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hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan

leahter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

un-lifigende

(adj.)
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Þá word þára unlifigendra verba mortuorum, 346, 10. Add

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, a weir. v. mylen-waru.
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Perhaps the word might be taken under wara protection: <b>-waru.</b> Add: v. Cant-, ciric-waru: <b>waru</b> wear. Add:

rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtwíslíce, adv.

Rationally justly

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Rationally justly Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif hé nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 156, 5 : Met. 22, 45. v. preceding word

Linked entry: rihtwís-líc

smiþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-cræft, es; m.

Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood

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Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred erat fabrili arte singularis Bd. 3, 14; S. 634, 14

a-þrintan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þrintan, p. -þrant, pl. -þrunton; pp. -þrunten [a out, þrintan to swell]

To swell uptumere

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To swell up; tumere Ic ða wiht geseah, womb wæs aþrunten I saw the creature, its belly was swollen up, Exon. 109 b ; Th. 419, 7 ; Rä. 38, 2

Linked entry: aþrunten

feorh-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-dæg, es; pl. nom. acc. -dagas; gen. -daga; dat. -dagum; m.

A life-dayvītæ dies

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A life-day; vītæ dies Ðæt Ismael feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde that Ishmael may abide many life-days in the world, Cd. 107; Th. 142, 8; Gen. 2358

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, taleproverbium, fabula

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A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

Linked entry: bí-cwide

sidesa

(n.)
Grammar
sidesa, (?) , sidsa, an ; m.
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Icel. síða to work a charm ; seiðr a spell, charm, enchantment.] Cf. ælf-siden

Linked entry: sidsan

twiccere

(n.)
Grammar
twiccere, es; m.
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Voc. i. 27, 20. v. next word

wyrt-forbor

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-forbor, es; n.
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Cf. next word

Linked entries: for-beran for-bor

fore-wrítan

Grammar
fore-wrítan, fore-writen; pp.
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. ¶ the word also glosses praescriptus: Mid forewritenum collectum cum prescriptis collectis, 391, 372: 384, 276: 444, 1129. Substitute:

ge-meode

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v. ge-medemian; but see next word) ðú wére tu formam corporis adsumere dignatus es, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 38

gram

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See next word. Add

hefeld-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
hefeld-gyrd, hefeld-gird, e; f.
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A weaver's beam Hebelgerd liciatorium (the word is glossed by hebild, 74, 602), Txts. 75, 1219. Hefeldgyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 3. (Forliciatorium v. i. Sam. 17, 7.) Substitute:

on-funden

(adj.)
Grammar
on-funden, adj.
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See next word

Linked entry: -funden

on-sprǽc

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Add: talk, conversation: — Hêr hwêne wiðufan þîne word and anspræ̂c rehte and smeáde be þâm wîtelicum hellestôwum paulo superius sermo de locis poenalibus inferni versabatur, Gr. D. 332, 9

tó-ætícan

(v.)

to increase

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Similar entries v. next word

mucg-wyrt

Grammar
mucg-wyrt, mug-wyrt, e; f.

mug-wortmuggartmuggonmother-wort

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A plant name mug-wort, (Scott. ) muggart, muggon, also called mother-wort. In the Herbarium, Lchdm. i, three kinds of mug-wort are mentioned Mugcwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man artemisiam and óðrum naman mucgwyrt nemneþ (Artemisia vulgaris), 102, 1-3.