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dæg-swǽsendo

(n.)
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food for one day; cibus unius diei, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 30

un-sóþ

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Unsóðe irrita, i. uana ł falsa (dicta), An. Ox. 26, 26. Add

hors-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hors-weg, es; m.

A horse-road

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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 219, 2

on-gefremming

(n.)
Grammar
on-gefremming, e ; f.

Imperfection

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Imperfection Ongefremminge míne (imperfectum meum) gesáwon eágan ðíne, Ps. Spl. 138, 15

Linked entry: ge-fremming

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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strange, extraordinary, wonderful Ðis godspel þincþ dysegum mannum sellíc, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 9. Nú þincþ eów ðis syllíc tó gehýrenne, L. Ælfc. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 344, 16 : Wulfst. 269, 26.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent

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Ðis sind ðæra apostola word, undernimaþ hí mid carfullum móde, Homl. Th. i. 236, 4: H. R. 7, 29. Ne underfóð ealle menn ðis word ... Undernyme se ðe undernyman mæge (cf. ne underneomeð (uoð, MS. B.) nawt þis ilke word alle ...

Linked entry: under-fón

haga

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Ðis is ðes hagan embegang circuitus eiusdem hospicii, vi. 135, 14. Ðis is ðæs hagan bóc on Winceastre, 136, 10. Cum nouem praefatae ciuitatis habitaculis, quae patria lingua Hagan appellari solent, iii. 297, 11. Twégen hagan binnan þorte, Cht.

Linked entry: hecge

hálgian

(v.)
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Th. i. 360, 33. to honour as holy Hy. 5, 2 (in Dict.). to keep a day holy, Bl. H. 37, 32 (in Dict.)

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 1. with exertions or pains (v. á-stundian, and cf.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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</b> fig. to plan, design, draw up a table :-- Þǽra geára getæl hæfð seó tabule þe wé mearkian willað, Angl. viii. 327, 41. to march to, border upon, have as a boundary to one's land Ðis sindon ðá landgemǽro . . .andlang bróces tó ðǽre díc ðǽre

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú lǽte ðe ðín líf deórre ðonne ðíne sceós, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 15-18. Habbaþ eówre scós on eówrum fótum, Anglia viii. 322, 29. Scóas (Lind. scóea), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 10. Scóeas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 22

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh

teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 106, 21. v. ge-teóðian; un-teóðod

Linked entries: tegðian teigðian ge-teóþian

be-leógan

(v.)
Grammar
be-leógan, p. -leág, pl. -lugon; pp. -logen

To belie ⬩ deceive by lies ⬩ fallere

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Dial. 1, 14

Linked entries: leógan be-logen

dæg-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-lang, dæg-long; adj.

Lasting a day

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Lasting a day Dæglongne fyrst per totam diem, Salm. Kmbl. 1000; Sal. 501

Linked entry: dæg-langes

daga

(n.)
Grammar
daga, an; m.

A day ⬩ dies

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A day; dies,-found in the compound word án-daga, q. v; also

mete-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fæt, es; n.

A dish

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A dish Micel and rúm metfæt graves et ampla parabsis, Germ. 403, 18

Linked entry: met-fæt

un-oferswíðende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-oferswíðende, adj.

Unconquerable ⬩ invincible

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Unconquerable, invincible Geoffra ðíne lác ðam unoferswíðendum Apolline, Homl. Skt. i. 14, 35

Linked entry: ofer-swíðan

gróp

(n.)
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a ditch, drain Groop scropis, Txts. 115, 150. [v. N. E. D. groop.]

Linked entry: grep

sǽr-níd

(n.)
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dire need Drígiþ . . . sǽrnéd (særden is the original form) sorgæ, Beiblatt 16, 231. (?)

ǽc

also

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Dipl. A. D. 804-829; 460, 9: 461, 18, 33

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