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gyt-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gyt-feorm, an entertainment where there is pouring of drink, a feast. Cf. ge-beór scipe, brýd-
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ealu (-oþ) On sumere ðeóde gebyreð winter-feorm, Eástcrfeorm, bénf(e )orm for ripe, gytfeorm for yrðe. Ll. Th. i. 440, 26

grind

Grammar
grind, v. for-grind, ge-grind.

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heófung

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Cóm seó módor mid mycelre sárnysse tó þǽre heófunga, Hml. S. 4, 315. Þás bemǽndon mid swýðlicre heófunge ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, 25, 213. Þ folc feóllon tó eorðan mid flówendum teárum, cweðende mid heófunge (communi lamentatione et fletu dicentes),

hwirf-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwirf-ness, v hwyrf-ness; ge-hwirfneis.

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líf-brycgung

Grammar
líf-brycgung, v. ge-brýcgan in Supplement: íif-dæg.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. life-day] : -lífe. v. lang-lífe : lifen. Add:

-mǽr-treów

(suffix)
Grammar
-mǽr-treów, v. gemǽr-treów under ge-mǽre; <b>II. ¶</b>
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and see N. E. D. mere-tree

-lómlǽcness

(suffix)
Grammar
-lómlǽcness, v. ge—lómlǽcness.

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-lómlíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-lómlíce, -lómlician, -lómrǽd, -lómrǽde. v. ge-lomlíce, &amp; c. : <b>lopystre.</b>
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-méttan

(suffix)
Grammar
-méttan, v. ge-an-méttan (v. ge-anmétan where read -méttan not -médan), ge-eáþ-méttan (v. Hml. A. 159, 183,
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given under ge-eáþmédan ; 2)

Linked entry: on-méttan

-metung

(suffix)
Grammar
-metung, v. ge-metung, þanc-metung.

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míl-gemearc

Grammar
míl-gemearc, Add: ge-mearcian; <b>Ia.</b>

-mód

(suffix)
Grammar
-mód, Add: v. ǽ-, fast-, ge-, geþyld-, hefig-, hoh-, hræd-, leás- [v. leásmód-ness], lytel-, mád-, seóc-, stearc-, strang-, swǽr-, þole-, unrót-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-mód.

namn

Grammar
namn, v. ge-namn.

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ólǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
ólǽcung, ( = án-lǽcung ? v. ge-ánlǽcan; <b>I a</b>)
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Ólǽcung conspiratio, An. Ox. 4955

pos

(n.)
Grammar
pos, es; n. : only in pl. (?) posu (-a) [cf. ge-pos] : or (?) <b>posa,</b> an; m.
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A cold, catarrh Posa catarrum, i. angustia pectoris, An. Ox, 31, 1

rǽden

Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn. Add: v. ge-, geþeód-, geþeów-(?), gewrit-, godsibb-, hold-, hyld-, leód-, lim-, luf-, mǽd-, mǽgþ-, mæst-, mæsten-, sam-, sin-, þegen-, þeód-, þoft-, wíte-, wudu-rǽden[n].

wederian

(v.)
Grammar
wederian, v. ge-widerian (
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not ge-wederian)

-wén

(v.; adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wén, to make crooked (wóh). v. ge-wén : -<b>wéna;</b> adj.

deór-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
deór-friþ, Cf. ge-friþian; I 2.

wæstmbǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽrian, v. ge-wæstmbǽrian

fecundare,

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fecundare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 48

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