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pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Ne mihton forhabban helpendra paþ merestreámes mód ( they could not stop the course of the rushing water ), Cd. Th. 208, 23 ; Exod. 487. Gerece mé on rihtne pæþ ( semitam ), Ps. Th. 26, 13. Lǽr me ðíne paþas ( semitas ), 24, 3: Ps. Spl. 8, 8: Homl.

Linked entry: paþ

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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Nele God wið ende ǽfre tó worulde his milde mód mannum áfyrran on woruldlífe wera cneórissum numquid Deus in finem misericordiam suam abscindet a seculo et generatione? 76, 7.

ge-syngian

(v.)
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God forlét ðæt mód his gecorenra gesyngian on somum lytlum ðingum, 467, 11. to sin against þé ánum ic gesyngade, Bl. H. 87, 29. Gif seofo síða gesynngiga (gesyngað. R.) in ðec si septies peccauerit in te, Lk.

gífre

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(l a) of feeling or action Wé þurh gífre mód beswican ús sylfe, Hö. 95.

hnesce

(adj.)
Grammar
hnesce, hnæsce, hnysce; adj.

Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate

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Hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum yielding easily to the lusts of the flesh, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4. Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel what is hard, what soft, 372, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615.

Linked entries: heard hnæsce

barda

(n.)
Grammar
barda, an; m.

A beaked shipa ship pointed with ironrostrata navis

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A beaked ship, a ship pointed with iron; rostrata navis,Mone A. 131

Linked entry: barþa

deáþ-scúa

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-scúa, an; m. [scúa a shade]

The shadow of death, death mortis umbra, mors

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The shadow of death, death; mortis umbra, mors, Beo. Th. 322; B. 160

Linked entry: dǽd-scúa

flít-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
flít-ful, -full; adj.

Contentiousdialecticalcontentiōsusdialectĭcusδιαλεκτικός

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Contentious, dialectical; contentiōsus, dialectĭcus = διαλεκτικός Flítfulles dialectĭcæ, Mone B. 3304. Flífulra dialectĭcōrum, 3164

biorg

(n.)

a hill, mountaincollis, mons

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a hill, mountain; collis, mons,Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 20; Gú. 146

fela-sprecol

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-sprecol, adj.

Talkativeloquacious

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Talkative, loquacious Móna se ehteóða . . . cild ácenned . . . ofermód, felasprecol, Lch. iii. 192, 22

Linked entries: fela-specol sprecol

hálig-mónaþ

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Se mónaþ ( September ) þe wé nemnað hálig*-*mónoð, Mart. H. 182, 26. Add

tó-lǽtan

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Þæs módes bósum byð tólǽten mentis laxalur sinus, Gr. D. 173, 9. Add

cræftgast

most skilful

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most skilful sup. of cræftig. Bt. Met. Fox 30, 4; Met. 30, 2

unc

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Add: — Férdon mín fæder and módor út, and genámon unc and férdon tó sǽ, and út reówan. Þá wé úp cómon, þá næs úre módor mid ús, nát ic for hwí þá genam úre fæder unc, and bær ús wépende forð on his weg, Hml. S. 30

brún-basu

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-basu, -baso; adj.

brownpurpleDark-purple, purple, purple-red, scarletpurpureus, ostriger, coccineus, puniceus

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Brúnbasne coccineum, Mone B. 6153. Ðý brúnan oððe ðý brúnbasewan puniceo, Cot. 183

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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S. 75; Th. i. 416, 20. a female, v. wer, Ǽlcne mon, ge wíf ge wǽpned, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 27. Ða forman twá, fæder and móder, wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195. IV a. as a grammatical term, feminine

Linked entry: BRÝD

cæmpa

(n.)
Grammar
cæmpa, an; m.
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Moys. Lamb. 186 b, 3

cyne-wiððe

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-wiððe, an; f.

A royal wreath, diademredimiculum

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A royal wreath, diadem; redimiculum Cyne-wiððan redimicula, Mone B. 6270 : Cot. 185

flít-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
flít-cræft, es; m.

The art of disputinglogicdisceptandi arsdialectĭca

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The art of disputing, logic; disceptandi ars, dialectĭca Flítcræft dialectíca, Mone B. 3030

fór-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
fór-bóc, e; f. [fór a journey, boc a book]

A journey-bookitineraryitĭnĕrārium

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A journey-book, itinerary; itĭnĕrārium Fórbóc [MS. fórebóc], síþbóc itĭnĕrārium, Mone B. 1994

Linked entry: fór-racu