ufan-weard
top of
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The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18.
un-gehádod
Not ordained ⬩ not in holy orders
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Gewylces ungehádodes wífes tácen is..., Techm. ii. 129, 18
ge-lífedlíce
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With confidence in a person, trustfully, in good faith Mardonius hiene wæs georne lǽrende þæt hé hámweard fóre . . .
cwic-hrérende
Quick-moving? —Wilt ðú biddan ðé gesecge sídra gesceafta cræftas cwichrérende wilt thou desire that he tell thee the quick-moving powers of wide-spread creatures?
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—Wilt ðú biddan ðé gesecge sídra gesceafta cræftas cwichrérende wilt thou desire that he tell thee the quick-moving powers of wide-spread creatures? Exon. 92b; Th. 346, 28; Sch. 5
man
One ⬩ anyone ⬩ they ⬩ people
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Gif hé næbbe hwæt hé wið ðære stale sylle sylle man hine wið feó. Gif man cucu finde ðæt hé stæl si non habuerit, quod pro furto reddat, ipse venundabitur. Si inventum fuerit apud eum, quod furatus est, vivens, 22, 3, 4.
ge-hluttrad
Purified ⬩ made clear ⬩ defæcātus
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Purified, made clear; defæcātus Gehluttrad wín defæcātum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 6; Wrt. Voc. 27, 60
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un-wered
Unprotected
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Unprotected Wit baru standaþ unwered wǽdo; nys unc wuht beforan tó scúrsceade, Cd. Th. 50, 21; Gen. 812
word-gleáw
Prudent in speech
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Prudent in speech Cwæð se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 12 ; Dan. 418
dysig
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Bigspellbóc, ná swilce gé secgað, ac wisdómes bigspell and warnung wið disig, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 7, 38. Add
ge-þingung
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Sé wæs wið his feóndum gescilded, sé þe þá anlícnesse tó geþingunge sóhte, Mart. H. 60, 24. Add
miltan
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Add Wið þǽre wambe þe late mylt, Lch. ii. 194, 23. these examples may be taken to meltan
útsiht-ádl
Diarrhoea ⬩ dysentery
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Wið útsihtádle, 320, 11
Scilling
The name of a poet
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The name of a poet Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 31; Víd. 103
tó-twǽman
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Gif wit þurhwuniað on mægðháde ... þonne cume wit tó his ríce, and wit ne beód tótwǽmede, Hml. S. 4, 45. <b>III a.
drig-nes
DRYNESS ⬩ siccĭtas
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DRYNESS; siccĭtas Ðære drignesse ne sceal he huniges onbítan ac eald wín for the dryness he must not taste of honey but old wine, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9.
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mægden-ǽw
Marriage with a virgin
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he take a maiden to wife, and let him have her afterwards and no other while she lives, L.
mǽge
A kinswoman
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Hér sit Leóflǽd mín mǽge, Ðurcilles wíf, Chart. Th. 337, 30. Cwæð ðæt heó wǽre gramena mǽge, Deáðes dóhtor, Homl. Skt. 2. 173. Saga ðæt ðú síe sweostor mín, líces mǽge, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 4; 6611. 1833: 127; Th. 162, 18; Gen. 2683.
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un-scógan
to unshoe ⬩ take off the shoes
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Nyme ðæt wíf his gescý of his fótum, and nemne hine ǽlc man unsceóda ( discalceatus ), Deut. 25, 10. Unsceóde discalciati, Anglia xiii. 416, 735. Unscódum fótum, Wulfst. 170, 16
wlite-scíne
Of brilliant beauty ⬩ splendid ⬩ beauteous
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Wlitesciéne wíf (Eve), Cd. Th. 33, 28 ; Gen. 527. On mǽrum dǽge ł on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4. Weoruda wlite-scýnast, Exon. Th. 101, 27 ; Cri. 1665
sǽ-lád
a course or way on the sea
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Hie on sǽláde wíf tó Denum feredon they on the watery way took the woman to Denmark, Beo. Th. 2319; B. 1157.