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wan-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-spédig, adj.
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Ðín wanspédiga mǽg attenuatus frater tuus, Lev. 25, 25. Ðás læssan lác, ðe wǽron wannspédigra manna lác. Homl. Th. i. 140, 6. Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11

gearcung

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Take here <b>gærcung</b> in Dict. and add Gearkinge lustrationis An. Ox. 7, 126. Gearc[inge] praeparatione 3617. Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared.

ge-forewyrdan

Grammar
ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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Take here <b>ge-forword</b> in Dict., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4.

gínung

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ginung, geonung, genung, gynung,</b> e; f. an opening of the mouth and the uttering of sound. Cf. ginian; 2 Genung barritus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 47. Ginung oððe ráringc, 10, 68. Geonung, geþota, rárung, 125, 18.

níd-behéfe

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Ꝥ is nýdbehéfe, Chrd. 111, 6. with dat. of person Ús ys þín líf nýdbehéfe gít, Hml. 8. 22, 226: 28, 142: Scint. 8, 4. <b>II a.</b> with dat. of person and dat. infin. :-- Iss

ræsc

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 122, 77. v. líg-, líget-ræsc

wépan

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<b>. II a.</b> add: where there is grief for wrongdoing Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda wépað, Past. 421, 36, where there is lament for suffering Gemǽnað gé hit tó þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan. Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 6.

feórþling

(n.)
Grammar
feórþling, es; m: feórþung, e; f. in Anglo-Saxon; but m. in Northumb. v.

A fourth part of a thingFARTHINGquadrans

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Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 21, 2

æt-feallan

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S. 23, 373. desertion Se lǽweda mót óðre síðe wífigan, gyf his wíf him ætfylð, Ll. Th. ii. 346, 22. His frýnd him ætfeallað. Hml. S. 12, 85 : Wlfst. 142, 6. to befall, come upon Hé bið ácólod and for þon ælfilð him wæterbolla, Lch. ii. 206, ll.

ǽw-fæst-man

(n.)

a man bound by lawa married manvinculo nuptiarum constrictus

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a man bound by law, a married man; vinculo nuptiarum constrictus, L.C. S. 51; Th. i. 404, 21

a-hénan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hénan, p. de; pp. ed

To humbleabasetread down or under foothumiliarecalcare

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To humble, abase, tread down or under foot; humiliare, calcare Biþ ahéned calcabitur, Lk. Lind. War. 21, 24

ár-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-líce, adv. [ = ǽr early]

Earlydiluculomane

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War. 16, 2 : Lk. Lind. War. 24, 1: Jn. Rush. War. 8, 2

CEREN

(n.)
Grammar
CEREN, cyrin, e; f.

A CHURN

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A CHURN; vas in quo lac agitatur et butyrum cogitur, fidelia, sinum Cyrin sinum, Wrt. Voc. 290, 31

fýnd

(n.)
Grammar
fýnd, pl. of féond:
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Lev. 26, 8, 16 : Bt. 20; Fox 72, 21 : Mt. Bos. 5, 44 : Lk. Bos. 6, 27, 35

ealdor-leg

(n.; part.)
Grammar
ealdor-leg, aldor-leg, -læg, es; n. [ealdor, læg p. of licgan]

Life-law, fate, deathfātum, mors

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Life-law, fate, death;fātum, mors Æfter ealdorlege after death, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 29; Gú. 1234

Linked entry: aldor-leg

lís-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lís-ness, e; f.

Redemptionreleasedeliveranceredemtio

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Rush. 10, 45: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 68: 2, 38

ge-dreag

(n.)

multitudetumult

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multitude, tumult, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 11; Cri. l000 : 103 a; Th. 389, 19; Rä. 7, l0

á-freón

(v.)
Grammar
á-freón, p. de
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To free, deliver Áfriá úsih from yfle, Lk. R. 11. 4. Ué sié áfriódo liberemur , Rtl. 91, 22

ge-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrence, adj.
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Withered, dry Hé hæfde hond gescrengce ł drýge habebat manum aridam, Lk. L. 6, 8. Cf. mis-scrence

ge-þrístian

(v.)
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Gíf morðwyrhtan ... tó þám geþrístian ꝥ hí on þæs cyninges neáweste gewunian, Ll. Th. i. 324, 12. Add