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mundian

(v.)
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God mundað þá stówe, and þá slihð and gescynt þe þǽr sceaðian willað, Hml. S. 25, 804. Godes mynstra cyning sceal mundian ǽfre, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 2. Add

oft-síþ

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Unárímedlíce oft (oftsíðum, Bos. 104, 44), Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 39. Þý ilcan geáre wæs gesewen blódig wolcen on oftsíðas on fýres gelícnysse, Chr. 979; P. 122, 24. Add

séþan

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Séþað contendunt (eundem non defunctum), An. Ox. 8, 103. Secgende and séðende ꝥ him swá gelumpen, for ðan ðe hé Godes templ tawode tó bysmore, Hml. S. 25, 541. Add

snáw-hwít

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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

wilsumlíce

(adv.)
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Wilsumlíce sponte, An. Ox. 1235. Þ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 73 : Ps. Vos. 53, 8. Add

út-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
út-lagu, (?), e; f.

Outlawry

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Outlawry Útlaga, L. C. S. 13 tit.; Th. i. 382, 17. Æt eallan utlaga (-an? út-lah, III) þingan de omnibus utlarie rebus, W. ii. 3; Th. i. 489, 20

æftemest

(adj.)
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Dele superlative of æfter, and add Se æftemysta cwyde, Hml. Th. i. 554, 14. From heora ǽrestan cyninge oþ heora æftemæstan (-mest-, v. 1.) Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 14

ofer-cyme

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

A coming upon, arrival

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A coming upon, arrival Ær ðon ðe hé mid ofercyme semninga deáþes ealle tíd hreówe forlure priusquam subito mortis superventu tempus omne poenitendi perderet, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 12

smiþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-cræft, es; m.

Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood

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Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred erat fabrili arte singularis Bd. 3, 14; S. 634, 14

sweord-weras

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-weras, pl.

The name of a people

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The name of a people (cf. the Suardones of Tacitus. v. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 329) Mid Seaxum ic wæs and mid Sweord*-*werum, Exon. Th. 322, 13; Víd. 62

meldung

(n.)
Grammar
meldung, e; f.

Informationbetrayal

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Information (against a person), betrayal Hé swýðe mánfullíce ácweald wæs þurh meldunga his ágenes wífes multum nefarie peremptus est proditione conjugis suæ, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 39

middæg-líc

(adj.)
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middæg-líc, adj.

Middaymeridian

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Midday, meridian Ðære middæglícan sunnan scíman beorhtre solis meridiani radiis præclarior, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 23. Fram deófle middæglícum ab daemonio meridiano, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6

ge-dyrstigan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrstigan, p. ede; pp. ed

To darepresumeaudērepræsumĕre

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To dare, presume; audēre, præsumĕre Ðe gedyrstigedon ðæt hí Eástran heóldan bútan heora rihtre tíde qui Pascha non suo tempŏre observāre præsumĕrent, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 40

Linked entry: dyrstigan

ge-mýþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mýþ, pl. n.

The mouth of a riverostium fluminisostia

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The mouth of a river; ostium fluminis Æt ðám gemýðum Tyne streámes juxta ostium Tini fluminis, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 28: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 48, 26

Geóhol

(n.)
Grammar
Geóhol, Geóhhol, es; n.

Yule, Christmas

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Yule, Christmas Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol on the twelfth day after Yule, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8: L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 23, note

cnæpling

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Cnæplingc puer .i. infans, An. Ox. 2579. Hé syfonwyntre wæs . . . þá wunode se cnæplingc on Cappadoniscre byrig fíf geár on láre, Hml. S. 3, 9. Cf. cnapa. Add

deád-wille

(adj.)
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deád-wille, adj.
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Unproductive, barren Ðá beorgas tódǽlað ꝥ wæsmbǽre land and þæt deádwylle sand mons dividit inter vivam terram et arenas, Ors. 1, 1; S. 26, 19. Cf. cwic-wille

edlesendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
edlesendlíce, adv.
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Relatively Seó sáwul oððe ꝥ líf synd ge*-*cwædene tó hyre sylfra, and ꝥ gemynd oððe ꝥ andgit beóð gecwædene tó sumum þinga edlesendlíce, Hml. S. 1, 119

efen-réþe

(adj.)
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efen-réþe, adj.
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Equally cruel Romulus heora forma cyning and Brutus heora forma consul wurdon emnréðe Brutus, primus consul, primum regem Romae exaequare parricidio studuit, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 6

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Egipte

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Add: gen. (e)na Egiptena land, Angl. viii. 322, 3. Egiptna, Nar. 34, 34: 35, 20. Geseah ic miccle meniu Affricána and Egypta, Hml. S. 23 b, 346