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wyrhta

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Add: croc-, frum-, gim-, godweb-, ísern-, lám-, lǽst-, leóþ-, lypen-, méd-, morþ-, morþor-, níd-, scild-, scóh-, slecg-, sweord-wyrhta

fýr-ræce

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-ræce, (?), an; f.

An implement for removing ashes from a fireplace

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An implement for removing ashes from a fireplace Ferrece (= ? fýrræce) vatilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 7. Cf. fýr-scofl

Linked entry: férrece

ongnere

(n.)
Grammar
ongnere, es; ongnora (?), an; m.

The corner of the eye (?)

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Eághyll from ðam ongnoran glebenus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 7. Ongneras irqui, 46, 30

Linked entry: angnere

gealchattan

(v.)
Grammar
gealchattan, p. te; pp. ed

To ordainframedeviseconcinnāre

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To ordain, frame, devise; concinnāre Tunge ðín gealchatte oððe gereónode fácnu lingua tua concinnābat dŏlos, Ps. Lamb. 49, 19

ge-hrine

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For 'v. wíf-gehrine' substitute Gif þine geféran beóð clǽne from wífa gehrine ( a femineo contactu ), Nar. 27, 8

frécne

(n.)
Grammar
frécne, es; n.
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., and add Byþ lytel frécne (frǽcne, v.l. ) frani fýre, Lch. i. 330, 2

snyflung

(n.)
Grammar
snyflung, e; f.
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Mucus from the nose Gif heora ǽnegum for unhǽle snyflung of nosa (flegma ex naribus) derige, Chrd. 23, 7

wixen

Grammar
wixen, wexen.
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Substitute Hláf wexenne niman freó[n]dscipas níwe gefégð panem cerarium accipere, amicitias nouas iungit, Lch. iii. 210, 2

of-ferian

(v.)

to bear off

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to bear off Hé fræt fíftýne men, and óðer swylc út offerede láðlícu lác, Beo. Th. 3171; B. 1583

or-sceattinga

(adv.)
Grammar
or-sceattinga, adv.

Gratuitously, free of charge

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Gratuitously, free of charge Hí láreówas or-sceattinga sealdon magisterium gratuitum praebere curabant, Bd. 3, 27 ; S. 558, 27

snot

(n.)

mucus from the nose, snot

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mucus from the nose, snot [found in the compound ge-snot] Wið gesnote and geposum Lchdm. ii. 54, 17

Linked entry: ge-snot

á-lǽdan

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Grn. 8, 37. of removal from difficulty, danger Loth God álǽdde þanon, 4, 18: Bl. H. 67, 19. Hé álǽdde ( eduxit ) mé fram þám pytte yrmða, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Út álǽdde explicuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 14.

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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Add: to dry up (lit. and fig.). to extract the moisture from material Hé ðá miltan ádrígeð, Lch. i. 334, 24. Gást unrót ádrígð exsiccat bánu, Scint. 167, 11. Hé ealle ðá costunga of his ágnum líchoman ádrígde omni illa tentatione carnis caruit, Gr.

Linked entry: á-drígan

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Hie hafaþ in siofan innan dyrne wúnde they have within their mind a secret wound, Frag. Kmbl. 57; Leás. 30.

Linked entries: derne dierne

BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave;vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere to turn into se vertere in aliquid

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To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere Git mundum brugdon ye vibrated with your hands, Beo. Th. 1033; B. 514.

þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Ne freó ne þeówe, Cd. Th. 166, 12; Gen. 2746. Freóra and þeówra, 166, 26; Gen. 2753.

cyric-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Fram ǽlcere cyriclícre gesamnunge a quaque ecclesiastica congregatione, L. Ecg. P. A. 30; Th. ii. 236, 35. Hie heóldan ða cyriclícan sceare they observed the ecclesiastical tonsure, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 34, col. 2.

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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Se man ðe ætfleó fram his hláforde sý hit on scypfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores, L. C. S. 78; Th. 1. 420, 9.

Linked entry: fird

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Swá swá se hyrde ásyndraþ ða scép fram tyccenum (ticgenum, Lind.: ticnum, Rush.: ticchenan, later MS. ), Mt. 25, 32. The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ticcenes-, Ticnes-feld. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342

Linked entry: tyccen

tíd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíd-líc, adj.
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Fram tídlícra þinga geþance, Scint. 34, 8. Tídlícum temporalibus, Rtl. 8, 9: 18, 23: Anglia xiii. 381, 230. seasonable, opportune Seó tídlíce oportunus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 27: 80, 41.