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leów

(n.)
Grammar
leów, es; pl.(?) leówer, leówera; n.

A thighham

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Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 355, 7. Leówer pernas, Lchdm. i. lxix, 13. Léwera, lxxiii, 31

Linked entries: læuw leu

lyðre

(adv.)
Grammar
lyðre, adv.

Badlyvilely

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Badly, vilely Habbaþ wé alle for ðínum leásungum lyðre geféred we have all fared miserably for thy falsehoods, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 29; Sat. 62

Sweotolung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sweotolung-dæg, es; m.
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Idus Ian.) is geháten on bócum Swetelungdæg, forðan ðe on ðisum dæge wearð Crist mancynne geswutelod, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 20

be-murnan

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Take here passages given under be-meornan in Dict

ceáp-cniht

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Ceápcniht, 29, 28. v. cýpe-cniht in Dict

dægmǽl-sceáwere

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Substitute: An observer of the dial, an observer of times and seasons, an astrologer, diviner Dægmélsceáwere aruspex, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 12: horoscopus, 60, 11

for-sworennys

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Of ðisum leahtre (gítsung) beóð ácennede leásunga ... and forsworennys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 11. Gítsung ( avaritia ) macað leásunga and forsworennyssa, Hml. S. 16, 283. Add

scild-hreóþa

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Take here scild-rí da in Dict., in l. 5 after sendaþ insert flángeweorc, and add: -réda, -rí da Sceldréda, -hréða testudo, Txts. 100, 997

Linked entry: bord-hreóða

cot-stów

(n.)
Grammar
cot-stów, e; f. [stów a place]

A place of cottages casarum situs

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Dipl. 578; A. D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 30

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Swá ðæt heora nán óðres mearce ne ofereode, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 32. a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate Ðis is eástmærc tó stánmere ... swá tó Rithmærce, Cod. Dip. B. 280, 18, 12. Swá be mearce ... ðonon súð andlang mearce, 148, 31-37.

ge-hégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hégan, p. -hégde, -héde

To doperformeffecthold

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Hie ðing gehégdon they held a meeting, Andr. Kmbl. 314; An. 157 : 2100; An. 1051 : 2991; An. 1498

Linked entry: -hégan

hyrel

(n.)
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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 435, 9

ge-wilsum

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Take here <b>ge-willsum</b> in Dict., and add: voluntary Gewilsuman spontaneum, An. Ox. 11, 29. See next word

Linked entries: ge-willsum wil-sum

út-land

(n.)
Grammar
út-land, es; n.

a foreign countryout-lying land

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a foreign country Hé ðíne gemǽru gemiclade, ðú on útlandum áhtest sibbe qui posuit fines tuos pacem, Ps. Th. 147, 3. out-lying land.

hremman

(v.)
Grammar
hremman, p. de

To hinderobstructcumber

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Ðí læs ðe seó smeáung ðæra ǽhta hí æt ðære láre hremde lest the contemplation of the possessions should be a hindrance to them in learning, 60, 30: 394, 14. Ne hremmaþ mínne martyrdóm hinder not my martyrdom, 592, 7

Linked entries: hramma ge-hremmed

hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLEa cloakmantleblanket

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Ðá eode ðes bróðor sume dæge ðæt hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas ða ðe hé on cumena búre brúcende wæs on sǽ wacsan and feormian hic cum quadam die lenas sive saga quibus in hospitale utebatur in mari lavasset, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 10

Linked entries: hwida hwien

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode.
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R. 382, 3.] to become manifest Ðín mycele miht manegum swutelaþ, Hy. 9, 32

súþ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-healf, e; f.
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Hí wendon tó Lundene and dulfon áne mycele díc on ða súðhealfe (on súðhealfe, MS. D.), 1016; Erl. 155, 9. On ða súðhealfe fram Babilonia in dextera parte ab Babilonia, Nar. 34, 17. On ða súðhealfe ( dexteriore parte ) landes Egiptna, 34.

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchfulvigilantvery wakefulquite sleepless

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Dip. B. i. 154, 36. Hí on heora gebedum wunodon þurhwacole óð midde niht, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 44. Hí ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. Hí heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

hóc

a hookchaindragginga fish-hook

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Sende ongul ł hóc (hóc ðín, R.) mitte chamum Mt. L. 17, 27. a curved implement Hóce cauterio (torrido dogmatum cauterio, Ald. 26, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 54: 18, 13. Similar entries v. weód-hóc; hóc-ísern. bent timber used in shipbuilding (?) [v. N.