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ge-recce-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-recce-líc, adj.

Stretched out, extended, strict, firm, steadfastextensus, strictus, firmus

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Stretched out, extended, strict, firm, steadfast; extensus, strictus, firmus, Som

þyhtig

(adj.)
Grammar
þyhtig, adj.

Strongfirm

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Strong, firm Sweord ecgum þyhtig, Beo. Th. 3121; B. 1558

un-scilliht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scilliht, adj.

Not shell

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Not shell (of fish) Fixas unscellehte, Lchdm. ii. 88, 9

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ál

(n.)
Grammar
ál, es; n.
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A fire Ál incendia, An. Ox. 4470. Ála pyrarum, 4389

smedemen

(adj.)
Grammar
smedemen, smedmen; adj.

Of fine flour

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Of fine flour Smedmen hláf similagineus panis Scint. 154, 1

beácen-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
beácen-fýr, es; n.

A signal-firelighthouse

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A signal-fire, lighthouse Bǽcenfýr farans ( = farus), Txts. 180, 7

Linked entry: fýr

ful-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
ful-wíte, full-wíte, es; n.

A full fineplēna mulcta

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A full fine; plēna mulcta Gielde he fulwíte [fullwíte MSS. B. H.] let him pay the full fine, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 18: 72; Th. 1. 148, 8: L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 9, note 18, MS. G

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ryscen

(adj.)
Grammar
ryscen, adj.

Of rushes, rush

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Of rushes, rush Riscene weocan fila scirpea (juncea), Germ. 391, 15

fýr-clom

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-clom, gen. -clommes; m. [clom a band, bond]

A fire-bondvincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum

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A fire-bond; vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum Ðis is þeóstre [ðeostræ MS.] hám, þearle gebunden fæstum fýrclommum this is a dark home, strongly bound with fast fire-bonds, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 16; Sat. 39

in-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
in-bryne, es ; m.

A fireburning

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A fire, burning Inbryrno incendia, Rtl. 64, 12

æwul

(n.)
Grammar
æwul, for cawel ? cf.
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cawl in Cornish dialect for a fish-basket

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOKlibera charterchartafor the books which a priest ought to possessfor his canonical hours

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On fíf béc in five books, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 31. Ðis is seó bóc Adames mǽgrace hic est liber generationis Adam, Gen. 5, 1: Mt. Bos. 5, 31. Feówer Cristes béc four books of Christ, the four gospels, Ælfc. T. Lisle 24, 22.

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.
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The shilling appears to have been of different values in different parts of the country; in Wessex five pennies make a shilling: Fíf penegas gemacigaþ ǽune scillinge, Ælfc.

sealt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt, es; n.
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Salt (lit. and fig.) Sealt sal, Wrt. Voc. i. 82. 89. Gé synt eorþan sealt (salt, Lind., Rush.): gyf ðæt sealt áwyrþ, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 13: Mk. Skt. 9, 49, 50.

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stípan

(v.)
Grammar
stípan, p. te.
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Th. 101, 2 ; Gen. 1676. fig. to exalt, elevate, dignify, ennoble Ic ðé on tída gehwone duguðum stépe, Cd. Th. 139, 7 ; Gen. 2306. Hé him fremum stépeþ, Exon. Th. 434, 10 ; Rä. 51, 8.

á-metan

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Add: to measure (lit or fig.) Ðú ám[et]st adpendes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 21. Ámet metitur, An. Ox. 20. Hé ámæt eorðan mensus est terram, Cant. Ab. 6.

cǽg

(n.)
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Th. i. 418, 20. fig. 'Ic ðé betǽce heofonan ríces cǽge.' Nis seó cǽig gylden, ne sylfren, ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod, ac is se anweald þe him Críst forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 368, 35. Mid ðám unwemlican cǽgan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 76.

éþung

breathingpantingflatulencyinspirationbreath

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: Wiþ áþundenesse and éþunge magan, Lch. ii. 188, 19. fig. inspiration: Éþunge inspirationis, R. Ben. I. 53, 12. breath Oroþ vel éþung flatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 32. Ðridde wæs windes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs seó ǽðung geseald, Sal.

Linked entry: ǽþung

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and gebrýsedne (tóbrýsendne, v. l.) clericum suum cadendo contritum, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 7. fig. Þeáh se rihtwísa áfealle, ne wyrð hé gebrýsed, ne his nán bán tóbrocen cum ceciderit justus, non conturbabitur, Ps.

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth,a rent, tear made by an animal, a bitea coila breach, infraction of a law

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Se slite byþ wyrsa pejor scissura fit Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16; Mk. Skt. 2, 21. a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Wið hundes slite Lchdm. i. 148, 7. Íces slite oððe hundes ii. 86, 2. Be hundes slite.

Linked entry: slítan