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tó-mearcodness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-mearcodness, e; f.

A description

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A description Ðeós tómearcodnes (describtio) wæs ǽryst geworden fram ðam déman Cirino, Lk. Skt. 2, 2

Linked entry: tó-mearcian

for-þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
for-þrycness, e; f.

Oppression ⬩ extortion

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Oppression, extortion Þa unrihtwísan déman him of hira ceasterwarena forðrycnesse gestreón gaderiað, Ll. Lbmn. 475. 26

Linked entry: þrycness

a-wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wisnian, p. ade; pp. ad

To be dry ⬩ to become dry ⬩ wizen ⬩ arescere

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To be dry, to become dry, wizen; arescere Awisnade vel oferdrugade aruit, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6

hréð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréð-ness, e; f.

Fierceness ⬩ roughness ⬩ cruelty

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Hroeðnise tempestatem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24

mete-bælg

(n.)
Grammar
mete-bælg, es; m.

A bag for food ⬩ wallet

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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35

ge-horian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horian, pp. ad

To spit

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Gehoræd biþ conspuetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 32

un-gerýde

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerýde, es; n.

A rough place

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A rough place Ungerýdu beóð on sméðe wegas aspera erunt in uias planas, Lk. Skt. 3, 5

et-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
et-lic, (ét- = ǽt-?); adj.

To eat

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To eat, for eating Huoethuoego ꝥte étlic (ettlic, R ) sé aliquid quod manducetur, Lk. L. 24, 41

Linked entry: ǽt-lic

ge-þeódsumnes

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Geðiódsumnisse tó ðǽm fiónde on woeg foresægeð consentiendum aduersario in uia pronuntiat, Lk. p. 8, 1. Add

hion

Grammar
hion, l. hión,
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Gif ꝥ úterre bán bið þyrel, Ll. Th. i. 92, 15. and add:

hundred-mann

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þá se hundredman geseah uidens centurio, Lk. 23, 47. Wæs sumes hundredmannes þeówa untrum, 7, 2. Add

ísen-feter

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-feter, ísen-fetor
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Voc. ii. lo, 58. ísenfeter, i. 288, 6. v. isern-feter

Linked entry: ísern-feter

mægden-cild

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Beó hit hysecild, beó hit mǽdencild sit masculus infans, sit femina, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 22. Add

ofer-cymmend

(n.)
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one coming upon another, an assailant Gif bið strongra him se ofercymmend (superueniens), Lk. L. 11, 22

scear-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
scear-wund, (?); adj.
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Wounded in the share Gif man [s]cearwund sié .iii. sciłł. gebete, Ll. Th. i. 18, 9

Linked entries: cear-wund wund

will-spryng

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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác . . . tó wylspringum, Hml. S. 17, 131. Add

ælmes-feoh

Peter's pence

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D.)Ll. Th. i. 432, 9. Add:

hǽðiht

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽðiht, adj.

Heathy

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Heathy In ða hǽðihtan lége to the heathy lea, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21 : 262, 22

horn-píc

(n.)
Grammar
horn-píc, es; n.

[?] A pinnacle

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A pinnacle Sette hine ofer hornpíc temples statuit eum supra pinnam templi, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 9

Linked entry: píc

tó-namian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-namian, p. ode

To surname

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To surname Simon ðone getónomade (getornomade, MS.) stán Simonem quem cognominauit Petrum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 14

Linked entry: tó-nama

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