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hæsel

Grammar
hæsel, hazel.
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D. v. 221, 18. Add

horte

(n.)
Grammar
horte, an; f.
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D. vi. 48, 15

líget-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
líget-sliht, e; f. l. es ; m.
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and add Swá légeðslæht scínende sicut fulgor coruscans, Lk. R. L. l 7, 24. Mycel mægn lígetslehta (liégiet-slyhta, v. l.) tanta coruscationis virtus, Gr. D. 167, 24.

mete-leást

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mage þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, synd gewǽhte mid gewinne and meteleáste, Hml. S. 25, 306. Add

mete-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mete-tíd, e; f.
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Mealtime Þá þá seó mætetíd (mete-, v. l., tempus refectionis ) cóm, Gr. D. 277, 24. Gif fæstað and underngereord þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne bið nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad, and bið æfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll.

munuc-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-cnapa, an ; m.
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A young monk Se áwyrgeda gást . . tócwýsde ǽnne munuccnapan (ǽnne þára muneca, v. l.) sumes geréfan sunu malignus spiritus unum puerulum monachum cujusdam curialis filium contrivit Gr. D. 125, 7 : 93, 18.

ofer-módig

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Betere ys on yfelum dǽdum clǽne andetnyss þænne on gódum weorcum ofermódig gylp (superba gloratio), Scint. 40, 20. hæfde ánne ofermódine cniht, Gr. D. 36, 5.

samod-gang

(adj.)
Grammar
samod-gang, adj.
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Continuous In þǽre stówe fram þám nyþeran dǽle intó þám uferan wæs samodgang (somedtoncg, v. l.) þurh gewisne úpstige quo in loco inferiora superioribus pervius continuabat ascensus, Gr. D. 170, 23.

Linked entry: samod-tang

scyndness

(n.)
Grammar
scyndness, e; f.
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Incitement, prompting Seó deófollice scyndnes, Gr. D. 40, 18. ne ðrowode nóht dǽre scyndnesse (náne costunge, v. l.) ofer ǽfre fram þám sweartan cnihte ex illo die nil persuasionis ulterius a nigro puerulo pertulit, 112, 10.

sundor-land

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, and add Wæs ic ácenned on sundorlande (sundur-, v. l.) þæs ylcan mynstres natus in territorio eiusdem monasterii, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 694, 19.

swæþ

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add: — Eálá! wǽre gelýfed ic móste þínum swaðum fyligan and þínes deórwyrðan andwlitan gesihðe brúcan, Hml. S. 23 b, 710. add gemétte fæt swá gehál on him ne mihton beón fundene náne swaðu ( vestigia ) þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23. v. (?)

timbrung

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Þá læg þǽr án stán þone mynton hebban upp on þæs húses timbrunge lapis jacebat, quem in aedificium levare dicreverant, 123, 1. Add

un-lǽttu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lǽttu, f.
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D. 289, 25

Linked entry: -lǽttu

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Add On þeáwum wær moribus cautus. Chrd. 19, 13. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6.

wæter-stoppa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-stoppa, an ; m.
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A bucket þá racenteáge gefæstnodon þám rápe and gebundon ðám wæterstoppan (situlam), Gr. D. 214, 25.

Linked entry: stoppa

windel-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
windel-streáw, -streów, es; n.

Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed

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Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed (v. windle-straws, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74.

stæflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
stæflíc, adj.

literalliteratepertaining to letters

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Skt. ii. 25, 73. literate Stæflecum liberalitatis (literatis?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 55

á-þringan

'to conceal,'

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Under dele 'to conceal,'and for 'Cot. 33' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 22 (celatum=embossed),and add his feorh áþrang of þám líchaman, Gr. D. 136, 2. Ic wæs út áþrungen fram eallum þám folce oððe ic ǽnlípigu oþstód, Hml. S. 23 b, 409

Linked entry: á-þrungen

bærning

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Ongan seó bryne (sió bærning, v. l.) beón gebíged in sylfe coepit incendium in semetipsum retorqueri, Gr. D. 48, 6. Hwæþer án helle fýr, þe manige bærninge (incendia) sýn gegearwode, 333, 14.

hæc

(n.)
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A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir, N. E. D.]