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súcengra

Grammar
súcengra, for súcendra, Ps. Spl. 8, 3.

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Þ

Grammar
Þ, FOR the Runic þ, see þorn.

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Y

Grammar
Y, FOR the Runic Y see ýr.

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dæg-ryne

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-ryne, adj. For or of a day
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Diurnum, i. unius diei dægrynum vel dæglicum . . . diurnae aescae dæghryne mettas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 58, 62

Linked entry: -ryne

hwílum

Grammar
hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
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quondam, and add Hwílum nunc Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 43. of more or less repeated action, sometimes, at times Ðá ðe hwílum (cf. hwíltídum, 3) gedúfað on ðǽm miclum scyldum qui aliquando in gravibus noxis demerguntur Past. 437, 33 : Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33: 39

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Grammar swá, rel. pron. As, that Forgylde ðæt ángylde and ðæt wíte swá tó ðam ángylde belimpan wille, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 3. Ðon gelíc swá lǽcas cunnon such as doctors know, Lchdm. ii. 192, 23. Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, Exon.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

mǽra

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Tó werbolde .XL. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, C. D. iii. 451. 1

gim-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
gim-rodor, Dr. Bradley suggests that this form may have arisen a mistaken reading of a gloss to dracontia gemma ex cereb gim ro dr , or some such form.

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feormian

(v.)
Grammar
feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with food ⬩ feed ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ entertain ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ cherish ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ victum suppĕdĭtāre ⬩ epŭlāre ⬩ suscĭpĕre ⬩ suscĭpĕre hospĭtio ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ cūrāre ⬩ vălēre ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ vesci ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ to cleanse, FARM or cleanse out ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre ⬩ expiāre

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to supply with food, feed, support, sustain, entertain, receive as a guest, cherish, benefit, profit; victum suppĕdĭtāre, epŭlāre, suscĭpĕre, suscĭpĕre hospĭtio, fŏvēre, cūrāre, vălēre Ðæt ic [cyning] bebeóde eallum mínan geréfan ðæt hí on mínan ágenan

Linked entries: un-feormigende feormend feormung firm ge-feormian or-feormness

tóm

(adj.)
Grammar
tóm, adj.

Empty; ⬩ figuratively, ⬩ free from.

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Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9. Yee sal find þair tumbs tome (tume), C. M. 17798; Toom or voyde vacuus, Prompt. Parv. 496; temyñ or maken empty vacua, evacuo, 488

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

rúm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-líc, adj.

gracious, liberal, benign ⬩ liberal, abundant, plentiful

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Se ðe mid fódan ðære upplícan lufe biþ gefylled, hé biþ swilce hé sý mid rúmlícum mettum gemæst, Homl. Th. i. 522, 32.. Similar entries v. next word (rúmlíce)

ísern-óre

(n.)
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an ironstone quarry ísernðre ferri fodina, in quo loco ferrumfoditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, ll. Cf. ísen-græf

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard

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Grammar murnan, intrans. To mourn, be sad, be anxious Gif ðú ðonne heora þegen beón wilt and ðé heora þeáwas líciaþ tó hwon myrnst ðú swá swíðe si probas, utere moribus, ne queraris, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 7. Sélre biþ ǽghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, In l. 5 for senui l. sexui.

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fram-swengan

Grammar
fram-swengan, l. fram swengan, and for Cot. 179
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substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 55

frum-heowung

Grammar
frum-heowung, l. -híwung, -heówung, and for Cot. 154
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substitute Þǽre frumheówunge plasmatica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 36

hǽriht

Grammar
hǽriht, l. hǽriht, hǽrihte, and for ' crinitus, . . . Lye'
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substitute Þá hǽrihtan setosa (vervecum vellera), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 27

feor-studu

(n.)
Grammar
feor-studu, feor-studu, -stuþu, -stud (feór-?), e, u; f.

stay ⬩ buttress

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A sloping beam, stay, buttress Ferstud continuus, Txts. 108, 1110. Feurstud destina (cf. seó wræðstuðu (destina) þám wáge tó wreþe geseted wæs, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 269, 22), 123, 18. Flór pavimentum, feorstuþu obstupum (obstipum? cf. (?) obstipum, oblicum

dyde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dyde, did, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 36; p.
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of dón

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