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tindig

(adj.)
Grammar
tindig, adj.

Having spikes or prongs

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ge-springan

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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeð (cf. word; 4 and 5 for the occurrence of word as the subject of springan); hæleð hý hospe mǽnað rumour reaches a rambling woman ; (i.e. she gets talked about) men make a mock of her, Gn.

eár-wicga

(n.)
Grammar
eár-wicga, eór-wicga,an ; m.

EARWIG or wormvermis vel forfĭcfŭla aurĭcŭlāris

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An EARWIG or worm; vermis vel forfĭcfŭla aurĭcŭlāris Wið eárwicgan against earwigs, L. M. cont. I. 3; Lchdm. ii. 2, 14: L. M. I. 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, I: I, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 4

plegere

(n.)
Grammar
plegere, es; m.
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A player, athlete, wrestler Nacod plegere gimnosophista (the glosser seems to have misunderstood the word, which is rendered by heáhláreów, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40-40, and by weoroldsnottor, 81, 52), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 10

Linked entry: pleg-mann

gop

(n.)
Grammar
gop, es; m.
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Or is the word connected with geap crafty?-Þurh gopes hond, Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 5; Rä. 50, 3

ge-rýnelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rýnelíc, adj.

Mysticalmysticus

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Mystical; mysticus Gerýnelíco word sprecende mystica verba loquens, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 26. Of gerýnelícum gáste ex mystico spiramine, Hymn. Surt. 43, 36. Ðás gerýnelícan þing hæc mystica, 94, 17: Blickl. Homl. 165, 35

Linked entry: rýne-líc

wudu-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

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wood-bine Wudubend. Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man capparis and óþrum naman wudubend hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 302, 11. Wuduhunig ðæt wæxeþ on wudebendum, Mk. Skt. Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend

Linked entries: wiþo-bend wudu-bind

ǽwisod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ǽwisod, (?), ǽwiscod.
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For form cf. éwis-firinæ under ǽwisc-firen, and for meaning cf. the same word and thee

ceaster-geware

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-geware, ceaster-gewara; pl.
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Ceast(re)gewara, 414, 7. v. ceaster-ware, and preceding word

Linked entries: ceaster-ware ge-ware

eax-faru

(n.)
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Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186

Samaringas

(n.)
Grammar
Samaringas, Samaritane, Samaritanisce; pl.

The Samaritans

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waþema

(n.)
Grammar
waþema, waþuma, an ; m.

Moving water wave flood

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Moving water, wave, flood Ðá cwom wópes hring út faran, weóll waðuman and hé worde cwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 2561; An. 1282. Tungol beóþ áhýded, gewiten under waþeman westdǽlas on, Exon. Th. 204, 13 ; Ph. 97

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gǽlsa

(n.)
Grammar
gǽlsa, an; m.

A gluttonone who is inordinately fond

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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcuttingright of cutting timber in a wood

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Woodcutting, right of cutting timber in a wood Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and wudurǽden be landside (the amount of wood that he may cut is to be determined by local custom), L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27.

scíd

(n.)
Grammar
scíd, es; n.
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Halliwell's Dict. ), shingle, a piece of wood split thin, a billet:Wrt. Voc! i. 284, 15 : 66, 41. — Scíd scindula (in a list de igne), Scídum scindulis, ii. 120, 12 : 80, 21

cræft-wyrc

(n.)
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Skilled work, art, profession Be campdóme, be ceápe, be cræftwyrce ágyf teóþunga de militia, de negotio, de artificio redde decimas, Scint. 109, 5

holm-wudu

(n.)
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wood growing on a hill Mé ( the Cross ) geweorþode wuldres ealdor ofer holmwudu (holtwudu ?), Kr. 91. [cf. He wes ifloȝen into þan haȝe wude, in tó þan haȝe holme, Laym. 20712.] cf. firgen-beám

wæter-berere

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-berere, es; m.

A water-bearer

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A water-bearer Mid wæterbererum cum lixarum (coetibus,Ald. 13; the passage is the same as that glossed in the preceding word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 74 : 18, 2. Wæterberere (-a ?) lixarum, 52, 73

Linked entries: berere wæter-berend

wine-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wine-scipe, es; m.

Friendship

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Lǽst wǽre and winescype, word ða wit sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 172, 17; Gú. 1145

gúþ-freca

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-freca, an; m.

A warrior

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A warrior, Exon. 61a; Th. 223, 1; Ph. 353 Grame gúþfrecan gáras sendon fierce warriors hurled spears, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 35; Jud. 224. perhaps this passage should be put under the preceding word