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ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
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Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang on middel gewæd and þonan west on Seolcingfleót, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14. Geuueada vada brevia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 17

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ge-wilnigendlic

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L. 18, 11. concupiscent, libidinous Ús is beboden . . . fortredan ðá gewilnigendlice lustas, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 29. capable of desire Uþwytan sæcgað þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald. Án dǽl is on hire gewylnigendlic, Hml. S. 1, 97

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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a maple. Þǽr wæs hlin and ác. [The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, . 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M.

hwelp

(n.)
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Add: hwelpa, an; m. On hwelpes dell, C. D. B. ii. 246, 7. Gyf þú on foreweardon sumera þigest hwylcne hwelpan þonne gýt ungeseóndne, Lch. i. 368, 26. Gif þú wille wíf cild hæbbe, oþþe tife hwelp, ii. 172, 21 : . 1, 16.

on-hróp

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Þæt geledt óðres mid onhrópe ut non impediatur alterius inprobitate, R. Ben. I. 87, 4 (= R. Ben. 81, 9 in Dict.)

on-tendness

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Add: burning. Cf. on-tendan ; 5 byrnað æ̂r ðan ðe se tîma côme úre ontendnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 35. Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20.

preóst-hád

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wæs Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst; werede his kenepas on his preóstháde ðæt wæs biscop, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 26. Se ylca mæssepreóst on preóstháde (in presbyteratus officio) his líf geendode, Gr. D. 66, 1. Add

rihtan

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add: to put right, put into a proper condition Á mæig findan hwæt mæig on byrig bétan . . . oððe hús gódian, rihtan and weoxian, Angl. ix. 262, 18. Add riht (reht, v. l. ) and rǽt callum gesceaftum, Bt. 35, 3; F. 158, 25.

scucca

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Deófol . . . is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Cwæð se hálga wer ðám hetolan sceoccan . . . 'Þú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma.' Se sceocca sóna fordwán of his gesihðe, Hml. S. 6, 315. Þám sceoccan Satane, R. Ben. I. 57, 5.

stán-torr

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Qwam cum venientem desuper vir sanctus vidisset . . . signum crucis ei opposuit, eamque in montis latere cadentem fixit, Gr. D. 12, 9-17

staþolfæstness

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Th. i. 576, 25

sufel

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Heora middæges sufle pulmentum ad sextam, Chrd. 14, 35. 'Gáð and geseóðað úra wyrhtena sufl, hit on ǽrne mergen geara.'

swipu

Grammar
swipu, <b>. I.</b>
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wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende, and eác þá swipan ( Flagellum ) þe on his handa hæfde, þá þám reáfiendum mannum bróhte þus cweðende: 'Nimað þás swipan magan þis hors mid drífan,' Gr. D. 14, 18-22. Add

tíþian

(v.)
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Add: tygþian, týþian. Add Ðú bǽde ic sceolde þé áwendan of Lédene on Englisc þá bóc Genesis. Þá þúhte hefigtýme þé tíþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6. Add Se rihtwísa gemildsaþ and tíþað ( tribuet), Ps. L. 32, 17.

tó-foran

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Hex. 38, 4-6. Þá þe þenceað beón be dǽle beteran tóforan óðrum mannum, Gr. D. 151, 25

wealcan

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add: — Wealcendes exagitantis, i. commouentis (ponti aestum), An. Ox. 34, 5. Þá geseah án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum. Nap. 62, 25. add Wylcþ raptat, Germ. 389, 42.

bád

a pledgeexpectationwaiting

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Add: a pledge Be bádum, Ll. Th. i. 354, 5. expectation, waiting Hwet is bád (expectatio) mín ?, Ps. Srt. 38, 8. generede of þǽre báde (expectatione) Judéa folces, Gr. D. 107, 26. For þǽre báde his ændes, 282, 10.

bearn-eácen

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Witan on bearneácenum wífe hwæþeres cynnes bearn heó cennan sceal, 6. Bearneácnum, ii. 330, 6. Wíf þe bearneácne (-ene, v. l.) (praegnantes) wǽron, Past. 366, 3. Ðá bearneácnan wíf, 367, 14. Add

bedding

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Voc. i. 81, 57. On fellum heora bedding bið, Nar. 31, 12. bǽron micel streáw his beddinga. . . . Þá tówearp streáw of þǽre beddincge, Hml. S. 31, 849, 852. Him wearð gebeddod mid hnescre beddinge, 37, 191: 205.

Æðelrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelrǽd, Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele noble, rǽd counsel]

ÆlhelredÆthelrédÆthelrédus

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A. D. 896; 139, 4-16. Æthelred died in A.D. 912. Her gefór Æðelréd, ealdorman on Myrcum here, A. D. 912, died Æthelred, alderman of the Mercians, Chr. 912; Erl. 101, 46.

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