weddung
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 ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.
efor-fearn
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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
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a 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.
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leás-líc
False ⬩ vain ⬩ frivolous
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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
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mageþe
maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-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.
mildheort-ness
Mercy ⬩ compassion ⬩ pity ⬩ clemency
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Hí 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
a hippopotamus ⬩ a water-monster
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a hippopotamus Him wǽron ða breóst gelíce niecres breóstum hypopotami pectore, Nar. 20, 29.
scír-gemót
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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
To wash ⬩ bathe ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ warm ⬩ lăvāre ⬩ fŏvēre
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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
To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ hŭmectāre ⬩ rĭgāre
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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
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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
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.
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fiþer-féte
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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
talking ⬩ conversation ⬩ discourse ⬩ narration ⬩ a tale ⬩ conversation ⬩ discourse ⬩ narrative ⬩ (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
To temper ⬩ moderate ⬩ govern ⬩ cure ⬩ temperare
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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.
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