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on-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
on-cýðig, adj.

Suffering from the want of something (?), not acquainted with, a stranger to anything (?)

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Suffering from the want of something (?), not acquainted with, a stranger to anything (?); cf. un-cýðig Elnes oncýðig suffering from weakness (?) or a stranger to strength (?), Elen. Kmbl. 1446; El. 725.

Linked entry: un-cýðig

an-drysno

(n.)
Grammar
an-drysno, dat. pl. an-drysnum; f.

Fearawereverencetimormetusreverentia

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Fear, awe, reverence; timor, metus, reverentia For andrysnum from reverence, Beo. Th. 3596; B. 1796

Linked entry: on-drysnu

a-werpan

(v.)

to cast awayprojicere

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to cast away; projicere Awerp from ðé projice abs te, Mt. Rush. Stv. 5, 29

freó-borh

(n.)
Grammar
freó-borh, gen. -borges; m.

A free suretypledgebondmanfidejussus

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A free surety, pledge, bondman; fidejussus, L. Ed. C. 20; Wilk. 201, 53, col. 2

Linked entry: frí-borh

færen-ness

(n.)
Grammar
færen-ness, e; f.

A passagemigration

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A passage, migration Tó færennisse . . . from færennisse ad transmigrationem . . . a transmigratione, Mt. R. 1, 17

bén-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
bén-feorm, e; f. for MS. bend-feorm, q. v.

Food required from a tenantfirma precum

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Food required from a tenant; firma precum L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26

mirc-apuldor

(n.)

a dark apple-tree

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a dark apple-tree Mircapuldur melarium (as if from μέλας ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 78

Linked entry: mirce

un-býing

(n.)

a solitude

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or -byrego, from -burh? Cf. un-lond) solitudines, Rtl. 1, 17. (?)

Linked entries: býing un-burh

un-banden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-banden, adj.

Released from bonds

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Released from bonds Æfter ðam þúsende byð se deófol unbanden (-bunden?), Anglia viii. 336, 15

Linked entry: banden

eástan-norþan

(adv.)
Grammar
eástan-norþan, adv.
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From the north-east Eástannorþan ab borea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 30. Eástannorðan, 4, 16

fǽcen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
fǽcen-nes, (?)

deceitguilewile

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deceit, guile, wile Wá middangeard from fǽknissum vae mundo a scandalis, Mt. R. 18, 7

hafe-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hafe-leást, e; f.

Want of means, indigence

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Want of means, indigence For haueléste from lack of means, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 12

wíf-gehrine

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gehrine, es; m.

Contact with woman

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Contact with woman Gif ðíne geféran beóð clǽne from wifgehrine (femineo contactu), Nar. 27, 8

hola

(n.)
Grammar
hola, an; m.
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A hole Of ðám oterholan from the otter hole, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 23, 30

Linked entry: HOL

fægere

(adv.)
Grammar
fægere, fægre, fegere; adv.

Pleasantly, softly, gently, fairly, beautifully suāvĭter, bĕnigne, cōmĭter, dĕcenter, pulchre

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Him fægere éce Drihten andswarode the eternal Lord answered him fairly, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 27; Gen. 2351: Frag. Kmbl. 8; Leás. 5. Fægere he syngþ pulchre cantat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1483; El. 743: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 32; Hick.

Linked entries: fægre fegere

rǽd-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-gifa, an; m.
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Frs. réd jeva : O. H. Ger. rát-gebo : Icel. ráð-gjafi.] Cf. rǽd-bora and next word

bóc-land

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-land, -lond, es; n.

BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freeholdex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris

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BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines.

Linked entry: bóc-æceras

styreness

(n.)
Grammar
styreness, e; f.
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Ðæt hors blon fram ðám unhálum styrenbessum ðara [h]leorna equus cessabat ab insanis membrorum motibus, 3, 9; S. 533, 39. a commotion, agitation, disturbance, perturbation, in a physical sense Styrnise michelo ( motus magnus ) geworden wæs in sae, Mt

þerscold

(n.)
Grammar
þerscold, þerxold, þrexold, þersc-wold, -wald, es; m.
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Fram deáþes ðrecswalde (þirsc-, Bd. M. 398, 23) ab ipso mortis limite, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34. Of ðæs portices dura ðærscwolde, Blickl. Homl. 207, 11. Ofer ðone ðerscold, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22. Ðerscwold, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 413.

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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Hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste, gif his hreófla wyrsigende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 124, 26. Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26. Þe wunde þet euer wurseð, A. R. 326, 23.