wrégan
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Hî þone Hǽlend wrégdon and sǽdon for-manegum (for manegum?) yfelum dǽdum, Nic. l, 18. Add
hreów
fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus
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In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.
hwíl-wende
Temporary
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Temporary, lasting for a time, not eternal Him fremede tó écere hǽlþe seó hwílwende ehtnys the persecution that lasted but for a time, helped him to the salvation which lasts for ever, Homl. Th. ii. 528, 7.
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fyrd
a ford
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a ford, found in the compound Twý-fyrd Twyford
hwílwend-líce
Temporarily
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Temporarily, for a time only Beóþ blówende and welige hwílwendlíce ðæt gé écelíce wædlion be flourishing and wealthy for time that ye may be beggars for eternity, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15: 162, 15: ii. 384, 26
feohgeorn-ness
Covetousness
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Covetousness Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse, Ll. Th. i. 180, 11
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sceacel
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add: an instrument for causing vibrations (v. sceacan; ), an implement for striking the strings of a harp
æt-hlýp
An assault ⬩ aggressus ⬩ assultus
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An assault; aggressus, assultus For ðan æthlýpe for the assault, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 22
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glengista
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Bradley suggests that for minra should be read niura, and gleáwnis tó for glengista
hálgung-ram
A consecrated ram
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A consecrated ram For ðam hit ys hálgungram for it is a ram of consecration, Ex. 29, 22
FÓSTER
FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus
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Let six shillings be paid for the fostering of a foundling for the first year, twelve for the second, thirty for the third; afterwards, according to its appearance, L. In. 26; Th. i. 118, 17-20: 38; Th. i. 126, 5.
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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S. 23 b, 495. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó sý ǽsce forð let the search go on, Ll. Th. i. 234, 17: 238, 9. Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17
lufu
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, for the lofe or sake of Ic ácsige þé hweðer þú áðer oððe for heora lufum oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan wille . . . hweðer þú for heora lufum woldest ðás þing underfón, Solil.
glíwian
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, to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.
-witol
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Similar entries v. fore-witol,Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 28
án-híwe
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Of one form or colour Ánhíwes uniformi, An. Ox. 1046
or-dál
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A masculine form ordelas occurs, C. D. ii. 252, 13
cyne-scipe
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For his micclan cynescipe, Hml. A. 101, 300. Heó hiræ cinehláford bitt for cynescypæ þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðe, Cht. Th. 552, 30. Ic (Cnut) beóde ꝥ hý fylstan þám biscopum tó Godes gerihtum and tó mínum kynescype . . .
ge-dýre
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. ¶ as a part used for the whole, a door :-- Wurdon gemétte ætforan heora gedyrum twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum ducenti farinae modii ante fores cellae (ætforan ðæs mynstres geate, Gr. D. 145, 26) inventi sunt, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 4
hors-hwæl
A walrus
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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have
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