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weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.

efor-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
efor-fearn, es; n. A species of fern, polypody; rădiŏlus, poly̆pŏdium =πολυπόδιον
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is named rădiŏlus, and by another name everfern, is like fern, and it is produced in stony places, and in old homesteads, and it has on each leaf two rows of beautiful spots, and they shine like gold, Herb. 85, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 10-14: L.

land-begenga

(n.)
Grammar
land-begenga, an; m.

husbandmanfarmera native

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Lind. 12, 1. an inhabitant of a country, a native Ðá sægdon mé ða londbigengan mihi locorum incole affirmabant, Nar. 20, 16. Ðám sylfan landbigengum ipsis indigenis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 34.

Linked entry: land-begang

leás-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-líc, adj.

Falsevainfrivolous

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Mid leáslícum wordum hí hine beswícaþ with false words they deceive him; blandientes sermone ut decipiant eos, Nar. 37, 5. Ða leáslícan ceápas binnan ðam Godes húse geþafedon they allowed false bargains within God's house, Homl. Th. i. 406, 15

Linked entry: leás-ferhþness

mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythechamomileox-eye

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A plant-name, maythe, chamomile, ox-eye Mageþe beneolentem [camemelon], Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 27: obtalmon, 68, 50. Magoþe optalmon, ii. 65, 52. Ðás wyrte ðe man camemelon, and óðrum naman mageþe nemneþ, Herb. 24; Lchdm. i. 120, 14.

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa

mildheort-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mildheort-ness, e; f.

Mercycompassionpityclemency

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náne mildheortnesse ne geearnodon, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 202, 28. Godes módor hire mildheortnesse ðære burhware gecýðde Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 15. Ðǽr beóþ gegearwode Godes mildheortnessa, Blickl. Homl. 193, 20: 103, 18.

nicor

(n.)
Grammar
nicor, es; m.

a hippopotamusa water-monster

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a hippopotamus Him wǽron ða breóst gelíce niecres breóstum hypopotami pectore, Nar. 20, 29.

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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Gif hé æt ðam þriddan cyrre náh riht næbbe, ðonne fare hé feórþan síðe tó scírgemðte, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5.

ge-beðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beðian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. trans, [ge-, beðian to bathe]

To washbathefomentcherishwarmlăvārefŏvēre

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Byþ langum ǽrðamðe heó eft gebeðod sý it is long before it is again warmed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 9, 21, 22; Lchdm. iii. 252, 8, 10.

ge-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leccan, part. -leccende; ic -lecce, ðú -lecest, -lecst, he -leceþ, -lecþ, pl. -leccaþ; p. -lehte; pp. -leht

To moistenwethŭmectārerĭgāre

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Ðá sóna mínne ðurst gelehte I then at once slaked my thirst, Nar. 12, 11

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be-hindan

(prep.; adv.)
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Behindon forlǽtan, Nar. 7, 3, Stód bihianda stans retro, Lk. L. 7, 38. Cwom bihianda venit retro, Mk. L. 5, 27. Behianda (bihionda R.), Lk. L. 8, 44

feorrian

(v.)
Grammar
feorrian, p. ode; pp. od

depart

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Feorriað hí and fleóð longe fugiunt, Nar. 35, 32: 36, 22. Ic feorude fleógende elongavi fugiens, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 7. Ic feorrode symle fleónde I fled always farther and farther away, Hml. S. 23 b, 510.

fiþer-féte

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fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Úre feþerfót niétenu animalia quadrupedia, Nar. 16, 7. Wæs þǽra feðerfóta niétena micel mænigeo, 9, 4. Se wind ússe feþerfót niétenu swencte quadrupedia uexabantur, 22, 30. used substantivally: Feoðorfðta (-o. R.) his ł néteno pecora ejus, Jn.

Linked entry: feówer-féte

ge-þeóde

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Wæs ic ungleáw þæs geþeódes þára Indiscra worda, Nar. 29, 15. Sió ǽ wæs ǽrest on Ebréisc geðiode funden, Past. 7, 1. Ðæt wé sumæ béc on ðæt geðiode (-ðeóde, v. l. ) wenden ðe wé ealle gecnáwan mægen, 8.

ge-yflian

(v.)
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Th. i. 332, ll. used impersonally, with dat. of person who falls sick Him geyfelode þǽr hé mid þám cynge sæt he was taken ill while sitting with the king Chr. 1053 ; P. 185, 13 : 1086; P. 218, 37. with acc. of person Nam hé his feorme on Wuldahám, and

Lunden

(n.)
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Nam man ðæt wíf and Sdrencte hí æt Lundene brigce, C. D. iii. 125, 14. Innan Lundene fenn; andlang súð on Temese, 73, 20. Lundéne ware biscop, iv. 291, 33. Lundene waru griðede wið þone here, Chr. 1016 ; P. 153, 8.

múl

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Wæs þridde healf þúsend múla ðe þá seámas wǽgon . . . wæs unrím getæl eác þon on horsum and on múlum, Nar. 9, 9-14. ¶ for múl in local names see C. D. vi. 316. Add

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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Seó eorþe is cennende wecga óran terra parens metallorum, Nar. 2, 15. Gold-órum ł-wecgum auri metallum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 14. [Cf. golt, seluer, stel, irn, copper, mestling breas : al is icleopet or, A. R. 284, note b.]

spellung

(n.)
Grammar
spellung, e; f.

talkingconversationdiscoursenarrationa taleconversationdiscoursenarrative(talking and tasting)tragoediae

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talking, conversation, discourse, narration Ðý læs on mé mǽge ídel spellung oþþe scondlíc leásung beón gestǽled ne aut fabulae aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 20.

ge-temprian

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

To tempermoderategoverncuretemperare

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To temper, moderate, govern, cure; temperare Seó sunne ða eorþan getempraþ the sun tempers the earth, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. Scienc. 9, 3; Lchdm. iii. 250, 14.

Linked entry: temprian