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ge-réfa

Similar entry: scír-geréfa

blód-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-reád, adj.

BLOOD-REDsanguineus

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BLOOD-RED; sanguineus Ðæt þridde cyn ys sanguineus, ðæt is blódreád the third sort is sanguineus, that is blood-red, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 16

GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.

A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, countpræpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes

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A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count; præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes Fóreset vel geréfa præpŏsĭtus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 37; Wrt. Voc. 50, 19. Cwæþ se geréfa ait villĭcus, Lk. Bos.

regol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
regol-fæst, adj.

Observing a rule, regular (of ecclesiastics)

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Observing a rule, regular (of ecclesiastics) Rincas rægolfæste, Menol. Fox 88;Men. 44

scild-réða

Similar entry: scild-hreóða

un-reht

wrong

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wrong

un-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-réðe, adj.

Not fiercegentle

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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25

Linked entry: réðe

un-rétu

(n.)
Grammar
un-rétu, (-o); f.

Anxietydisquiet

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Anxiety, disquiet Ðá bǽdon mec míne geféran ðæt ic on swá micelre módes unréto and nearonisse mec selfne mid fæstenne ne swencte rogantibus amicis ne me anxietate et jejunio condeficerem, Nar. 30, 23

Linked entry: rétu

wolcen-reád

Similar entry: weolcen-reád

wurm-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
wurm-reád, adj.

Scarlet

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Scarlet Wurmreádne þrǽd coccinum, Gen. 38, 28. Wurmreádne basing pallium coccineum, Jos. 7, 21

a-recan

Grammar
a-recan, l.
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á-reccan

a-réde

Grammar
a-réde, (l. árede)
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cared for. Dele

be-récan

To besmokefumigate

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To besmoke [v. N. E. D. s. v. ), expose to smoke, fumigate, Beréc on glédum, Lch. ii. 50, 21. Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, iii. 30, 18. Substitute: and add

blód-reád

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His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. His fét syndon blódreáde, E. S. viii. 477, 34. Add

bóc-reád

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Of bócreáde ex mineto, 30, 61. For Cot. 75: 176 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 45

bleó-reád

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For Cot. 135 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 8

ed-recan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ed-reccan,</b> eodorcan (q. v. in Dict.); pp. edTo ruminate Edreceð, ceóweþ ruminet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 15

cyn-recen

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Dele

geolo-reád

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Add: red with a tinge of yellow Þæt giolureáde lutea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 8. Þá giolureádan crocata, 20, 19

geond-récan

(v.)
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne hé restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6