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býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, a time, season. l, byre,
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ðone byre, þe hí God áwehte, Hml. S. 23, 336

fild-burne

(n.)
Grammar
fild-burne, (-a?), an; f. (m.?)
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.; swá ondlang bróces on ðone gemǽrhagan; ofer fild*-*burnan, C. D. iii. 393, 27

Linked entry: fild

leás-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
leás-wyrcend, es; m.
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A deceiver, a doer of what is false Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, synna ordfruma and sáwla bepǽcend, Hml. Th. i. 102, 1

Linked entry: wyrcend

ofdúne-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-rihte, ofdún-rihte; adv.
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Straight down Sýn þá fét gebundene tó ðám héhstan telgan, and ꝥ heáfod hangige ofdúnrihte and þá fét úprihte, Verc. Först. 110, 10

on-cunness

Grammar
on-cunness, accusation.
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Ðá werian gástas mid gelómlicum oncunnissum (crebris accusationibus) tiledon, ꝥ hí him ðone heofonlican weg forsetton, Bd. 3, 19 ; Sch. 278, 8. Add

sund-ampre

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ampre, an; f.
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Some kind of dock; rumex maritimus Sundompran (cf. ompran þá þe swimman wile, 322, 16, and see sund) ymbdelf, Lch. ii. 116, 13

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)

sceorpan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorpan, scearp

To scrape, to irritate

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sceorpe on ðone innaþ if anything irritate a man in the insides, Lchdm. iii. 44, 27

Linked entry: ge-sceorpan

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Wulfst. 68, 14. to take heed that something is not done, does not happen (expressed in a clause) Warna ðæt ic ðé leng ne geseó cave ne ultra videas faciem meum, Ex. 10, 28.

feorh-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-gifu, -giefu, e; f.

The gift of lifevītæ dōnum

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The gift of life; vītæ dōnum Secgas feorh-giefe gefégon men rejoiced in the gift of life, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 1; Reim. 6

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, -naþ, es; m?

A fishingpiscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðe ðæs fiscnoþes the people knew not the art of fishing, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43

Linked entries: fiscoþ fixnoþ

gegader-wyrhtan

(n.)
Grammar
gegader-wyrhtan, pl. m.
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Workmen gathered together from all parts Ongunnon of ðám gegaderwyrhtum (cf. hé gegaderode swíðe góde wyrhtan gehwanon, 157) tǽlan ðone hálgan, Hml. S. 6, 186

ge-healdend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdend, es; m.
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One who keeps or saves, who does not spend Mǽden . . . geswincful, gehealdend a maiden . . . laborious, that takes care of her money Lch. iii. 192, 23

cwic-hege

(n.)
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a hedge composed of living plants Oð ðone cwichege, C.D. iii. 380, 12. [v. N.E.D. quick hedge: D.D. quick a young thorn for making hedges.]

saga

(n.)
Grammar
saga, an; m.

A saying, story, statement

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A saying, story, statement Ðín saga biþ geswutelod, gif ðú ðone sylfan encgel bitst, ðæt hé mínne sunu ansundne árǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 193

hwæt-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwæt-ness, e; f.

Quicknessagility

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Quickness, agility Seó fægernes and seó hwætnes ðæs líchoman geblissaþ ðone mon pulcritudo atque velocitas videntur præstare celebritatem, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 8

mán-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
mán-drinc, es; m.

An evil, poisonous drink

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An evil, poisonous drink Ðone mándrinc ( the poison from an arrow, cf. ǽttren l. 7), Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 6; Rä. 24, 13

niþ

(n.)
Grammar
niþ, es; n.

A place low downan abyss

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A place low down, an abyss Lǽdaþ in ðæt sceaðena scræf, scúfaþ tó grunde in ðæt nearwe niþ, Cd. Th. 304, 22; Sat. 634

ge-húsed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-húsed, part.

Housedhaving a housedŏmum hăbens

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Housed, having a house; dŏmum hăbens Gehúsed snægl a housed or shelled snail; testūdo, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 1; Wrt. Voc. 24, 5

Linked entry: -húsed

twi-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
twi-sprǽc, e; f.
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Double speech, unfair speech, detraction Fácon and éswico and æfisto and allo tuispréco dolum et simulationes et invidias et omnes detractiones, Rtl. 25, 25