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níd-niman

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Se biscop eóde þǽre cyste and árfullícenýdnimende (neódnymende, v. l. ) tóslóh þá locu þǽre cyste, and þǽr genam þá .xii. mancossas accessit ad arcam, et pie violentus claustra arcae comminuit, duodecim aureos tulit, Gr. D. 64, 13. Add

pic

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Hét man ealle þá wínfatu mid pice geondgute, Gr. D. 57, 28. hét mid pice besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. þe æthrínð pic byð besmiten, Scint. 83, 5. weallende pic, Hml. A. 174, 165. Add

restan

Grammar
restan, <b>I a</b> 3.
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Add Ǽlíg . . . þér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, C. D. iii. 274, 14.Þá hálgan stówæ þæ míne yldran on restaþ, 273, 17. 2. Add List ðú and rest þé and Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml. S. 31, 1152

riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

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riht-gewittig

(adj.)
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of right wit, reasonable getácnað seó rihtgewittuge sáwel siteð on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 245, 22. Hwylc rihtgewittigra manna is þon snotor wylle þá gástas secgan líchamlice? quis sanum sapiens esse spiritus corporeos dixerit?, 305, 2

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scín-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, scín-lác; adj.
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Þá bróðru þe gemétte þǽr mid þám scínlácan (gedwimorlácum, v. l.) fýre bysmrian fratres quos phantastico reperit igne deludi, Gr. D. 124, 10. preóstas warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25.

scip-wræc

(n.)
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what is cast up from a wreck Cum omni maris eiectu, quod shipwrec appellamus, C. D. iv. 146, 9. Cum omnibus quaecunque maris procellosis tempestatibus, in aquam uel in terram eorum eiecta fuerint, quod Anglice shipwreck promulgatum est onomate, 28

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sigor-fæst

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Add: as an epithet of men Ne byð nǽfre nǽnig leán þæs sigores búton hit mid gewinne gecampod. Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

twi-feald

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Add Mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twifealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte, Ors. 5, 13; S. 248, 2. Add Þám móde þæs gehýrendan becymeþ twifeald (twig-, v.l.) fultum (duplex adjutorium ) ... hit byþ oærned ... hit byð geeádmódod, Gr. D. 8, 16

þurh-leóran

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Add leórian (?). to pass through Ðurh-leóreð perlransiit, Ps. Vos. 102, 15. Ðurhleórað pertransibunt, 103, 10. Þurhleórde pertransivit, 123, 5. to penetrate ne þurh-leóriað (-leornað, v.l.

wæl-slihta

(n.)
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wæl-slihta, (?), an; m.
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn sóna mid his geþóhte his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22

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weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, to wander.
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Heó weallode wîde dæges and nihtes geond þá muntas and þá dena per montes et valles die noctuque vagabatur, Gr. D. 176, 18. ongan weallian fram þám bróðrum in þá tíde heora gebedes vagari tempore orationis coepit, III, 20. Add

wédenheortness

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Add: of an animal hors wæs æfter þon stilre þonne hit wæs ǽr þǽre wédenheortnesse (wódnesse, v.l. ante illam insaniam). Se þegn geseah his hors ácyrred fram his wédenheortnesse (wódnesse, v.l. a sua vesania), Gr. D. 78, 12-17

wyrt-geard

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Þá gelǽdde hine þæs wyrtgeardes (-túnes, v.l.) gate eum duxit ad horti aditum, Gr. D. 25, 14. Paulinus onféng þá nytte þæs wyrtgeardes (horti). And þá þá se cyningces áðum gelómlíce eóde in þone wyrtgeard (hortum), 180, 28. Add

á-gifan

(v.)
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Add: &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; to restore to a previous condition His mægn þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf, Gr. D. 50, 2. &lt;b&gt;III a.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;

cwide

Grammar
cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Þá geceás Laurentium ... and þurhwunode in his cwide ( sententia ), Gr. D. 329, 18. an agreement him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

sceolh-eágede

(adj.)
Grammar
sceolh-eágede, adj.

Cross-eyed, squinting

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Voc. i. 75, 42. Sceolégede (scyl-, MSS. D. H. J.: -eágede, MS. J.) strabo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 9, 3 ; Zup. 36, 12. Scyleágede strabus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 56. Scylégede luscus, 43, 8. Sculeiȝede, 89, 64

be-bíwan

(v.)

to rub over

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to rub over Þá wæs sóht, hwǽr se lǽce wǽre, þe cúþe wyrtgemang wyrcan, mihte hine (the dead man) besmyrwian and bebyrwan (-býwan?) cum medicus atque pigmentorius ad aperiendum eum atque condiendum esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 3. (?)

Aldhelm

(n.)
Grammar
Aldhelm, Ealdhelm, es; m. [aid=eald old; helm an helmet i]

ALDHELM bishop of SherborneAldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus

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ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne; Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus Hér Aldhelm be westan Selewuda bisceop forþférde here [A. D. 709] Aldhelm bishop west of Selwood [Sherborne] died, Chr. 709; Th. 68, 17, col. 2. Ealdhelm, Chr. 731; Th. 74, 31, col. 2

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and-timber

(n.)
Grammar
and-timber, an-, on-, es; n.

Mattermaterialssubstancea thememateriesmateriathema

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Matter, materials, substance, a theme; materies, materia, thema Lengran feóndscipes andtimber longioris ittimicitiæ materies, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 19. Antymber [MSS. C. and D. antimber] materies, materia, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 15, 54.

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