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tunsing-wyrt

(n.)
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tunsing-wyrt, e; f.
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man elleborum album, and óðrum naman túnsincgwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 258, 21-23: iii. 302, col. 1. Tún[s]ingwyrt, ii. 68, 25. Cf. túngil*-*sinwyrt

Linked entry: tuning-wyrt

hriddel

(n.)
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A riddel, coarse sieve Man sceal habban . . . syfa, sǽdleáp, hriddel, hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264, 13

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis ná niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

martyr-racu

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-racu, e; f.
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An account of martyrs Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ man heora naman on ðisre háligra martyrrace sceolde áwrítan, Hml. S. 23, 367. Hí woldon ðisra háligra martyra martyrrace áwrítan, 334: 342: 773

bétan

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<b>II a</b>. add :-- Béte man be cyninges munde, ꝥ is, mid v. pundum, Ll. Th. i. 340, 28

gung

(adj.)
Grammar
gung, adj.

Young, youthfuljŭvĕnis, adolescens

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Hí ofslógon ǽnne gungne Brytiscne man they slew a young Briton, Chr. 501; Erl. 15, 16

Élíg-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg-burh, Élí-burh; gen. -burge; dat. -byrig; f.

The city of Ely, Cambridgeshireurbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire; urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Man hine lǽdde to Élígbyrig [Élíbyrig, Th. 294, 15, col. 2] they led him to Ely, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 16, col. 1

self-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
self-sceaft, es; m.
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523

bile-hwítlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-hwítlíce, adv.

Honestly, simplyhoneste, simpliciter

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Honestly, simply; honeste, simpliciter Andswarede Dryhthelm bilehwítlíce, forðon he wæs bylehwítre gleáwnesse and gemetfæstre gecynde man Drycthelme respondebat simpliciter, erat namque homo simplicis ingenii ac moderatæ naturæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30

Linked entry: bylwet-líce

ge-eahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eahtian, -ehtian, -æhtian; p. ode; pp. od

To estimatevalueæstĭmāre

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To estimate, value; æstĭmāre Gebéte swá hit mon geeahtige let him make amends as it may be valued, L. Alf. 26; Th. i. 50, 26 : L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 2

ge-frédnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frédnes, -ness, e; f.

A feelingsenseperceptionsensus

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A feeling, sense, perception; sensus Gesiht, and gehérnes, and gefrédnes ongitaþ ðone líchoman ðæs monnes sight, and hearing, and feeling perceive the body of the man, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 7, 10

Linked entry: frédnes

ge-rǽf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽf, adj.

Fixedfixus

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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note

Linked entry: -rǽf

slǽp-leást

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-leást, e; f.
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Wið slǽpleáste, genym ðysse ylcan wyrte (poppy) wós, smyre ðone man mid; sóna ðú him ðone slép on senst. Lchdm. i. 158, 1

syde

(n.)
Grammar
syde, es; m.
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A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled Ðysse sylfan wyrte syde ðære tóþa sár gelídigaþ, gyf hyne man swá wearmne on ðam múþe gehealdeþ, Lchdm. i. 280, 3

un-ágifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágifen, adj.

Not given upnot repaid

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Not given up, not repaid Nolde Sigelm tó wigge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágifnum Sigelm would not go to battle with the money owing to any man unpaid, Chart. Th. 201, 24

Linked entry: á-gifan

wudu-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-þistel, es; m.

Wood-thistle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man carduum sylvaticum, and óðrum naman wuduðistel nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 224, II: iii. 28, 21. Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, ii. 358, I

candel-stæf

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Man sceal habban candelstafas, Angl. ix. 264, 18. Add

cú-cealf

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Voc. ii. 123, 77. a cow's calf Gif man of myran folan ádrífþ oððe cúcealf ( or cú (gen. ) cealf), Ll. Th. i. 70, 23

dengan

(v.)
Grammar
dengan, p. de
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To ding, beat, strike Ǽlcum gemete ne sceal árung beón þǽre gyltendan geogoðe, ac swíðor man sceal heora sídan mid gierdon gelómlíce dencgan ( sed potius eorum latera virgis assidue tundenda sunt ), Nap. 17

Linked entry: dencgan

ídel-hende

(adj.)
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Nán man náh tó Godes cyrican ídelhende tó cumene, Wlfst. 238, 2. Hí eft of þám mynstre ídelhænde (-hende, -hynde, v. ll.) hwurfon a monasterio vacui sunt regressi, Gr. D. 6, 31. Add