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treów-lufu

(n.)
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treów-lufu, e, an; f.
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Faithful love Wæs seó treówlufu (the love of the disciples to Christ after the ascension) hat æt heortan. Exon. Th. 34, 7; Cri. 538

wáriht

(adj.)
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wáriht, adj.
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Full of sea-weed Wárihtum árena tíum algosis remo-rum tractibus (Ald. 3), Hpt. Gl. 406, 68: Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 14: 4, 63

wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
wlitigness, e; f.

Beautycomelinessadornment

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Beauty, comeliness, adornment Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32. Crist com tó wlitignesse and tó weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31

discipula

(n.)
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a female disciple Seó cyninges dohtor wæs discipula and leorningman regollices lífes, and eft wæs mágister and láreów, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 311, 2

ge-edlesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-edlesende, (?); adj.
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Seó geedlæsend reciproca (ferocitas), 3538. On geedlæsendum in reciprocis (i. iteratis) (conflictibus), 3216

Linked entries: ge-edlæsian ed-lesende

mót-lǽðu

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Add: For the prevalence of the three-meetings-a-year practice see Grmm. R. A. 823, where is quoted 'tria plebiscita, quae dicuntur ungeboten.'

timple

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The passage there given Seó þele is eall átimplod mid áttrenum pílum and scearpum tindum.] Add:

wræc

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wræc, <b>. II.</b>
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add: See preceding word. Add Adam wæs ádrifen of neorcxnawanges gefeán . . . and becóm in þá yrmðe þises wræces (exilii), Gr. D. 260, 7-18

wæl-fæðm

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fæðm, es; m.

A deadly embrace

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A deadly embrace Brim wælfæðmum sweóp, fǽge crungon (of the overwhelming of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 9; Exod. 480

eorþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-fæt, es; n.

An earthen vessel, the body vas terrâ factum, corpus

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, 15 ; Seel. 8

fnora

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Se drinc wyrcð micelne fnoran, and hine bét. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð, ne bét þone se fnora, Lch. ii. 60, 27-62, l. ðe gelýfð wiglungum oððe be fugelum oððe be fnorum. Hml. S. 17, 89. Add

hwá

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Swá hwá (hwæt) And suá chuæt ðá quamcumque, Mt. L. 18, 19. (4 a) Swá hwá (hwæt) þe :-- Suá huá ðe wælle quicumque uoluerit. Mk. L. 10, 43. Suá huá ðe ne hæfeð . . . genumen bið from him ł ðǽm, Lk. L. 8, 18. Huǽ, Mk. L. to, 44.

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan Dunstānus

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D. 957] abbot Dunstan was driven away over sea, 957; Th. 217, 2-4, col. 1. Hér Eádgár sende æfter S. Dúnstáne, and geaf [MS. gif] him ðæt bisceopríce on Wigarceastre, and syððan ðæt bisceopríce on [MS. an] Lundene in this year [A.

á-rǽran

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þe þára mihta hæbbe árǽre cirican Gode tó lofe, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 5. Wurdon fela cyrcan árǽrede, Hml. Th. i. 562, 25. to establish, set up -Hí ǽlc gód árǽrdon, Hml.

Linked entry: rǽran

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Se bið forlegen fornicatur, Past. 465, 2. Hit wyrð forlegen ad fornicationem ducitur, 463, 29. Gif se líchoma forlegan weorðeð unrihthǽmede, Met. 18, 9. Ðú eart forlegen wið manigne cópenere tu fornicata es cum amatoribus multis, Past. 405, 13.

sóna

(adv.)
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sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas oferhlifaþ, swá se fugel of beáme gewíteþ Exon. Th. 206, 1; Ph. 120. Sóna swá . . . ðá Met. 8, 1

Linked entry: be-sóne

rǽd-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-fæst, adj.
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Wise, prudent Se deófol gemacaþ ðæt se man þurh leáse hiwunge déþ swylce hé rǽdfæst sý ðe rǽdes ne gýmeþ the devil causes the man by a false show to act as if he were wise, who cares not for wisdom, Wulfst. 53, 9.

gást-lic

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gást-lic, Add:

pertaining to the spirit, spiritualspiritualspiritualdivine, heavenly, holy, sacred

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Seó cwén (the queen of Sheba) . . . seó gástlice cwén, Godes gelaðung, Hml. Th. ii. 588. Hé is se grundweall þǽre gástlican cyrcan, 22. Hí him þá gástlican lác geoffriað on menigfealdum gemetum, 14.

stígend

(n.)
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One who goes on board a ship, a sailor Sanctus Michael se æþela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida and se þancwirðesta stígend, An. Ox. 32 note

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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See Chr. P. ii. 118