked entry: -móringas

wyrt-cynren

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-cynren, es; n.
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Lamb. 146, 8

leóht-fǽtels

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-fǽtels, es; m.
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A lamp, lantern Leóhtfǽtels ł leóhtfæt lucernam, Ps. L. 17, 29

Linked entry: fætels

smǽr

Grammar
smǽr, smǽre.
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Smǽras labra, i. labia, An. Ox. 2160: labella, labia, 2163. Add

for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

gyrman

(v.)
Grammar
gyrman, p. de

To cry out ⬩ roar

Entry preview:

Lamb. 37, 8

wín-reáfetian

(v.)

to take grapes

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Lamb. 79, 13

Linked entry: hreáfetian

híran

(v.)

to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told

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L. 12, 42. to listen with compliance or assent to a person or thing þú mínum lárum hýre and þæt land geséc, Gen. 1750. Hýre brýde þínre, 2797. Gif ðá cirica ne hére, Mt. L. 18, 17.

gár-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
gár-æcer, es; m.

A strip of land tapering at one end

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and ðá gáræceras in on ðæt land, C.

ge-trýwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-trýwlíce, adv.

Faithfully ⬩ confidently ⬩ fĭdēlĭter ⬩ fīdūciālĭter

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Lamb. fol. 201 b, 29: 202 b, 42. Getrýwlíce oððe baldlíce ic dó on him fīdūciāĭiter ăgam in eo, Ps. Lamb. 11, 6

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

Dena mearc

(n.)

the land of the Danes

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the land of the Danes, Denmark, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 33

for-get

Grammar
for-get, = for-git, -giteþ; 3rd pres. sing. of for-gitan: for-getst

forgets ⬩ forgettest

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Lamb. 43, 24, =

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