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furh

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Þonne man þá sulh forð drífe, and þá forman furh on sceóte, Lch. i. 404, 2. Fúra sulcorum, An. Ox. 2733. On fúrum scrobibus. i. fossulis, scrobes sunt fosse, 2018. Furhum scrobibus, Txts. 94, 884. Andlang strǽte on ðá deópan fúra, C. D.

ge-þyldo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyldo, ge-þyldu; f. indecl.
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Hé lufade þá geþyldo, 290, 15. uncertain forms Ne gé þæt geþyldum ( patiently ) þicgan woldan, ac mec yrringa úp gelǽddon, Gú. 454: 886. Hé him þá geþyldu (-þylda, v. l. ) forgife, Gr. D. 274, 15. Hé lufode þá geþyldu, 290, 15

on-wealh

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wealh, -walh; adj.

Whole, entiresound, uninjured, uncorruptedwhole, entire

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Ða lástas á onwalge beóþ and on ðære ilcan onsýne ðe hié on forman on ða eorþan bestapene wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 127, 20. metaph. Heó onwealg on hiere onwalde æfter þurhwunade regnat incolumis, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 23. Wæs hyre mægdenhád onwalg, Exon.

Linked entries: an-wealh -wealg

ós

(n.)
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a divinity, god, the Anglo-Saxon form of a word whose existence in Gothic is inferred from a passage in Jornandes, 'Gothi proceres suos quasi qui fortuna vincebant non pares homines sed semideos, id est, Anses vocavere.'

Linked entry: ésa

ge-sprǽc

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These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either by form or by meaning; where the quantity of the vowel is uncertain it is left unmarked.] speech, talking Gearowyrde on gespræce (-sprece, v.l.) loquella promtus

slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

slippery, not easy to hold, moving easilyslipping easily, easily movedfoul lubricum

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Sliper lubricum Nares gives several instances of slipper in sixteenth century, and Shakespeare uses the form: A slipper and a subtle knave, Oth. ii. 1. O. H. Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506 M. H. Ger. slepfer.]

Linked entries: slifor slípan

hiwung

(n.)
Grammar
hiwung, hiwing, e; f.

Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation

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Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation Hé ne biþ ðonne geleáfa ac biþ hiwung it is not then belief but hypocrisy, Homl. Th. i. 250, 21. Hywung, ii. 220, 32.

Linked entry: hiwing

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Ðæt forme scip þæt egeslice spell gebodade the first ship told the terrible tale, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 10. Egeslice truculenta, i. horrida (venena ), An. Ox. 1852. Egeslice dǽda, Wlfst. 161, 9. Mid egislicum cornutis (vultibus ), An. Ox. 163.

manig

Grammar
manig, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Dáuid monigne forsende, Past. 36, 8, ¶ the forms in the following are peculiar :-- Swá monig (indeclinable — quot. ?) beóð men ofer eorðan, swá beóð módgeþoncas quot homines, tot sententiae, Gn. Ex. 168.

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.

Linked entry: waad

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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.; éfern, L.) sé ðe onlíhte on ðám forman restedæge, Mt. 28, 1. Árwurðiað ðisne ǽfen, and ðone freólsdæg ðe eów tó merigen becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 1. In ðone hálgan ǽfen Pentecosten, Chr. 626; P. 24, 8.

han-créd

(n.)
Grammar
han-créd, -crǽd, hon-, es; m.

Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the nightgallicinium, galli cantus

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Se cyning embe forman hancréd út gangende wæs the king about the first cock-crowing was going out, Lchdm. iii. 424, 34. Ðá com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd quarta autem vigilia noctis venit Iesus, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 25

Linked entry: créd

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon Wulfstán ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát, Byrht. Th. 134, 1; By. 77. Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439.

-ing

(suffix)
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Such local names are for the most part irregular compositions, of which the former part is the patronymic -ing, declined in the genitive plural.

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [a, metan to measure] .

to metemeasuremeasure outmetiriemetirito measure out to any oneto allotassignbestowaliquid alicui emetiriex mensura darelargirito measure outplanformmakeemetirifor-mareconfingere

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Kmbl. 2493; El. 1248. to measure out, plan, form, make; emetiri, for-mare, confingere Ðú amǽte mundum ðínum ealne ymbhwyrft and uprádor thou measuredst with thine hands the whole circumference and the firmament above, Elen. Kmbl. 1456; El. 730

Linked entry: a-mæt

wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
wríþan, p. wráþ, pl. wriþon; pp. wriþen.

to twistgive a curved form toto bind upwrap roundbandageto bindto bindfetter

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to twist, give a curved form to Ic wríðe torqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 14. Wriðene ( Similar entries cf. wriþa,II.) wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. to bind up, wrap round, bandage Hé wráð (alligavit) his wunda, Lk. Skt. 10, 34.

eówer

youryouryours

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H. 117, 23. where in place of an inflected form of the adjective the genitive eówer might be expected Eóweres ǽlces ácennednesse, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18 note. In nǽniges eóweres múð in nullius vestrum ore, Gr. D. 243, 5.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, e; f. A summons, citation (in rád-stefn a summons carried by a mounted person. v. rád-stefn, where this meaning may be substituted for the one there given).

ge-rýnelic

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Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl.

Seax-

(prefix)
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Saxnót in the formula of renunciation. v. Grmm. D. M. 184. Seaxréd ( East Saxon ), 179, 19. Seaxulf biscop ( of Lichfield ), Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 40. Saxulf (Sæx-), Chr. 656; Erl. 30, 2, 10