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geár-bót

(n.)
Grammar
geár-bót, e; f.
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Penance extending over a year Þár mót tó bóte stíðlic dǽdbót. . . sumon geárbóte, sumon má geára, sumon mónðbóte, sumon má mónða, Ll. Th. ii. 278, II

grornung

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Mid grornunge (gnornunge, sárinysse, v. ll.) cum maerore, Gr. D. 148, 30. Þurh nytlice gro[r]nunge per utilem maerorem, Scint. 20, 1. Cf. gnornung. Add

hléda

(n.)
Grammar
hléda, hléda, an: hléde, es; m.

A seatbench

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A seat, bench Þes hléda (hlýda, hléde, v. ll.) hoc sedile Ælfc. Gr. Z. 34, 3. Man sceal habban . . . hlýdan, sceamelas, Angl. ix. 264, 20. Substitute:

lǽs-hosum

(n.)
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Perhaps for fótleáste lǽshosum should be read fótleáse -acute;sthosan footless hose, hose that did not cover the sole of the foot. v. lǽst; f

pening-weorþ

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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer penigweorð (peninga weorð, v. l. ) . . . búton man hæbbe getreówe gewitnesse feówer manna, Ll. Th. i. 390, 2. Add

galdor-sang

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-sang, es; m.

An incantation

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An incantation Gif hwylc wíf wiccunga begá and þá deóflican galdorsangas (diabolica cantica magica), Ll. Th. ii. 154, 26. Ne wé galdorsangas onginnen, Wlfst. 253, 10

Wihtgáres

(n.)
Grammar
Wihtgáres, (-as) burn, Wihtgára burh

Carisbrooke

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Carisbrooke On Wihtgáras (-gára, v. l.) byrg, Chr. 530; Th. i. 26, col. I. Wihtgára (-gáras, -gáres, v. ll.) byrg, 544; Th. i. 28, col. I

ge-temesed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-temesed, -temsud; part.

Sifted;cribratus

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Lind. 12, 4: Lk. Skt. Lind. 6. 4. Nim getemsud melu take sifted meal, Lchdm. iii. 134, 20

Linked entries: temesian ge-temsud

ge-þencan

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<b>II a.

acas

(n.)
Grammar
acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

An axesecuris

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Acase, Lk. Rush. War. 3, 9 [id. Lind. Acasa, a Northumbrian form]. Axe, Mt. Rush. Stv. 3, 10

Linked entry: axe

cwic-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-fýr, es; n.

Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ignis vivus, sulphur

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Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ; ignis vivus, sulphur Gifeóll ðæt fýr and cwicfýr of heofne pluit ignem et sulphur de cælo, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 29

hwisprian

(v.)
Grammar
hwisprian, p. ode, ede

To muttermurmurWHISPER

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To mutter, murmur, WHISPER Alle hwispredon omnes murmurabant, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 7. Hwispradun, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 41: murmurarent, 61. Nallaþ gé hwispriga nolite murmurari, 43

leoþu

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Wæs on lagustreáme lád ðǽr mé leoþu ne biglád [cf. (?)Icel. lið a host, people, or lið a ship ], Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 18; Reim. 14. [?]

líget-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
líget-sliht, e; f.
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Légeðslæht fulgor, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 18

Linked entry: sliht

sealf-box

(n.)
Grammar
sealf-box, es; m.
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Skt. 14, 3: Lk. Skt. 7, 37

geddung

(n.)
Grammar
geddung, giddung, e; f.

A similitudeparableriddlesimilitudoparabola

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A similitude, parable, riddle; similitudo, parabola In geddungum in parabolis, Lk. Skt. Lind, 8, 10. Geddung parabola, 18, 9; 19, 11. Geddung ł onlícnis similitudo, 13, 6

ciric-þing

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-þing, es; n.
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Gif preóst ciricþingc útige, gebéte ꝥ, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 12-14

efen-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-boren, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Of equal birth Ꝥ se mæssepreóst nǽre, gif hé wíf hæfde, ǽnigre óþre láde wyrþe bútan eallswá lǽwede sceolde þe efenboren wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 38

fíftíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftíne-wintre, adj.
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Ꝥ man nǽnne gingran mann ne slóge þonne xv-wintre man, Ll. Th. i. 240, 28

gríg-hund

(n.)
Grammar
gríg-hund, es; m.
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Canem quem Angli dicunt greihund, Ll. Lbmn. 367, note. [Icel. grey a grey-hound.] See preceding word