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hylc

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Wóge sméþiende hylcas salebrosos (i. asperos) conplanans anfractus. An. Ox. 1772. Hyllceas, 4, 28

líþ-ness

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Líðnysse lenocinio (the English word seems to be a gloss to the phrase blandimentorum lenocinio, rather than to the single word. The passage is: Blandimentorum lenocinio (by gentleness) natum flectere nititur. Aid. 43, 25), Angl. xiii. 34, 172.

mearc-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-ísen, es; n.

A branding-iron

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Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesége ðæt ic wǽre gemearcod mid deófles mearcísene, Shrn. 31, 13. v. next word

heáh-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geweorc, es ; n.
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Sublime work Úpheofen is heáhgeweorc handa þínra opera manuum tuarum sunt coeli, Ps. Th. 101, 22. Nis þæt monnes gemet þæt hé mæge in hreðre his heáhgeweorc furðor áspyrgan, Sch. 28. Cf. heáh-weorc

Linked entry: heáh-weofod

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, a heel.
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riht-scriftscír

(n.)
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See preceding word

Linked entry: scrift-scír

swefecere

(n.)
Grammar
swefecere, es; m.
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stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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Th. 135, 17. fig. v. stearc-heard Nán stefn búton stearc and heard wóp for wóhdǽdum, Wulfst. 139, 3

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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See for further discussion of the word Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 4: Stubbs' Const. Hist. s. v: Schmid. A. S. Gesetze, p. 610

GEARN

(n.)
Grammar
GEARN, gern; es; n.

YARNspun woolpensumlāna nēta

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YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

mægþ-blæd

Grammar
mægþ-blæd, <b>mægep-blæd,</b> es; n.

Pudendum muliebre

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Leo 508, 9 says on this word &#39;Dieselbe Bedeutung hat Blatt noch in der deutschen Jägersprache: das Blatt einer Ricke, einer Hinde.&#39;

be-smiðian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smiðian, p. ode; pp. od; trans.

To forgeexcudere, fabricare, fabrefacere

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To forge, to make or work as a smith does; excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere Innan and útan íren-bendum searoþoncum besmiðod within and without, cunningly forged with iron bands, Beo. Th. 1554; B. 775

sigel-hweorfe

(n.)
Grammar
sigel-hweorfe, an ; f.
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Nim sigelhweorfan ða smalan unwæscene, Lchdm. ii. 108, 23. v. preceding word

templ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
templ-líc, adj.
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Pertaining to a temple; the word translates fanaticus Hearhlícre, ðæs hǽþenan, vel templícre fanatice, i. profani, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 38. Templícre ł dióflícre fanatica, Hpt. Gl. 482, 25: Anglia xiii. 34, 176

tánede

(adj.)
Grammar
tánede, adj.

Having the toes diseased

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Having the toes diseased Tánede mentagricus (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting diseases of the leg), Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 43: ii. 58, 9. v. Similar entries tán a toe

wiþ-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-hogian, p. ode

To be adverse in thoughtpurposeto be disposed to resist

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Th. 173, 20; Gen. 2864. v. next word

Linked entry: wiþer-hycgende

wudu-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-þistel, es; m.

Wood-thistle

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Wood-thistle Wuduþistel. Ðeós wyrt ðe man carduum sylvaticum, and óðrum naman wuduðistel nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 224, II: iii. 28, 21. Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, ii. 358, I

deór-haga

(n.)
Grammar
deór-haga, (?), an; m.
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Ger. wild-gehäge.] v. next word

riht-scír

(n.)
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rynig

(adj.)
Grammar
rynig, adj.

Good at running

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He gon to rusien swa þe runie (wode, 2nd MS.) wulf þenne he cumeð of holte, Laym. 20123.]