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næced

(n.)
Grammar
næced, e; f.

Nakedness

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Nakedness Gif hwylc man stele mete oððe cláðas and hine hungor oððe næced ðǽrtó drife ( fames vel nuditas eum coegerit ), L. Ecg. P. iv. 25; Th. ii. 212, 4. Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede, Deut. 28, 48

giþcorn

(n.)
Grammar
giþcorn, es; n.

Spurge laurel

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Spurge laurel Ðeós wyrt ðe man lactyridem and óðrum naman giþcorn nemneþ this plant which is called lacterida and by another name githcorn, Herb. 113: Lchdm. i. 226, 12: L. M. ii. 65, 1; Lchdm. ii. 292, 9: v. glossary

templ-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
templ-geweorc, es; n.
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Salomon wes se forma man ðe Gode tó lofe ǽrest on eorðan templgeweorc árǽrde, 277, 25

un-weód

(n.)
Grammar
un-weód, es; n.

A noxious weed

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Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2

Linked entry: weód

weorold-bót

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bót, e; f.
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' Bót' prescribed by the secular power in contrast with 'godcund bót,' that prescribed by the church Ða woruldbóte hig gesetton . . . swá hwár swá man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan mid rihte tó bisceopa dihte, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 16

bóc-stæf

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Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas (nequaquam litteras noverat), ac swáþeáh hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. Gr. D. 281, 22. Add:

hlagol

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Ne ǽnig man tó hlagol sý ne fǽringa tó fægen ne eft ne beó tó ormód, Wlfst. 70, 13. Ne beón gé tó felawyrde ne ealles tó hlagole ne eft tó ásolcene ne tó unróte, 40, 13. For, 'Lye' substitute

hider-cyme

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Similar entries Cf. hider; I. 3 Eall þæt man ús foresægð ymbe Crístes hidercyme (hidertócyme, v.l.), Wlfst. 241, 22

heorot-clæfre

Grammar
heorot-clæfre, l. heorot-clǽfre,
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Ðeós wyrt þe man chamedris and óþrum naman heort-clǽfre nemneð, heó bið cenned on dúnum, Lch. i. 120, 18. and add

mis-dǽd

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Unrihthǽmed, árleásta fela, mán and morðor, mis-dǽda worn, Met. 9. 7. Úrum misdǽdum impietatibus nostris, Ps. Th. 64, 3, Áhwerf nú fram synnum and fram misdédum mínra gylta þíne ansióne averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, Ps. C. 84. Add

snýtan

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Gif heora ǽnegum . . . snyflung of nosa derige, snýte bæftan him oððe ádún be his sídan (post dorsum proiciat, aut iuxta latus) . . . swá hwæt swá man him fram snýte (quod proicitur), fortrede hit mid his fótum, Chrd. 23, 6-13. Add

þeóf

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Man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum, Hml. S. 23, 76. Hé genam on his cwearterne twégen ðeófas, and sealde him ðone unlybban, Hml. Th. i. 72, 19. v. firen-, handfangen-, útfangene-þeóf. Add

heáh-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-tíd, e; f.

A high time, high day, festival, solemnitya high day, festival

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A high time, high day, festival, solemnity Tó ǽghwilces apostoles heáhtíde fæste man and freólsige at every apostle's festival let there be fasting and feasting, L. Eth. v. 14; Th. i. 308, 15. Héhtíde solemnia, Rtl. 8, 23: 9, 27

wíg-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-smiþ, es;

A war-smithwar-makerwarriora man

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A war-smith, war-maker, warrior, a man (poet.) Engle and Seaxe, wlance wígsmiðas, Wealas ofercóman, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 21: Exon. Th. 314, 14; Mód. 14. Ic wígsmiðum sægde, ðæt Sarra mín sweostor wǽre, Cd. Th. 163, 24; Gen. 2703

or-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
or-gilde, adj.

Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid Gif hine (the man who has broken his pledge, and will not submit to the penalty) mon ofsieá, licgge hé orgilde, L. Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15

snoflig

(adj.)
Grammar
snoflig, adj.

Full of snivel, having a cold in the head

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Swá byþ se ealda man ceald and snoflig flegmata ðæt byþ hraca oððe geposu, deriaþ ðam ealdan and ðam unhálan Anglia viii. 299, 36

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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Suck, sucking at the breast On ðone dæg ðe man ðæt cild fram soce áteáh in die ablactationis ejus Gen. 21, 8. [Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

á-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stellan, (i, y); p. de

To leaprushfly off

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To leap, rush, fly off Se þorn, efne swá swá strǽl of bogan ástelleþ, swá hé of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Hé hraþe ástylde (forð árǽsde, v. l.) of his ræste ex lecto prosiliit, Gr. D. 21, 28

bádian

(v.)
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Tó gemóte hé cóme ofþe hine man bádode (? cf. iii gemót on geáre búton hé hit gebicge oþþe gebidde,433, 33) he should come to the meeting or a fine might be exacted of him Cht. Th. 432, 32. Add

ge-sceádwís

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Add: exercising discernment, intelligent, discerning Ǽlc gesceádwís man mæg witan ꝥ hig beóþ full earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, ii: 27, l ; F. 96, 6 : 28; F. 100, 30.