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ge-forewyrdan

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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 wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4.

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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D. B. iii. 547, 9

hécen

(n.)
Grammar
hécen, es; n.

A kid

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A kid: Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb . . . æfter þám ylcan gewunan nymað hécyn, Angl. viii. 322, 10.

hnutu

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hnutu, gen. dat. hnyte.
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Add: Hnutu avilina, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 25: abilina ii. 4, 9. Nyte ficos Mt. R. 7, 16. the form hnut- is found in many local names: On hnutclyf, C. D. iii. 48, 6. In hnutfen, v. 126, 32. Æt Hnuthyrste, i. 63, 5. On hnutleáge, v. 207, 20.

hól

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Sacu and clacu, hól and hete, Wlfst. 86, 10. Stalu and cwalu, hól and hete, 129, 3: 268, 23. Sennacherib mid hóle (v. 2 Kings xviii. 19 sqq.) him ( Hezekiah ) on wan, Hml, S. 18, 396.

hýf

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D. 229, 12 ; Angl. ix. 264, 15. ¶ the following glosses belong to passages referring to bees :-- Hýfe gurgustio, i. cellula. An. Ox. 307. Hýfa tuguria, i. cellulas, 253. Add

líc-þrúh

(n.)
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D. 225, 28-226, 23

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, mowing.
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D. 36, 31. Add

leód-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
leód-rǽden, <b>, leód-rǽdenn,</b> e; f.
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D. 204, 28. Cf. leód-scipe

leán

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Íc bidde ðæt se monn . . . ðá ilcan wísan leste . . . and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C. D. i. 316, 21. Add

ofer-sewenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sewenness, e; f.
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D. vi. 240, 35

Linked entry: ofer-gesewenness

púca

(n.)
Grammar
púca, an; m.
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A goblin, mischievous spirit Púca larbula, An. Ox. 23, 2. Wandrigende púcan (printed wucan) uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. ¶ in a place-name :-- Ðis synd ðá landgemǽru ðe sceótað dún Púcanwylle, C. D. iii. 423, 28. ¶ Cf. (?)

Linked entry: púcel

sac-leás

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Add Æilsig, ðe ðá men bohte, nam hig and freóde uppan Petrocys weófede ǽfre saclés, C. D. iv. 313, 11. dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, 314, 8.

sand

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sand, sand.
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Add Sand sablum, An. Ox. 18 b, 35. add Forð be sande oþ norðmúþan, C. D. iii. 429, 1. On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An.

smeálíce

(adv.)
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Add heom getǽhte swýðe smealíce (subtiliter) on gehwilcum stówum hwæt þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr. D. 148, 18.

stilness

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Add Se tíma hyra reste and stillnysse hora quietis, Gr.

þorn

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Of hafucðorne ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð dám fíftan þorne; þám ele-beáme, C. D. v. 297, 16-20

wacen

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&lt;b&gt;. I.&lt;/b&gt; add: &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; intentional wakefulness, vigilance, v. wacung. Add Mid þý Benedictus behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, gefealh his wæcce (wacone, v.l.) (instans vigiliis), Gr. D. 170, 30.

wíde

Grammar
wíde, <b>.
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&lt;/b&gt; add Tóferdon þá apostolas wíde landes geond ealle þás world, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 6. &lt;b&gt;IVa.

wisc

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For 'a marsh' substitute: A wish (wish a damp meadow, a marsh, D.D.), and add On ðám mǽdum .viii. æceras, and on myclan wysce (cf. in loco uulgari uocitamine æt miclamersce, 218, 18) . v. æceras, C. D. iii. 283, 10.