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a-nídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-nídan, p. -nídde; pp. -níded , pl. -nídde = nídede

To force

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To force, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 33 col. 1

fyrd

(n.)

a ford

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a ford, found in the compound Twý-fyrd Twyford

níd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hád, es; m.

Force ⬩ compulsion

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Force, compulsion Neádháde vim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72. 54

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.

to hesitate ⬩ shrink ⬩ flinch ⬩ be influenced by

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Ne wandige ná se mæssepreóst nó for ríces mannes ege, ne for feó, ne for nánes mannes lufon, ðæt hé him symle riht déme, Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

feohgeorn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
feohgeorn-ness, -gyrness, e; f.

Covetousness

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Covetousness Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse, Ll. Th. i. 180, 11

Linked entry: feoh-gyrnes

sceacel

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add: an instrument for causing vibrations (v. sceacan; ), an implement for striking the strings of a harp

glíwian

(v.)
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, to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.

and-speornan

Grammar
and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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to strike against Þy lés ðú andspurne æt stáne þínum fótum ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. R. 4, 6.

timber-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
timber-geweorc, es; n.

Timber-work, ⬩ preparation or cutting of timber for building (?)

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Timber-work, preparation or cutting of timber for building (?) In bócholte timbergeweorc and widigunge in beechholt the right to get timber for building and to cut wood for fuel, Cod. Dip. B. i. 344, 12

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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For the Rune see Zacher, pp. 30, 56-7 : Taylor's Greeks and Goths, pp. 31, 82 : and for the name Grmm. D. M. pp. 320-1

feoh-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsung, e; f.

Avarice ⬩ covetousness ⬩ miserliness

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Avarice, covetousness, miserliness Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6.

un-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancol, adj.
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Ungrateful For hwan lá man, forlurðú þis eal þe ic for þé þrowode ? For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull

geflit-glíw

(n.)
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The printed form may be taken. Cf. slítan; VII

ge-hywung

(n.)

a form ⬩ fashion ⬩ shape

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a form, fashion, shape, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 13

ge-nápan

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This word, as regards form and meaning, is uncertain

ge-swǽre

Grammar
ge-swǽre, affliction.
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The form in Rtl. 41, 37 is gisuoenc

sprýtan

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Forð tó sprýtanne, Chr. 995; P. 128, 31. Add

æt-beran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron

To bear or carry to ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ bear away or forth ⬩ afferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ efferre

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Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561

Linked entry: æt-bær

heaðorian

(v.)
Grammar
heaðorian, heaðerian; p. ode

To restrain

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Mid þearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse ðara láreówa fore heaðoradon paupertate ac rusticitate sua doctorum arcebant accessum, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 29