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cæfl

(n.)
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Icel. kefli a piece of wood, a gag. v. N. E. D. kevel.]

clǽnsung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung-dæg, es; m.
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A day for taking cleansing medicine, day for purging Þis wilddeór well fremað, gif þú þínum clǽnsungdagum hys flǽsc gesoden etest, Lch. i. 330, 8. v. next word

geon

(pronoun.)
Grammar
geon, pron.
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ge-stynþo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stynþo, [= ge-styntþo ?]; f.
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Linked entry: -stynþo

rysc

Grammar
rysc, [Perhaps risc is the better form. v. N. E. D. rush.]
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The word occurs as the first part of many local names

wylfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wylfen, adj.
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Oþ þá griégan, wylfenan hárnesse usque cigneam canitiem (cf. grǽg as an epithet of the wolf; and the modern phrase ' grey as a badger '), An. Ox. 1876

róp

(adj.)
Grammar
róp, adj.

Liberalbountiful

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Th. 439, 2; Rä. 58, 3. v. next word

ofer-cæfed

(adj.; part.)

covered with ornamental work

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covered with ornamental work Ofercæfedu innexa, Germ. 394, 353. Cf.be-cæfed falerata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 67; cæfing discriminale (ornamentum capitis mulieris, Wülck. Gl. 656, 13), 141, 1

Linked entry: cæfian

drípan

(v.)
Grammar
drípan, p. te
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. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8. Ceáces sure wið wín gemenge, ii. 32, 9. Gewyrce (cf. wyrc, 32, 5) him ... finul, wyl þá wyrta, 34, 9. Lǽt reócan þone steám on ꝥ eáre and fordytte mid þǽre wyrte, 44, 3.]

Linked entry: dryppan

mæðlan

(v.)
Grammar
mæðlan, meðlan,

to speak

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a word occurring only in poetry, to speak Ðǽr (at the day of judgment) hé (Christ ) tó ðám eádgestum ǽrest mæðleþ, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 14; Cri. 1338. Gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, sprecan réðe word, 19 b; Th. 50,9; Cri. 797.

Linked entries: mæðel maðelian

por-leác

(n.)
Grammar
por-leác, es; n.
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Wé hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word

sulh-hæbbere

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-hæbbere, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 79, 24. v. next word

Linked entry: hæbbere

úf

(n.)
Grammar
úf, es; m.

An owlvultur

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An owl; the word also glosses vultur Uuf bubo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 28. Úf, i. 29, 45. Ðes úf hic uultur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 48, 17 note

Linked entries: húf húf

wudu-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wudu-líc, adj.

of a woodwild

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of a wood Wudulíc siluester, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18 ; Zup. 44, 16. Wudelícra treówa arborum silvestrium, Hpt. Gl. 419, 42. wild Wudulíce oððe wilde agrestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 60

á-metendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-metendlic, adj.
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L. 38, 6. v. next word

Linked entry: -metendlic

bóc-holt

(n.)
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a beech-wood In bócholte, C. D. B. i. 344, 11. An cinges bócholte fíf wéna gang, C. D. ii. 103, I. xii. manentium quae dicuntur bócholt, i. 232, 20

flæþ

(n.)

a fleecewool

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, wool (?) Flæð nimbus (the line is: Candidior nivibus dum ningit vellere nimbus, Aid. 272, 19: perhaps flæð is gloss to vellere), An. Ox. 23, 37 (where see note)

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk Hé nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

ge-beácnung

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Substitute: The word glosses cathegoria Gehíwunge oððe gebeácnunge cathegorias (cf. cathegorias (= Aristotelicas categorias, Ald. 43, 7), i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes lára, bodunga, An. Ox. 3128), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 12

ge-wyrms

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrms, adj.
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Linked entry: ge-wurms