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sweór-hnitu

(n.)
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Bradley suggests that suernit is a mistake for suge hnitu (usiu in Isidore is uermis porci), and that a later glossarist taking suer- as = sweor- may have produced sweor-hnitu

Linked entry: hnitu

lah-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
lah-ceáp, -cóp, es; m.
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L. 67: Th. ii. 302, 5. Lahcóp, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 244, 1.

Linked entry: land-ceáp

geápes

(adv.)
Grammar
geápes, adv. [gen. of geáp broad, spacious, roomy]

In widthwidelāte

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So Bouterwek takes it, but the word is rather a neuter genitive after 'eall;' cf. vv. 2548-9

hyll-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hyll-wyrt, e; f.

Hill-wort

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Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum

Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt

wítnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung-stów, e; f.

A place of punishment

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A place of punishment Seó micele byrnende dene is wítnungstów, in ðære beóð manna sáwla gewítnode and geclǽnsode, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: wítung-stów

wyrþen

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 89, 57: 52, 20. v. preceding word (?)

Linked entry: wyrþing

án-tíd

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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga

Geóla

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Take here <b>Iúla</b> in Dict., and add Ianuarius, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde se æftera Geóla; ꝥ bið se ǽresta geáres mónað mid Rómwarum and mid ús, Shrn. 47, 15. Ianuarius . . . on Englisc se æfterra Geóla, Lch. ii. 214, 20

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fyl, fell, fiell, es; m.

a FALLruindestructiondeathcāsusintĕrĭtusa FALLcaseinflection in grammarcāsusinflectio

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M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 14, note. a FALL, case, inflection in grammar; cāsus, inflectio Cāsus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss case, that is a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23

Linked entries: fell fiell fyl

nídþearf-ness

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<b>I a.</b> what is unavoidable :-- Neádþear[f]nysse débitum (naturae), An.

hú-meta

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Add: in direct questions. in what way?, by what means? Húmeta wát God? quomodo scit Deus?, Ps. Spl. 72, 11. with what reason or right Húmeta cwyst þú tó þínum bréðer?, Mt. 7, 4. how is it that?, why? Gif heó turniende is, húmeta ne fealð heó?

hæpsian

(v.)
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Sero, seras, ic hæpsige, is ðǽre forman geðeódnysse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 166, 1. Add

folc-gedréfness

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The Latin is: Erit turbatio magna in omni populo, Verc. Först. 102, 4. Add

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Wǽt ðæt gewrit on ðam drence, Lchdm. ii. 350, 15. Wǽt wulle mid biccean hlonde. 362, 17. Wǽt ðæt liþ mid ecede, ii. 134, 9. Wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre, Techm. ii. 126, 2. Hí ða lifre wǽten, Lchdm. i. 346, 23.

Linked entry: wǽtian

orf

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Th. i. 352, 3-13), and the oaths to be taken by those engaged in a suit concerning stolen cattle were fixed by law. v. Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 16. An instance of cattle-stealing is mentioned in C. D. ii. 134

tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread outextendexpandspread in different directions

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Heó tósprǽt hire bósm ðǽr ðǽr ða réðan wuniaþ . . . and heó is genyrwed on ðone ende ðe ða gesceádwísan wuniaþ she expands her bosom where the fierce dwell. . . and is straitened in the quarter where the discreet dwell. Homl. Th. i. 536, 18.

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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On ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre on the very top of it [the stalk], Herb. 173. 1; Lchdm. 302, 24. Wé ne mágon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse hí nǽfre geseón we cannot ever see it [heaven] for its remote elevation, Lchdm. iii. 232, 15.

fóran

(adv.)
Grammar
fóran, adv.

In frontbeforeanteantequamprius

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In front, before; ante, antequam, prius Wonnum hyrstum fóran gefrætwed adorned in front with dark trappings, Exon. 113b; Th. 436, 2; Rä; 54, 8: Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 11. Is se fugel fæger fóran the bird is fair before, Exon. 60a; Th. 418, 10; Ph. 292

Linked entry: tó-foran

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Gif man inne feoh genimeþ se man iii gelde gebéte if a man take property within [i. e. in a house] let that man pay a threefold compensation, L. Ethb. 28; Th. i. 10, 1 [cf. Icel. brenna inni to be burnt to death in a house].

Linked entry: innian

múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære . . . Ottorogorre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 6-13. On Limene múþan . . . Se múþa is on eástweardre Cent. . .