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úta-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
úta-cund, (úta = útan or úte; v.innan-, inne-cund); adj.

Foreign, alien, strange

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Ðes útacunda, Lind. 17, 18. On útacund in alieno, 16, 12. Útacund ... ðara útacundra alienumalienorum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 5. From útacundum ab alienis, Mt, Kmbl. Lind. 17, 25: Rtl. 168, 13

Nazarenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Nazarenisc, Nazaresc; adj.

Of Nazareth

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Of Nazareth Se Nazareniscea (Nazaresca, Lind.) Hǽlend, Mk. Skt. 10, 47: 14, 67. Ðone Nazareniscean (Natzarenisca, Lind.) Hǽlend, Jn. Skt. 18, 5

un-boht

(adj.)

unbought ⬩ free

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Lind. 10, 8. Sacleás ł unsynnig ł unbocht gratis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 25

Linked entry: un-ceáped

ymb-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wærlan, p. de
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Lind. 7, 44, 9. Ymbwærlde (-wælde, Lind.), Rush. 9, 55

hlid-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hlid-fæst, adj.

Having a lid

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Having a lid Hió becwyþ Eádmǽre áne hlidfæsþe cuppan she bequeaths to Eadmer a cup with a lid, Chart. Th. 536, 4

sunor

(n.)
Grammar
sunor, (-er), e; f. A herd of swine, a sounder ('That men calleth a trip of a tame swyn is called of wylde swyn a soundre; that is to say, ȝif ther be passyd v. or vi. togedres.'—Halliwell's Dict.)
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Lind. 8, 32, 33

Linked entry: suner

twigu

(n.)
Grammar
twigu, (?), an; f.; the forms in the Northern specimens may also be taken as weak, tuigge, pl. tuiggo
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Lind. 13, 32. Tuiggo ramos, 21, 8. Telgo ł twiggo, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 32: 11, 8

Linked entry: palm-twiga

yfelsung

(n.)
Grammar
yfelsung, eofulsung, e; f.
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Lind. 26, 65. Ðæt ebolsung (ða eofulsunge, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 64. Ebolsongas blasphem(i)as, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 36

Linked entry: eofulsung

ge-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie with ⬩ cohabit ⬩ commit fornication ⬩ concumbĕre

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To lie with, cohabit, commit fornication; concumbĕre Gif he mid gehǽme if he lie with her, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 16

Linked entry: hǽman

ge-þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þerscan, p. -þearsc, pl. -þurscon

To strike ⬩ beat ⬩ thrash

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Lind. 14, 65. To geþearscanne, 15, 15. Geþurscon cederunt, 12, 3: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 35

hwilc-hwéne

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwéne, -hwóne; pron. indef.

Some ⬩ some one

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Lind. 23, 8. Wið huelchuóne adversus aliquem, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11. 25

un-foresceáwodlic

Grammar
un-foresceáwodlic, v. un-forsceáwodlíce (
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not -líc)

Linked entry: fore-sceáwodlic

ge-swingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swingan, p. -swang, pl. -swungon; pp. -swungen

To scourge ⬩ beat ⬩ flagellare ⬩ verberare

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Lind. 13, 9. Gesuungun ł gesuincged biþ flagellabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 32. Hia geþurscon ł geswungdon [MS. gesumgdon] cædebant, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 8

Linked entries: ge-sumgdon ge-swicte

cásering

(n.)
Grammar
cásering, e; f. A cæsaring, a coin with an emperor's image, a coin; drachma = δραχμή , didrachma
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Lind. Rush. War. 15, 8. Ne unband cásering non solvit didrachma, Mt. Lind. Stv. 17, 23

ge-fyrhtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhtian, p. ade; pp. ad

To frighten

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Lind. 24, 22. Miþ fyrhto gefyrhtad timore exterriti, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 6

Linked entry: fyrhtan

embehtian

(v.)
Grammar
embehtian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To minister, serve ⬩ ministrāre

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Lind. 8, 15. Embehtaþ ministrābit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 37

celmert-mon

(n.)
Grammar
celmert-mon, -monn, es; m.

A hired servant, hireling ⬩ mercenarius

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Lind. War. 10, 12. Ða celmertmenn mercenarii, Lk. Lind. War. 15, 17. From celmertmonnum ðínum de mercenariis tuis, 15, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20

cúslyppe

(n.)
Grammar
cúslyppe, cúsloppe,an; f.

A COWSLIP ⬩ primula veris, Lin

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A COWSLIP ; primula veris, Lin Nim wudubindes leáf and cúslyppan take leaves of woodbine and cowslip, L. M. 3, 30 ; Lchdm. ii. 326, 4: 3, 31 ; Lchdm. ii. 326, 10: iii. 30, 8: 46, 22 . Cúsloppe britannica, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 30; Wrt. Voc. 31. 40

BOX

(n.)
Grammar
BOX, es; m? n?

The BOX-tree ⬩ buxus ⬩ buxus sempervirens ⬩ the box-tree or box-wood

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The BOX-tree; buxus = πύξos, buxus sempervirens, Lin Box buxus, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 39; Wrt. Voc, 33, 36: 79, 71. Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 14

Linked entry: box-treów

leóht-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-bǽre, adj.

Luminous ⬩ brilliant ⬩ splendid

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Á ðæs dóm áge leóhtbǽre lof se ús ðis líf giefeþ ever therefore may he have glory, splendid praise, who giveth us this life, Exon. 80 a; Th. 299, 34; Crä. 112

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