N
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Sax. kúð, tand, óðar, múð, anst. If, however, n and s come together by the loss of an intervening vowel the n remains, e. g. winstre; O. H. Ger. O. Sax. winistar.
hwearfian
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H. 9, 20. of processes that may be said to move in a circle Hwerfiað on þám ylcan wísan sé and eá (cf. of ðáre sǽ cymþ ꝥ water innen þá eorþan . . . wyrþ tó eá . . . wyrþ eft tó sǽ, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 17-20), Solil.
beorhte
Distinctly ⬩ clearly ⬩ lucidly ⬩ brightly ⬩ clare
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Distinctly, clearly, lucidly, brightly; clare He geseah Egypta heábyrig beorhte blícan he saw the Egyptians' cities brightly glitter Cd. 86; Th. 109, 13; Gen. 1822.
brim-þisa
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A ship; navis He brimþisan æt sǽs faroþe sécan wolde he would seek a ship on the sea-shore, Andr. Kmbl. 3313; An. 1659. Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþisan they let the high ships go over the ocean, Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238
feormend-leás
Wanting a polisher ⬩ pŏlītōre cărens
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Wanting a polisher; pŏlītōre cărens Geseah he orcas stondan, fyrnmanna fatu, feormendleáse, ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig he saw bowls standing, vessels of men of yore, wanting a polisher, there was many a helmet, old and rusty, Beo.
ful-strang
Full strong ⬩ very severe or overwhelming ⬩ valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus
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Full strong, very severe or overwhelming; valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus Wæs him eall fulstrang it was all very severe to them, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 23; Sat. 226. Is ðeós þrag fulstrong this moment is very overwhelming, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 13; Jul. 464
Linked entry: full-strong
hearm-líc
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Ðæt wæs hreówlíc and hearmlíc that was sad and grievous, Chr. 1057 ; Erl. 192, 21
hlín-duru
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Geseh hé fore hlíndura hyrdas standan he saw guards standing before the grated door [of his prison ]. Andr. Kmbl. 1985; An. 995
on-wæcnian
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Th. 302, 23; Sat. 604
Linked entry: on-wecnian
ge-wleccan
To make lukewarm
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B.] take of this same herb the juice made lukewarm, Herb. 19; Lchdm. i. 114, 2: 80; Lchdm. i. 184, 1. Gewleced made lukewarm, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 21, 29
Linked entry: wleccan
síþ-weg
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v. síd-weg) he (Guthlac, who lived in the wilderness) healed the sad in heart that from the travelled ways sought him, Exon. Th. 155, 13 ; Gú. 859
twi-bille
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt.
Linked entry: -bille
dyne
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Dinna (dimma, MS.) mǽst hlúd gehýred, Sat. 606. Add
efen-lang
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Equally long. of the same length, coextensive with, stretching all along Se milte bið emlang and gædertenge þǽre wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 15.
Linked entry: lang
ge-sundlic
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healthy Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ꝥ þín útgong and micge sié gesundlic, Lch. ii. 226, 20. safe. Cf. ge-sund ; Se weg is mycele gesundlicra tutior est via, Gr. D. 348, 10. prosperous On þám gesundlicum þingum in prosperity, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 475, 10
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ge-sendan
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Rtl. 102, 7: 100, 39. the object non-material Mið diúl gesende in heorta is ꝥte salde hine, Jn. L. R. 13, 2. with a stronger sense of motion, to cast, throw Hí gesendon nett in sǽ, Mt. L. 4, 18. Ðá yflo hí út gesendon (áwurpon, W.S.), 13, 48.
ge-punian
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B.] take this same herb pounded, 129, 3; Lchdm. i. 240, 15: 75, 1; Lchdm. i. 176, 20
Linked entry: punian
-hád
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Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,' 1070; Erl. 209, 35. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head
toll-setl
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Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18
Linked entry: toll-sceamol
á-smorian
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Mid ðǽre wilnunge ðisse worlde bið ásmorod (suffocatum) ðæt sǽd Godes worda, Past. 67, 22, Ðǽr hine ongeáton Adam and Eua þǽr hí ásmorede wǽron mid deópum ðeóstrum, Shrn. 68, 13. Add