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dráf

Grammar
dráf, drǽf.
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þæs hyrdes dráfe forhogode and him on wésten gewunode, Bl. H. 199, 7. Add

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Question, inquiry Ac þá word secgendum óðru sócn and frignung (fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning

geoc-led

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-led, geoc-let, geoc-leta
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a yokelet (an old Kentish name for a small farm, D.D.) Mediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án geocled ubi ecgheannglond appellatur, Txts. 455, 4. Án ioclet, C. D. i. 249, 20.

ge-campian

(v.)
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D. 221, 8. to fight for a person (dat.), serve as a soldier Ánum cinge gecampod uni regi militatur, R. Ben. 9, 102, 15

heáfod-weg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weg, es; m.
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A road along the head (v. heáfod, 2 a) of a field, valley, &c. (?) Of ðæn cumbe on Tetanhylle; of Tytanhylle ðæn heáfodwege; ondlong cumbes, C. D. V. 401, 35.

híwcúþlíce

(adv.)
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Þú scealt þínon Drihtne híwcúðlíce æt his weófode þénian ad altare cum Domino famularis, Chrd. 67, 37. wæs gebunden híwcúþlíce (heów-, v. l.) mid freóndlicre lufan amicitiis familiariter obstrictus, Gr. D. 3. 28.

hríman

(v.)
Grammar
hríman, (?); pp. ed
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H. 209, 32-35), B. 1363. [v. N. E. D. rime.] See <b>hrind</b> for other suggested emendations

ír

(n.)
Grammar
ír, [íre, es; n. ?]
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Hi hine þǽr oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera heáfdum, and slóh hine þá án heora mid ánre æxe ýre (ére, v. l. ), Chr. 1012 ; P. 142, 24. [v. N. E. D. ear. Cf. Ger. öhr handle.]

Linked entry: ére

Iringes weg

(v.)
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Substitute: Íringes weg the milky way [Mirari tamen non possumus in tantum famam praevaluisse ut Iringi nomine, quem ita vocitant, lacteus coeli circulus usque in praesens sit notatus, Grm. D. M. (trans.) 358 q. v.] Íringes (Iuuaringes, Erf.

liþ

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a joint, especially a finger-joint: Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðám disce ánes fingres lið, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 27. Nim. viii. and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32 : 29. Liþo artus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 18.

mearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mearulíce, adv.
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without hardship, tenderly, delicately, indulgently hæfde ǽnne sunu, and wæs . v.

mersc

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Híredes seota présta túne, and se mersc se ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

ofer-findan

(v.)
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þóhte, siþþan folc oferfunden wǽre, hié siþþan wolde eall þæt wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6

Linked entry: ofer-fundenness

on-bláwan

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D. 180, 16. to blow on or away: — Feónd úre onbláwaþ mid horne inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, Ps. L. 43, 6. to breathe Anbléu spirabat (coelestem intento spirabat corde sophiam), Hpt. 33, 238, 3

slide

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Add beóð gelǽdde under ús sylfe þurh úres geþóhtes slide (lapsum), Gr. D. 107, 30. him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide ( lapsum ) þǽre synne in þám merwum leorningmannum, 119, 16.

spadu

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gemétte swá manige wyrhtan, swá manige swá hét spadena in weorpan . . . þeófas. . . onféngon þá spada, Gr. D. 201, 19-202, 3. Add

stregdan

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add: to sprinkle Þæt deádberende áttor his getreówleásnesse . . . an eallum middangeardes ciricum strægd (stregde, v. l. aspersit), Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 29, 15. 'Stregd (spreng, v. l.) þis gehálgode wæter ofer þæs mannes líchaman' . . .

tó-slúpan

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</b> add :-- sint sionwe tóslopen (in the facsimile reprint it is p not þ), An. 1427

þreátian

(v.)
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Add: p. þreátte (in Rushworth Gospels). <b>I l.</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr.

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Add wæs unfyrn ( for lyttlum fyrste, v.l.) forðféred ante non longum tempus defunctus est, Gr. D. 71, 18. add " deád byð unfyrn" . . . þírn ódran dæge æfter þæs Godes weres cwide his líf geendode, 62, 28.