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rihtæþel-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
rihtæþel-cwén, e; f.

A legitimate wife

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A legitimate wife Ðæt syndon Godes wiðersacan . . . unrihthǽmeras ... and ða ðe habbaþ má ðonne heora rihtæþelcwéne, Wulfst. 298, 18

snot

(n.)

mucus from the nose, snot

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mucus from the nose, snot [found in the compound ge-snot] Wið gesnote and geposum Lchdm. ii. 54, 17

Linked entry: ge-snot

spala

(n.)
Grammar
spala, an; m.

A representative ⬩ substitute

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Wil. ii. 2; Th. i. 489, 16

ge-þwǽre

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(a α) in agreement with (dat. ) :-- Hié wilniað ðæt wé him geðwǽre sién, Past. 255, 1. of a company Be gehwǽre bróðrǽddene de concordi sodalitate (apium ), An.

swá

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D. 308, 20. 1. add: with clause contracted Þa Walas flugon þá Englan swá fýr (swá man flúcð fýr, v. l. ). Chr. 473 ; P. 14, 5. 2. Add Hé cwæð swá seó ilce wíse þá manigum men cúþ wæs be his sage aiebat sicut tunc res eadem multis innotuit, Gr.

nǽp

(n.)
Grammar
nǽp, es; m.

Turnip ⬩ rape

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Healde hine wið nǽpas, and wið ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, ii. 214, 3

tǽlende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
tǽlende, adj.

prone to blame, censorious ⬩ slanderous, backbiting

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Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 31. slanderous, backbiting Ða aefstigan men and ða tǽlendan, Blickl. Homl. 65, 10

orne

(adj.)
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Not mean, excessive. of amount Wið ornum útgange, and wið þon þe mon gemígan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 70, 25. of quality or character, not in due measure, harmful (?)

gál-scipe

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Scyldað eów wið gálscypas and swíðe georne wið ǽwbrecas, Wlfst. 40, 12. Add

Affrican

(n.)
Grammar
Affrican, es; m.

An African ⬩ Africanus

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An African; Africanus Regulus feaht wið Affricanas Regulus fought against Africans, Bt. 16, 2; Rawl. 33, 19

nyttol

(adj.)
Grammar
nyttol, adj.

Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial

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Useful, advantageous, beneficial Ðæt ilce ( the same treatment ) biþ nyttol wið hundes slite, Lchdm. ii. 86, 2

gearo-wita

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Add: (gearo-wite?) Orþanclic wíse and ná gearawite (gearewyta, v.l.) argumentum non apparentium, Gr. D. 269, 14

be-twyx

(prep.)

betwixt, between

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betwixt, between Betwyx wífa bearnum inter natos mulierum, Mt. Bos. 11, 1l: Chr. 1126; Th. 377, 10

ge-hlyttrod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlyttrod, part.

Purified ⬩ pure ⬩ mĕrācus

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Purified, pure; mĕrācus Gehlyttrod wín mĕrācum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 7; Wrt. Voc. 27, 61

feoh-georn

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Leófan men, beorgað eów wið deófles lára . . . ne beón gé tó feohgeorne, Wlfst. 40, 17 note.. Add

milte-seóc

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Add: milt-seóc Wið miltan sáre, genim þás wyrte. . . heó þone miltseócan gehǽleþ, Lch. i. 276, 16

steall

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(v. treów-, wíg-steall). v. beorg- (borg-), cyric-, him-, mæsse-, mere-, sealtærn-, tún-, wígbed-steall

tó-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sócn, e; f.
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Visiting Þá forman costunga preósthádes mannon cumað of wífa gelómlicre tósócne ( feminarum frequentes accessus ), Chrd. 67, 36

án-gilde

(n.)
Grammar
án-gilde, n.
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Ic ꝥ mynster fram ǽghwilcum gafolum gefreóge . . . bútan ángilde wið óþrum . . . , C. D. ii. III, 15. Add

heáfod-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ece, es; m.

Head-ache

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Head-ache Wið heáfodece for head-ache, Lchdm. i. 4,15: Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 15

Linked entry: ece