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nirwett
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Add Rómáne on ungewis on án nirewett befóran, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 29. <b>II a.</b> a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, tó ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?) confinement) of hell) álýsde,
scip-toll
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Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon, and mid him reówan. Þæs scypes hláford . . . gyrnde þæs scyptolles, Hml. S. 30, 167. Add
scrúd-feoh
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Money for the purchase of garments Hyra scrúdfeó, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15
stæl
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E. D.) it is said that the quantity of the vowel is certain from the three occurrences in poetry. But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S. Rdr. § 361; in His wiðerbrecan
swǽr
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What is heavy or grievous, labour, trouble Ðis syndon swáres and geswinces dagas, Verc. Först. 173
Tír
feax-fang
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feoh-fang
reord-hús
A house; or ;room where meals are taken;
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; A house; or ;room where meals are taken; Reordhús ;cenaculum,; Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15
rest-bedd
A bed, couch
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; A bed, couch; Ðeáh ic on mín restbedd gestíge ;si ascendero in lectum stratus mei,; Ps. Th. 131, 3
riht-meterfers
Correct hexameter verse
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Correct hexameter verse Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twentig tíman Anglia viii. 314, 10
Linked entry: meter-fers
rysc-bedd
A bed of rushes
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A bed of rushes On ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 428, 31
sǽ-col
Jet ⬩ gagates
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Jet; gagates, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 25
Linked entry: cól
sǽ-geset
A maritime district
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A maritime district Saegesetu (-seotu) promaritima, Txts. 82, 728. Sǽgesetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 33
sǽ-gemǽre
A sea-border, coast
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A sea-border, coast Sǽgemǽro maritima, Lk. Skt. 6, 17. On ðám sǽgemǽrum, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 13
samod-geflit
Strife, conflict
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Strife, conflict Somodgeflit concertatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 18
Linked entry: samod
sand-geweorp
A sand-bank, quicksand
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A sand-bank, quicksand Sandgewurp syrtis, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 72. On sandgeweorp in sirtim, ii.45,66
Linked entry: ge-weorp
up-godu
The gods above
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The gods above Upgodo superi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 19
wæter-flód
A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b
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A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b Swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 74. On ðæs Ambictiones tíde wurdon mycele wæterfiód (inluvies aquarum) geond ealle world, 1, 6; Swt. 36, 7. Hine storm ne mæg áwecgan