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cyst

(n.)
Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .

choice, election optio, electio æstimatio excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas

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Eardwíca cyst what is chosen of dwellings, 98a; Th. 366, 21; Reb. 15, Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle I will relate what is chosen of dreams, Rood Kmbl. 1; Kr. 1. Burga cyst, Róm what is chosen of cities, Rome, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: wyn

ge-swinc

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Ic nát hú nyt ic beó, bútan þæt ic mín geswinc ámirre, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 26. ꝥ is sió án ræst eallra firra geswinca haec requies laborum, Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 27.

æt

(prep.)
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H. 29, 31. marking object in respect to which some condition or circumstance is given, in the case of of persons Sé ðe scyldunga bǽde æt ( in the case of ) ofslagenum þeófe, Ll. Th. i. 204, 27.

Berghám-styde

(n.)
Grammar
Berghám-styde, es; m.

BERHAM

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BERHAM, near Canterbury In ðære stówe, ðý hátte Berghámstyde in the place which is called Berham, L. Wih. pref; Th. 1. 36, 6

lencten-ádl

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Th. ii. 162, 23. Wið lenctenádle, ꝥ is fefer, Lch. ii. 12, 28

-cnawlíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-cnawlíce, v. tó-cnawlíce.
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Ic gife tó cníwléce S c̃e Peter mín messehacel, Chr. 963 ; P. 117, 12.] Substitute: [cnáwléce in the phrase tó cnáwléce in acknowledgement

á-cunnian

(v.)
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Ðæt is ácunnod it is an approved remedy, Lch. ii. 44, 12

Linked entry: accutian

ge-sundfulnes

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Th. ii. 92, 29: 31. <b>II a.</b> abundance :-- Of gesuiidfulnesse saturitate, Kent. Gl. 34

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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Bede says, 'Solmónaþ dici potest mensis placentarum, quas in eo diis suis [Angli] offerebant;' but there is no word sol = placenta, unless it be found in the gloss panibus sol, Epinal Glossary, ed. Sweet, p. 21 a, 11.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening starHesperus

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is seen westwardly, then it betokens the evening.

Linked entry: morgen-steorra

fór-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-weard, adj.

Forwardforeantĕrior

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Hig beóþ on forwearde and gé on æfteweard ipse ĕrit in căput et tu ĕris in caudam, Deut. 28, 44

Linked entry: fore-weard

heaðu

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu, heaðo

war

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war; a word occurring only in compounds. The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht

neoþan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþan-weard, adj.

Low in position

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Low in position Nioþanweard hype ilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 54

wyrtian

(v.)
Grammar
wyrtian, p. ode
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To season, spice Ic wyrtige condo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 39

Linked entry: wyrtung

línete

(n.)
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In Wülck. Gl. 286, 21 the word is given as línece

willung

Grammar
willung, heat.
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc

á-hýðan

(v.)
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In 1. 5 reaof &#39;it despoileth hunger&#39;

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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2; Lchdm. i. 98, 1.

Linked entries: híf héf

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 3.

Linked entry: or-dál

wermód

(n.)
Grammar
wermód, es; m.
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Wærmód, i. 206, 10. Wyrmód, iii. 50, 17, 20. Súþerne wermód ( artemisia abrotanon ), ii. 34, 27: 178, 26. Ðone súþernan wermód, ðæt is prutene, and óþerne wermód, 236, 20. Twégra cynna wermód, i. 374, 6. Wyrmód, iii. 4, 9.