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wiþer-wengel

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-wengel, es; m.
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An adversary Bysmrað wiðerwengel naman [þínne] inritat aduersarius nomen tuum, Ps. Rdr. 73, 10. Wiþer-wenglum aduersariis, 290, 1. Þú forbryttest wiþenvenglas (aduersarios), 380, 7

Linked entry: wengel

ge-wit

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Ic þín gewit mid ealle ne forlét, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 8. Þú man geworhtest, and him sealdest word and gewitt ( speech and reason ), Hy. 9, 56.

máðum-sele

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-sele, es; m.

A hall in which a prince gives costly giftsa hall containing costly things

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A hall in which a prince gives costly gifts, or a hall containing costly things (cf. gold-sele) Méda máððumselas, Salm. Kmbl. 379; Sal. 189

þurh-hǽlan

(v.)

to heal thoroughlypersanare

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to heal thoroughly; persanare Ealle ða þincg, ðe on ðæs mannes líchoman tó láðe ácennede beóþ, heó ðurhhǽleþ (þur-, MS. O.), Lchdm. i. 124, 22

abbod-leást

(n.)
Grammar
abbod-leást, e; f.
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Lack of an abbot Ðæt mynstres þincg ne forwyrþan for abbudleáste ut non res monasterii abbatis privatione depereant, C. D. B. i. B. 155, 37

efnes

(adv.)
Grammar
efnes, adv.
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Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig . . . bið emnes mid þý eal gefylled, Dóm. L. 150

spéd

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Add Paulus cwæð ꝥ se geleáfa wǽre gehyhtendlicra þinga and wénendlicra spéd est fides sperandarum substantia rerum, Gr. D. 269, 14. v. feoh-, wan-spéd

mealm-stán

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Wrít þysne circul mid þínes cnífes orde on ánum mealmstáne (printed mealan stáne; but see Archiv cxxix. 48, n. l), Lch. i. 395, 4. Add

fǽr-lic

(adj.)

suddensuddenfortuitous

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Hwæt þis ǽfre beón sceole fǽrlices whatever can this sudden change be, Hml. S. 23, 516. Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð if any sudden ill befall the nation, Wlfst. 271, 1.

æt-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-reccan, p. -re(a)hte
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Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ. . . hwá is manna tó þám ungesceád þæt hé þǽm cyninge his áre ætrecce, for þí þe his geréfa forwyrht biþ, Lch. iii. 444, 8. Cf. æt-déman

býsting

(n.)
Grammar
býsting, es; m.
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BIESTINGS, the first milk of a cow after calving; colostrum Býsting, þicce meolc biestings, thick milk, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 20; Wrt. Voc. 28, 3

Linked entry: bísting

un-tráglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tráglíce, adv.

Wellhonestly

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Well, honestly Ásécaþ ða ðe snyttro mid eów hæbben, ðæt mé þinga gehwylc þríste gecýðan untráglíce, ðe ic him tó séce, Elen. Kmbl. 819; El. 410

Linked entry: tráglíce

and-wlite

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L. 33, 17. þines andwlites vultus tui, 79, 17. Hé geseah beorhtnesse on his and-wlite, Hml. S. 24, 138. Add

oft-þweál

(n.)
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frequent washing Eáwlá wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and óðrum líðnessum, Nap. 50; [Verc. Först. 166, s. v. híwfæger ]

Linked entry: þweál

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Twelve. Grammar twelf, adjectival Ða twelf ðíne þeówas sind gebróðru, Gen. 42, 13. Wé twelf gebróðru wǽron ánes esnes suna, 32. Twelf (tuoelf altered from tuoelfo, Lind.: twelf, Rush.)tída ðæs dæges, Jn. Skt. 11, 9. Twelf wintra tíd, Beo. Th. 296; B.

Linked entry: endleofan

þeód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-bealu, wes; n.
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Sax. thiod-quálu, applied to the crucifixion, and to the agony in the garden ), Andr. Kmbl. 2273; An. 1138. Cf. þeód-þreá

be-geát

(n.)
Grammar
be-geát, es; n. (f.
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Ox. 2698: 3915. what is acquired, possessions, property Cýð mildheortnysse earmum mannum mid þínum begeáte, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 27. Mid þínum begeátum, Wlfst. 286, 29. Hí læccað of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 4.

æftera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æftera, æftra; adj. compar. of æfter,—

Hindernextsecondposteriorsequensaltersecundus

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Siððan ic ongon on ðone æfteran ánseld búgan after Ihad begun to live in this second hermitage, Exon, 50b; Th. 176, 22 ; Gú. 1214

Linked entries: æfterra æftemest

BÝRGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÝRGAN, býrian, býrigan, býrgean, býrigean, beorgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Nim ðé ðis ofæt on hand, bít hit and býrge take to thee this fruit in hand, bite it and taste, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 12; Gen. 519

here-gild

(n.)
Grammar
here-gild, es; n.

A war-taxthe Danegild tax to support an army

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A war-tax, the Danegild, tax to support an army Hér wæs ðet heregeold gelǽst ðæt wǽron xxi þúsend punda and xcix punda in this year the Danegild was paid, it was twenty-one thousand and ninety-nine pounds, Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 23.