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pocc

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Wiþ pocce on eágum, Lch. ii. 36, 23. Add

rǽran

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Add On wintra . . . orceard rǽran, Angl. ix. 261, 24

wind-hreóse

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Dele, the better reading is: Wind on hreóre sǽ

bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, m.
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Liueger se bacestere on Excestre, Che. Th. 637, 27

bera

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On beran del, C. D. v. 86, 20. Add

eást

(adj.)
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eást, adj.
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On ðæt eástre síc, C.D. iii. 438, 28. Add

rówan

(v.)
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On hliór róuuit adplaudat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 37. (?)

scearflian

(v.)
Grammar
scearflian, ode

To scrape

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To scrape Scearfla on wæter, Lchdm. i. 184, 18

and-git

(n.)
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Add: understanding, intellect Swǽ ðurhfærð his andgiet (-git, Hatt. MS.) ðæt mód his hiéremonna, Past. 154, 11. Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum, Hml. S. 7, 112. sense, faculty of perception Hé læg cwydeleás búton andgite, Hml

Linked entry: on-gitenness

andian

(v.)
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Add to be envious; in a good sense, to be zealous, jealous, absolute Sóð lufu ná andað caritas non emulatur, Scint. 75, 7. Angað invidet, Kent. Gl. 1050. Andigen liuescant, An. Ox. 5372. Andigende invidendo, Scint. 75, 19. Mé þone ðe ðú andigendne

deád-lic

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Add: causing death, deadly, mortal, dire Gif deád*-*lic ( mortiferum; deódlic, R.) huæt gedrincas, Mk. L. 16, 18. Ðá deádlicustan (thá deátlicostan, dá deudlicustan) funestissima, Txts. 65, 942: Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 25: 151, 61. subject to death, mortal

eád

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Add: happiness, felicity, prosperity Ne bið him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac þára óðerra eád tó sorgum, Cri. 1294. Ic þé góda swá fela forgiefen hæfde, and þé on þám eallum eádes tó lyt þúhte, gif þú meahte spéd efenmicle Gode ágan ne móste, 1401: 1199:

be-sleán

(v.)

to strikesmiteto strikedashinflictto striketo strike

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Add: trans. to strike, smite, lit. Hé beslóh stán percussit petram, Ps. Spl. M. 77, 13. fig. to strike with disease Hé gewende mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen, Hml. Th. i. 400, 29. to deprive by a stroke (lit. or fig.) of something (gen. inst.) Hé

fur-lang

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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25. Of ðǽre ealdan díc on

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1. His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

blǽd-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd-wéla, an; m.

Fruitful richesopes uberes

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Fruitful riches; opes uberes Ic ðé on ða fægran foldan gesette to neótenne neorxna wonges blǽdwélan I set thee on the fair earth to enjoy the fruitful riches of Paradise, Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 16; Cri. 1392

þeóf-scolu

(n.)
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þeóf-scolu, e; f.
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A gang or band of thieves Gif ðú wǽre wegférende and hæfdest micel gold on ðé, and ðú ðonne becóme on þeófsceole ( þiófscole, Cott. MS.), ðonne ne wéndest ðú ðé ðínes feores, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 26

úhtan-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úhtan-tíd, e; f.

The time of early morning

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The time of early morning Úhtan(-en, MS.)-tíd matutinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 53. 7. On úhtan-tíde matutinis horis, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 14. On úhtu-tíd (úhte-, Lind.) galli cantu, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 35

Linked entry: úht-tíd

wisnian

(v.)
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wisnian, weosnian; p. ode

To wizendry up

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To wizen, dry up Wisnaþ (-eþ, Lind.) aruit, Jn. Skt. Rush. 15, 6. Ðá wisnode hé on Cristes háligra heortum, and is nú on úrum heortum blówende, Blickl. Homl. 115, 13. Weosniendre arida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 53

Linked entries: a-wisnian weosnian

á-fandod

(adj.)
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Grammar á-fandod, adj. (ptcpl.) Tried, experienced; approved, excellent. v. á-fandian, Se Hǽlend wæs áfandod (-on, MS.) wer ( vir approbatus a Deo ), Past. 443, 5. Hé wæs on forhæfednysse weorcum se áfandedesta geworden, Hml. S. 23b, 24

Linked entry: -fandod