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searu-sǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-sǽled, adj.
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Cunningly tied Nelle ic unbunden ǽnigum hýran, nymþe searosǽled (cf. searu, , and searu-bunden), Exon. Th. 406, 12; Rä. 24, 16

ge-fǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fǽran, [ = ge-féran]; p. de; pp. ed

To lead ⬩ bring

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To lead, bring Ic eów hebbe hám gefǽrde alle I have brought you all home, Cd. Th. 270, 18; Sat. 92

ge-hægan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hægan, pp. -hæged

To surround as with a hedge

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To surround as with a hedge Folc wæs gehæged the people was hemmed in, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 17; Exod. 169

stál-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
stál-ærn, es; n.
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Or stál = staþel; cf. stálian = staþelian) Stálern consistorium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 70

treów-bytt

(n.)
Grammar
treów-bytt, (?), e; f.
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= treów-, cf. trýwen byt fiasco, 149, 33), eadem et fiascones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78

un-dirne

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dirne, adv.

Openly ⬩ clearly ⬩ plainly

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Openly, clearly, plainly Wearð ylda bearnum undyrne cúð ðætte Grendel wan wið Hróðgár, Beo. Th. 303; B. 150: 825; B. 410

ungemet-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-gímen, ungemet-gímenn, e; f.

Excessive care

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Excessive care Se réþa rén, sumes ymbhogan ungemetgémen (cf. se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 19), Met. 7, 28

Linked entry: gímen

wyrt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-fæt, es; n.
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A scent-bottle Wyrtfata olfactoriola (cf. olfactoriola ðe hiera elesealfa on wǽran, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 35), Hpt. Gl. 517, 27

wyrt-gælstre

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gælstre, an; f.
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Cf. previous word

Linked entry: gælstre

á-ettan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ettan, p. te
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[Cf. O. H. Ger. ezzen depascere.]

Linked entry: ettan

efen-metan

(v.)
Grammar
efen-metan, pp. -meten
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[Cf. O. H. Ger. eban-mezón comparare.]

ende-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ende-byrd, e; f. (not es; n.).
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(cf. Mid hwilcere endebyrd*-*nesse Drihten gemetgað ealle gesceafta quibus immensum legibus orbem natura servet, Bt. 25; F. 88, 4.) Add:

forþ-gegyrd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gegyrd, an ornament on the martingale (forþ-gyrd, q. v.)
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of a horse Forþgegyrdu bullas, ornamenta cinguli (cf. bulla, nodus in cingulo, i. 175, note 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 73

Linked entry: ge-gyrd

getimber-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
getimber-hálgung, e; f.
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The feast of tabernacles Getimberhálgung scenophegia (cf. scenophegia getimbra hálgung vel geteldwurþung, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 50); An. Ox. 56, 287

heáfod-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-beald, adj.
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Bold-faced, shameless Mid heáfodbaldre frontosa (cf. sió balde frontosa [moecharum impudentia, Ald. 60, 16], 85, 27), Wrt. Voc. 34, 44

Linked entry: beald

heáf-sang

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Substitute: A dirge, lament Heáfsang lamentabile (canticum: cf. canticum lamentabile, quod epithrenion nocatur, Ald. 13, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 69

incundlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
incundlíce, adv.
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Cf. in-cund; II. 2 Uictor incundlíce geómerode and hlúde clypode, Hml. S. 28, 99

in-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
in-wyrm, es, m.
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An internal worm, worm in the intestines Wiþ inwyrmas (cf. Gif men innan wyrmas eglen, 82, 22), Lch. i. 4, 25

Linked entry: wyrm

lytle

(n.)
Grammar
lytle, an; f.
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Cf. mid ánre þínene Abra, 109, 231), Hml. A. 114, 401

loþa

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Add: — Loþa heordan of wearpe, of ácumban wæs gehefeldad colobinm (cum) de sltippae stamine (yel potius) putamine ordirelvr, An. Ox. 3725

Linked entry: hloþa

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