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wrítan

Grammar
wrítan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þonne mon þá hláfas wrát þicgeanne, þonne orn þǽr blód út cum panes per convivia frangerentur, cruor e mediis panibus fluxit, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 5. Add Cristes róde tácen þǽr tóweard wrát signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 9

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Ac ic wundrige þá stihtunge þǽre godcundan mildheortnesse ofer ús unweorðe sed super indignos nos divinae misericordiae dispensationem miror, Gr. D. 233, 28.

maniend

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Add: a creditor sǽde wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. hét ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

Cúþ-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cúþ-wulf, es; m.
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Cuthwulf Cúþwulf wæs Cúþwining Cuthwulf was the son of Cuthwin, Chr. Th. 2, 3. Hér DLXXI Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas æt Bedcan forda in this year, A. D. 571, Cuthwulf fought with the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, Chr. 571; Th. 32, 25, col. 1

fealu

(n.)
Grammar
fealu, gen. fealuwes, fealwes; n.

Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a cropnŏvāle

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Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a crop; nŏvāle Andlang weges óþ ðone bróc, ðe scýt to fealuwes leá along the way to the brook, which shoots to the field of fallow ground, Cod. Dipl. 399; A. D. 944; Kmbl. ii. 251, 1

tǽsl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽsl, tǽsel, e; f.

Teasel, teazle

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Teasel, teazle Ðeós wyrt ðe man camelleon alba, and óþrum naman wulfes tǽsl (tǽsel, MS. B.) (cf. wolf's-thistle, E. D. S. Pub.

Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl

á-cwilmian

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilmian, p. ode
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To suffer Ðá ðá helle becumaþ, ne cumaþ hig nǽfre reste, ah ðár ácwylmiaþ mid sáule on ðám líchaman ǽfter dómes dæge, Wlfst. 220, 5. betáht ðám deófle intó helle grunde and ðǽr ácwylmie, búte geswíce, C. D. iv. 107, 17

arodness

(n.)
Grammar
arodness, e; f.
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Boldness, constancy, resolution in heora arodnesse (-ed-, v. l.) ealle wǽron ácwealde in sua constantia omnes occisi sunt, Gr. D. 232, 18.

be-smirwan

(v.)

to besmear

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to besmear, rub with ointment, &amp;c. Besmyra eall scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (v. be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51

Linked entry: be-smyred

brastlung

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Se hláf worhte ormǽte brastlunge (barstluncge, bærstlunge, v. ll.), efne swylce þǽr tóburste sum mycel crocca on þám fyre immensum erepiium panis dedit, ac si ingens in ignibus olla crepuisset, Gr. D. 87, 17. Add

cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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in N. E. D.) Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.]

cúþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cúþ-lic, adj.
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D. 13, 10

Linked entry: cúþe-lic

eást-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-weardes, adv.
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Eastwards. of direction Án scínende weg mid rihte stige eástweardes wæs áþæned heofonum, Gr. D. 176, 2. of position oðstód eástweardes wendende, Hml. S. 33 b, 162.

Linked entry: weardes

foregleáwlíce

(adv.)
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with forethought þe þé gescóp foregleáwlíce qui te creavit provide, Hy. S. 75, 41. Foraglǽwlíce and rihtlíce ealle þinc gedihtan provide et juste cuncta disponere, R. Ben. I. 18, 7.

for-spildness

(n.)
Grammar
for-spildness, e; f.
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Destruction, perdition Þý lǽs hit gelumpe sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (-spildnyssum, -spilnisse, -spillednysse, v. ll.) ne ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret, Gr. D. 95, 24.

Linked entries: for-spilness -spildness

ge-híwung

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Voc. ii. 24, 12

Linked entry: híwung

ge-sǽliglíce

(adv.)
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Add: — Nǽron hi (the Innocents) gerípode slege, ac gesǽliglíce þeáh swulton lífe, Hml. Th. i. 84, 6 : Bl. H. 171, II. Þá þá þám biscope þá fremdan hǽlo forgeaf, þá becóm gesǽliglíce his ágenre hǽle, Gr. D. 190, 30

Linked entry: sǽliglíce

ge-sundlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sundlic, adj.
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healthy Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge þín útgong and micge sié gesundlic, Lch. ii. 226, 20. safe. Cf. ge-sund ; Se weg is mycele gesundlicra tutior est via, Gr. D. 348, 10. prosperous On þám gesundlicum þingum in prosperity, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 475, 10

Linked entry: -sundlic

gedál-land

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Add: Dole-land, common land in which various persons have portions indicated by land-marks. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. c. iv Ðás nigon hída licggeað ongemang óðran gedállande, feldlǽs gemáne and mǽda gemáne and yrðland gemǽne, C. D. vi. 39, 9.

Linked entry: ge-dǽle

ge-edfreólsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edfreólsian, p. ode
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Wulfríc . . .. interdicta fuerant, perpetualiter restituo, aeternam libertatem concedens, 360, 13-17), C. D. ii. 361, 27

Linked entry: ed-freólsian