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clite

(n.)
Grammar
clite, an; f.

colt's foottussilago

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The herb colt's foot; tussilago Genim ða langan clitan [MS. lancge cliton] take the long colt's foot, Lchdm. iii. 22, 16

norþeást-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
norþeást-lang, adj.

Long in a north-easterly direction

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Long in a north-easterly direction Brittania is norþeástlang Britannia per longum in boream extenditur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 12

or-wegness

(n.)
Grammar
or-wegness, e; f.
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Inaccessibility, remoteness Orwegnes devta, s. loca secreta et abdita, quasi extra via, vel invia, sine via, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 55

þegen-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-sorh, -sorge; f.
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Sorrow for the loss of thanes Grendel on reste genam þrítig þegna ... Mǽre þeóden þegnsorge dreáh, Beo. Th. 263; B. 131

þeóden-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóden-leás, adj.
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Without a lord, deprived of one's prince Hié hira beággyfan banan folgedon þeódenleáse, Beo. Th. 2210; B. 1103. Cf. hláford-leás

under-þencan

(v.)

to look intoconsider

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to look into, consider Wé sculon swíðe smeálíce ðissa ǽgðer underðencean hoc in utrisque subtiliter intuendum, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 23

un-wæstmberendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberendlíc, adj.

Barrensterile

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Barren, sterile Seó stów is unwæstmber-endlícu for ðæra næddrena mænigeo loca illa sterilia sunt propter multitudinem serpentium, Nar, 34, 28

Linked entry: wæstm-berendlíc

hand-spor

(n.)
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A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986

hwarne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwarne, , hwergene (?); adv. [Not]
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at all Wæs ne huarne long from him sunes berga erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. L. 8, 30

brýd-loca

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-loca, an; m.

a place shut inA bride-chambersponsæ cubile

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[loca a place shut in] A bride-chamber; sponsæ cubile On ðæm brýdlocan in the bride-chamber, Homl. Blick. 9, 10

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7..] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt.

losian

(v.)
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L. 10, 28. to lose, be deprived of Ne losade (losa, R. ) ic of ðǽm ǽniht, Jn. L. 18, 9. ꝥte e to lose, cease to know the whereabouts of an object Gif losað énne of ðǽm, . . . mið ðý gemoetað hiá, Lk. L. 15, 4. Gif wíf losað cásering énne, Lk. L.

tó-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To divide into lots,to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast

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To divide into lots, to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast Hý gedǽldan him mínhrægl and ðæt tóhlutan diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem, Ps. Th. 21, 16.

Linked entry: hleótan

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embraceclaspCLIPcherishcomplectiamplexari

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Náwuht ðes woruldgielp is ðe hie clyppaþ and lufiaþ this worldly glory is worthless which they embrace and love Past. 41, 1; Hat. MS. 563, 3.

Linked entry: be-clyppan

and-long

(adj.)
Grammar
and-long, adj.

All-alongthroughoutper totum

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All-along, throughout; per totum Andlonge niht all night long, Exon. 51b; Th. 179, 14; Gú. 1261: Beo. Th. 5383; B. 2695

be-légan

(v.)
Grammar
be-légan, bi-légan; p. -légde; pp. -légd

To surround with flamecircumflagrare flamma

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To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma Líge belégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe] Cd. 188; Th. 234, 22; Dan. 296

Linked entries: be-légan bi-légan

ceahhetan

(v.)
Grammar
ceahhetan, te; ed

cachinnare

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cachinnare To laugh loud or in a cackling manner Ceahhetton they laughed in a cackling manner, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 34

Linked entry: cancettan

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, p. ode, ade; pp.od , ad

To lose, perish

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To lose, perish We bíðn gelósoad perimus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 25. Gelósiga perdet, 16, 25. Ðæt gelósade quod perierat, 18, 11

Linked entry: losian

húdenian

(v.)
Grammar
húdenian, Dele the suggested connexion with hýd, and add '
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Húdenian . . . gehört offenbar mid ndd. húdern vor Kalte zittern' . . . und bildet die s-lose nebenform von me. ndd. schudderen', Beiblatt xv. 350

ofer-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sceatt, es; m.

Money in excess (of a loan), interest

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Money in excess (of a loan), interest Ic onfénge ðæt ðe mín is mid ofersceatta cum usura Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 27