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sǽ-weg

(n.)

a sea-way,

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a sea-way, a path through the sea Sǽfiscas ða faraþ geond ða sǽwegas pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris. Ps. Th. 8, 8

hors-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hors-weg, es; m.

A horse-road

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A horse-road Tó horsweges heale, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 219, 2

horu-weg

(n.)
Grammar
horu-weg, es; m.

A dirty road, a lane [?]

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A dirty road, a lane [?] Ðar horoweg útt sceát, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 173, 17. Horwegstige devia semita, Cot. 61, Lye

holm-weg

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weg, es; m.

A way over the sea

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A way over the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 764; An. 382

á-weg

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Add: á-wege-wege Hé com wund áweg confossus vulneribus evasit, Ors. 4, 6;S. 172, 24. Hé tówearp ꝥ deófolgild and wearð him áwege, Hml. S. 25, 228. hér ys se áwege, Amauisti vel amasti, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 1

Linked entry: on-weg

bǽde-wég

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Ðá hí him betweónum bǽdewég (beadowig, v. l.) scencton þæs heofonlican lífes dum sese alterutrum caelestis uitae poculis debriarent, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 528, 13. Add

lyt-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
lyt-hwón, subst. and adv.

A little

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A little [space, time, quantity] Meng lythwón wið hunig mix a little with honey, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 20. Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe few living reached their country, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 311: Elen. Kmbl. 284; El. 142. Ðá hé wæs lythwón

Linked entry: hwón

æfte-weard

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Dele first quotation, and add On æfteweardum ðǽm sealme in the latter part of the psalm, Ps. Th. 38, arg. On æftewyrdne December, and on foreweardan Ianuarie ðám mónþe, Lch. iii. 154, 12. substantive use :-- On æfteweardan ðæs regoles, Hml. S. 3, 150

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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A cup Wégi poculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 82. Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede ... beóre druncne; ic him byrlade wróht of wége, ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan of flǽschoman, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487. Fǽted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre, Beo

on-lígian

(v.)
Grammar
on-lígian, on-légian
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to inflame Gesprec Dryhtnes onlégade (inflammavit) hine, Ps. Vos. 104, 19

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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to loosen, relax, literal Swá þá gewunedon þá þwangas swylce hí þǽr gemétte wǽron of mycclum dǽle untogone and onleoðode (-liðode, v. l.) ita ut inventae sunt, magna jam ex parte dissolutae corrigiae remanserunt, Gr. D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum

Linked entry: on-leoþian

on-bǽru

(n.)
Grammar
on-bǽru, f. [on = un?]

Wrong behaviour, vexation, angerfastidium, ira,rabies.

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Wrong behaviour, vexation, anger Hé ðæs onbǽru habban ne meahte ac hé háte lét teáras geótan he could not be vexed at it (Guthlac's death), but he shed hot tears, Exon. Th. 165, 12; Gú. 1827

on-setenness

Grammar
on-setenness, <b>on-seteness, on-setness.</b>
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Substitute: laying on, imposition Fram þâm rihtgeleáffullum bisceope onsetnesse ( manus impositioni ) and sume gebede beón getrymede, Ll. Th. ii. 232, 19. Þurh biscopa handa onsetenesse. Shrn. 85, 19 (in Dict.) institution. Take here Lk. L. R. II. 50

on-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
on-trymian, on-trymman
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glosses invalescere Hiá ontrymmedon (-trymedun, R.) illi inualiscebant, Lk. L. 23, 5: 23

on-stedfullness

Grammar
on-stedfullness, l. on-stedefullness,
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on-flígen

(n.)
Grammar
on-flígen, es; n. l. (?) on-flygen, e; f.
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Cf. lygen

ond-efen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ond-efen, on-derslíc, -deslíc, -desn.

Similar entry: and-efn

on-cunness

Grammar
on-cunness, accusation.
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Ðá werian gástas mid gelómlicum oncunnissum (crebris accusationibus) tiledon, ꝥ hí him ðone heofonlican weg forsetton, Bd. 3, 19 ; Sch. 278, 8. Add

on-merca

Grammar
on-merca, inscription; inscriptio, Mk. L. R. 12, 16 : <b>on-médan.</b>
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Dele, and see médan

on-gryntan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gryntan, (?), on-grintan(?) to grind with the teeth (?), show the teeth (?), smile (?). [v. N. E. D. grint.]
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See preceding word

Linked entry: gryntan