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winter-rǽdingbóc

(n.)
Grammar
winter-rǽdingbóc, f.

A lectionary for the winter

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A lectionary for the winter i. winterrǽdingbóc, Chart. Th. 430, 16

hleór-bolster

(n.)
Grammar
hleór-bolster, es; m.

A cushion for the cheek, pillow

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A cushion for the cheek, pillow, Beo. Th. 1381; B 688

in-tinga

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Add: a cause from which a result follows. a thing Wæs seó lǽsse synn intinga þǽre máran, Hml. Th. i. 484, 14. Wást þú þone intingan þínre ádle? scisne tuae infirmitatis causam? Guth. Gr. 162, 24. a person Hí wǽran intinga þáre wrǽðe ðe wæs betwyx him

a-þundenes

(n.)
Grammar
a-þundenes, -ness, e; f.

A tumourswellingpuffing uptumor

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A tumour, swelling, puffing up; tumor Wið lifre swyle and aþundenesse for swelling and puffing up of the liver, L. M. cont. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 160, 18. Wið aþundenesse magan windigre for windy swelling of the stomach, 2, 11; Lchdm. ii. 158, 23

campung

(n.)
Grammar
campung, e; f.
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Fighting, contest Campung certatio, An. Ox. 7, 346. Compung concertatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 40. Ic mid þín wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande and for þínre campunga ( a better reading is: for ðé campige. v. Bl. N. 5, 40), Bl. H. 225, 34

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

æ-gilde

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, adv. l. ǽ-gilde; adj.,

Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid :-- Gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde (-gilde, v. l. ) ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl ðe hé ǽr áhte áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wlfst. 162, 8. and add

Linked entry: or-gilde

ed-leǽnung

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leǽnung, e; f.

A rewarding retrĭbūtio

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A rewarding; retrĭbūtio For edleǽnunge propter retrĭbūtiōnem, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 112

hreód-writ

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-writ, es; n.

pencalamus scribæ

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A reed for writing, pen; calamus scribæ. Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2

nest-pohha

(n.)
Grammar
nest-pohha, an; m.

A bag for foodwallet

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A bag for food, wallet Nestpoha pera, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 10

Linked entry: pohha

gnyrn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
gnyrn-wracu, e; f.

Revenge for injurygriefenmityhate

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Revenge for injury or grief, enmity, hate, Elen. Kmbl. 718; El. 359

Linked entry: wracu

flǽsc-sand

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Add: ministratio de carne. For Nap. 23 read Chrd. 14, 36-8

swic

(n.)
Grammar
swic, (swice ? q. v.), es; n.
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Deception, illusion For swicum deóflícum propter illusiones diabolicas, Anglia xiii. 396, 441

sweor-racentteáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-racentteáh, g. -teáge; f.
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A chain for the neck:?-Swurracentéh catelle, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 64

Linked entry: racent-teáh

un-gesǽlhþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlhþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisery

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Unhappiness, misery For ungesǽlhðe ðissere earman þeóde, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 26

Linked entry: ge-sǽhþ

weorold-bismer

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bismer, es; n. m.
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Worldly reproach For woroldbismere ánum per contumaciam, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 10

Linked entry: bismer

bremman

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Bremmendra ru-dentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 84. For ' bremman . . . 192 ' substitute

ceaster-wyrhta

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For Cot. 156 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 27, 69: 69, 24

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

flind

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Flind genitrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41. 71. For 'Cot. 98, Lye' substitute