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scearn-wifel

(n.)
Grammar
scearn-wifel, es; m.

A dung-beetle

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Halliwell gives sharn-bug, a cockchafer, as a Sussex word. Cf. Ssarnboddes (beetles) þet louieþ þet dong, Ayenb. 61, 32

brýten-wong

(n.)
Grammar
brýten-wong, es; m.

a plain, fieldA spacious plain or fieldthe worldspatiosus campus, mundus

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[brýten, wang, wong a plain, field] A spacious plain or field, in pl. the world; spatiosus campus, mundus Geond brýtenwongas throughout the spacious world, Exon. 13 a; Th. 24, 6; Cri. 380

ofer-gíman

(v.)

to neglect, disregard

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Ðæs git ofergýmdon Hǽlendes word, Cd. Th. 295, 14; Sat. 486

Linked entry: ofer-gumian

mete-cú

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cú, e; f.

A cow that is to furnish food

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S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. v. preceding word

stedig

(adj.)
Grammar
stedig, adj.
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stede, IV c, and see next word

eáwis-firina

(adj.)
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The word has been given under ǽwisc-firen (q. v.), but perhaps it belongs here, and the first part, eáwisc, = public-anus, see the two preceding words, and cf. bær-synnig

for-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wénan, to overween.
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Cf. ofer-wenian, and next word

hreów

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hreów, sorrow.
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Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

swinsian

(v.)
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C. 31, 4, and five lines later dulcisonis occurs, to which word swynsiendum seems more properly to belong), Hpt. 33, 238, 9. Add

sæc

(adj.)
Grammar
sæc, adj.

hostile, offensive, hateful guilty,

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Similar entries v. next word.(-sæc) guilty, charged with guilt. and

Linked entry: bí-sæc

teld-treów

(n.)
Grammar
teld-treów, (?), es; n.
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In the last instance the word occurs in a list de textrinalibus

Linked entry: teltré

þurh-werod

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-werod, (?); adj.

Very sweet

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Very sweet Hwylc manna þurhwerodum (dulcibus; perhaps þurh is an error of the scribe brought about by the þurh of the following word) þurhbrýcþ mettum búton swæcce sealtes, Wrt. Voc. i. 9, 21

þegnest-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest-mann, (?), es; m.
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Icel. þjónustu-maðr a liegeman ), Chr. 656; Erl. 33, 9. v. preceding word

Linked entry: þeónest-mann

un-forswigod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forswigod, adj.

Not passed Over in silencenot omitted

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Not passed Over in silence, not omitted Án weorc hé hæfde unforswigod ... ðæt wæs sealmsang one work he never allowed to pass in silence ... that was psalmsinging, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 35

Linked entry: for-swigian

á-mánsumung

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Hé ámǽnsumenge (-mánsumunge, v. l. ) underhníge, 48, 10. v. next word

Linked entry: mánsumung

swefecung

(n.)
Grammar
swefecung, e; f.
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wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, (? or wennan ? Cf. winnan); p. de

To labour

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To labour Ðá wende (other MSS. have wann, wonn) hé swýþe, ðæt hé ða ðe mid hine cóman geheólde laboravit multum, ut eos, qui secum venerant, contineret Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 5

hoppian

(v.)
Grammar
hoppian, p. ode

To hop, leap, dance

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To hop, leap, dance Ðá blissode mín cild on mínum innoþe and hoppode ongeán his Drihten then rejoiced my child in my womb, and leaped towards his Lord, Homl. Th. i. 202, 18

Linked entry: hoppetan

tóþ-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-wyrm, es; m.

A worm in a tooth

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A worm in a tooth Wið tóþwærce, gif wyrm ete ða léð . . . Wið tóðwyrmum . . . lǽt reócan on ðone múð, dó blæc hrægl under, ðonne feallaþ ða wyrmas on, Lchdm. ii. 50, 10-20