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fisc-wér

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wér, fisc-wer, es; m.

a fishing-ground ⬩ captura

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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4

ge-leáffullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-leáffullíce, adv.
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Ox. 1335. in accordance with faith, faithfully Woerc geleáffullíce ué biseno niomað opus fideliter imitemur, Rtl. 62, 23. in accordance with the Christian faith Þú eart gelǽred geleáffullíce, Hml. S. 29, 130

ofer-sáwan

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Add: to sow ground with seed in addition to some already sown. v. Dict. to sow seed over other seed Cuóm feónd his and oferseów (ofergeseáw, L. ) weód in midle þæs hwǽtes, Mt. R. !3. 25

díglian

(v.)
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Add In þissum þe hý dígledon in isio quem occultauerunt, Ps. Rdr. 9, 16. <b>I a.</b> to hide something from a person :-- Of þysum þe hý dýgledon mé, 30, 5

fóre-

(prefix)

before

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before, used in composition as the English fore-

Hróð-

(prefix)
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in proper names, e.g. Hróð-gár, -mund, -wulf

-leás

(suffix)
Grammar
-leás, a frequently occurring suffix used to form adjectives, having the force of without [v. leas I.], modern

-less

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It is found in the cognate dialects

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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In l. 7 after 333 add: 3, 273

gebirg

(n.)
Grammar
gebirg, es ; n.

Taste

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Taste On gebirge in gustu, Rtl. 116, 5

ge-bygeþ

Grammar
ge-bygeþ, pres. of ge-bycgan.

buys

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In. 56; Th. i. 138, 10;

gees

(n.)
Grammar
gees, = gés; pl. of gós.

geese

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In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18

-syringas

(suffix)
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in Exsyringas, Exon. Th. 323, 22; Víd. 82

æwul

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

byrde

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Add: v. búr-, efen-, in-, þeów-, unge-byrde

cwidele

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For examples see cwydele in Dict., and add:

collen-ferhtan

(v.)
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In passage read gecollenferhtaþ for gé collen-ferhtaþ

eting

(n.)
Grammar
eting, e; f.

Eating

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Eating On etincge in edendo, Scint. 170, 5

ge-myndiglicnes

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Take here ge-mindiglicnes in Dict. and add:

grambǽrnes

(n.)
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Take here the passage in Dict. under gramfærnys

hiltu

Grammar
hiltu, hilto

lameness

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Take here helto in Dict., and add:

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