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wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

fódrere

(n.)
Grammar
fódrere, es; m.

A fodderer ⬩ forager ⬩ pābŭlātor

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A fodderer, forager; pābŭlātor Þunor ofslóh xxiv heora fódrera thunder killed twenty-four of their foragers, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 1

folce-getrum

(n.)
Grammar
folce-getrum, es; n.

A host of people ⬩ exercĭtus

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A host of people; exercĭtus Mid heora folce-getrume with their band of people, Cd. 95; Th. 123, 18; Gen. 2046, note

næcedness

(n.)
Grammar
næcedness, e; f.

Nakedness

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Nakedness Swá ðæt hig ne gesáwon heora fæder næcednesse, Gen. 9, 23. Ðé ne sceamaþ ðínre næcednysse, Homl. Th. i. 432, 5

ge-fole

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fole, adj.

Having a foal ⬩ milch

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Having a foal, milch Ðrítig gefolra olfend-myrena mid heora coltum thirty milch camels [camelos fætas] with their colts, Gen. 32, 15

ge-réf-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-scipe, es; m.

Office of a geréfa

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Office of a geréfa Ne heora nán geréfscipe ne drífe let none of them practise any reeveship, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 33

hláford-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hláford-hold, adj.
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Loyal to a lord Yfele þegnas beóþ heora hláfordes fiénd. Gif hí góde beóþ and hláfordholde, Bt. 14, l; F. 42, 24

lahlíce

(adv.)
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Þæt hý lǽran þæt gehádode regollíce and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, Wlfst. 307, 15. Laglíce legitime Angl. xiii. 394, 413. Add

open-ness

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Add: manifestation Þá gesceáwiað þá opennysse þǽre godcundan onlíhtnysse þe heora líchaman symle geclǽnsiað mid sýfrum þeáwum, Hml, S. 23 b, 42

óstig

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Þá þá man þá gyrda heóld hí wǽron hearde and hóstige; þonne man slóh, sóna hí hnexodon, Hml. S. 35, 192. Add

wód-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
wód-líce, <b>. I.</b>
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Þeáh þe heora hláford wǽre wódlíce hǽðen, 28, 16. Add

á-rǽdan

Grammar
á-rǽdan, <b>;
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</b> add Ðás béc ( the gospels) mon áréde éghwelce mónaðe for heora sáulum tó écum lécedóme, Txts. 175, II

berbéna

(n.)
Grammar
berbéna, æ; f. Latin : berbéne, an; f.

Vervain ⬩ verbēna

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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man περιστερεών, and óðrum naman berbénam, nemneþ, heó ys culfron swíðe híwcúþ. Vervain. This plant, which they call vervain, and by another name verbena, in colour is very like to doves, Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 11-14.

frymetling

(n.)
Grammar
frymetling, e; f. [frum original, first, primitive]

A youngling ⬩ young cow ⬩ jŭvenca

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A youngling, young cow; jŭvenca Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc, vii niht syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht it belongs to a cowherd that he have the milk of an old cow, seven nights after she has newly calved

líðig

(adj.)
Grammar
líðig, adj.

Lithe ⬩ pliant ⬩ supple ⬩ flexible ⬩ soft ⬩ yielding

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Lithe, pliant, supple, flexible, soft, yielding Heó biþ líðig swá cláþ ongeán deófles láre it [a man's heart] is pliant as cloth to the devil's teaching, Wulfst. 234, 22. Ðá gelǽhte Petrus hire líðian [líðigan, MSS. U.

Linked entries: líðe líðeg

missenlíc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
missenlíc-ness, e; f.

Variety ⬩ diversity

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Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character ) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone heofonlícan bogan mid hyre bleó geefenlǽce, Herb. 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 14. Missenlícnesse varietatibus, Ps. Spl.

ge-dégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dégan, ge-dégean

to pass through ⬩ escape ⬩ pertransīre

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to pass through, escape; pertransīre Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres; wéne ic forðon ðæt heó wel mǽge ðæt swýðre mægen sáwel usser wæteres wénan ðæs wel gedégean torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima

un-besmiten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besmiten, adj.

Undefiled ⬩ unpolluted ⬩ unsullied ⬩ pure

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Gif heó unbesmiten ( impolluta ) tó him cyrre, L. Ecg. Addit. 12; Th. ii. 234, 6: Nar. 41, 11. Ðæs unbesmitenan líchaman úres Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 113: Blickl. Homl. 155, 32: 3, 15: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 69: 23 b, 503.

Linked entry: be-smítan

un-gesǽligness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽligness, e; f.

Unhappiness ⬩ calamity ⬩ misery

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Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, ðæt heó cende on sáre and on unrótnesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8. Hé ða ðeóde fram langre wónesse and ungesǽlignysse ( infelicitate ) álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; S. 519, 10

Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes

wíd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-síþ, es; m.
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A far journey, long travel Módor ne rǽdaþ, ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld wídsíð sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Wérig winneþ, wídsíð onginneþ, Exon.