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rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m. l. n.
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Add Interuallum þæt is hwíl oððe rúm, Chrd. 24, 6. Add Gif hé ꝥ rúm and þone ǽmtan hæbbe si locus aut tempus exigerit, Chrd. 105, 18

hwíting

(n.)
Grammar
hwíting, e; f.
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. : <b>hwít-loc.</b> For Rä. 48, 3 l. 43, 3 : <b>hwít-locced.</b> l. -loccede, and add Cwén hwítloccedu

carl-mann

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Gif hwilc carlman hǽmde wið wimman hire unðances, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 17. Add

á-mirran

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Hwí woldest ðú ámyrran mín sunu, and tó Críste gewéman?, 4, 198.

á-solian

(v.)
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to get foul Hwít ásolað nitor squalescit, Angl. ii. 374. 3

Linked entry: solian

rabbian

(v.)
Grammar
rabbian, p. ode
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To rage God lǽt ðone deófol Antecrist rabbian and wédan sume hwíle, Wulfst. 84, 11

weorold-camp

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-Gif hwilc preósthádes manna hine gebeóde silfne tó woroldcampe (militię seculari), Chrd. 97, 8. Add

loccod

(adj.)
Grammar
loccod, loccode; adj.
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Ox. 56, 13. v. hwít-, líg-loccod[e]

Linked entry: -locced

mæring

(n.)
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a plant name Hwít mæringc (Cockayne suggests sweet basil ), Lchdm. iii. 2, 21

hwider-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hwider-hwega, adv.
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Somewhither Gange hé him út hwider-hwega sume hwíle, Lch. ii. 182, II

scíd-hreác

(n.)
Grammar
scíd-hreác, es; m.
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. — . iiii. foðera áclofenas ganolwyda tó scídhrǽce on hiora ágenre hwíle

Linked entry: hreác

ge-sundful

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Cf. ge-sund; Hwíl*-*tídum þeós weorold is gesundful, hwílon heó is mid mislicum þingum gemenged, Hml. Th. i. 182, 34. Ðurh cynincges wísdóm folc wyrð gesǽlig, gesundful, sigefæst, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 5.

ælf

(n.)
Grammar
ælf, l. e; f.
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Gif men hwilc yfel costung weorþe oþþe ælf oþþe nihtgengan, Lch. ii. 344, 16. and add

æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
æftan, adv.

Behind ⬩ post ⬩ pone

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Behind; post, pone Earn æftan hwit the eagle white behind, Chr. 937; Th. i. 206, 29; Æðelst. 63, col. 1

ge-sweógian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweógian, p. ode; pp. od

To be silent; ⬩ tăcēre

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To be silent; tăcēre Gesweógode he áne hwíle he was silent for some time, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 10

un-gefeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefeálíce, adv.

Joylessly ⬩ miserably

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Joylessly, miserably Beornrǽd féng tó ríce and lytle hwíle heóld and ungefeálíce, Chr. 755; Erl. 52, 3

Linked entry: ge-feálíce

hriþian

(v.)
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Dele first citation, and add Hwíle hé riþaþ swylce hé on dueorge sý, Lch. iii. 118, 1

welig

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Add Hié gemyndgiað ðára weligera (welegra, v.l. ) ðe lange striéndon, and lytle hwíle brucon, Past. 333, 15. v. ofer-, weorold-welig

scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyrtan, p. te
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To make short, to shorten Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9

ge-seón

Grammar
ge-seón, <b>; X.</b>
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Ðá hwíle ðe God gesegen hæbbe ( may have seen to it ) ðæt fulwiht æt ðeosse stówe beón móte, Txts. 175, 13. Add

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