fyrd-cræft
an expedition
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an expedition
eal-myrca
an Ethiopian
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an Ethiopian
gecele
an icicle
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an icicle
ge-fáhmon
an enemy
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an enemy
ge-frætwodnes
an ornament
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an ornament
ge-lymp
an accident
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an accident
ge-mal-mægen
an assembly
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an assembly
hinend
an accuser
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an accuser
má-cræftig
Very (?) skilled ⬩ powerful
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Very (?) skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472
middæg-þegnung
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Midday-meal, dinner, v. þegnung; Sylle man tó middægþénunge ( ad sextam ) twám and twám án tyl cýssticce . . . and on ǽfen án cýssticce, Chrd. 15, 2
sǽ-wérig
Weary with being on the sea
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Weary with being on the sea Sǽwérige slǽp ofer*-*eode, Andr. Kmbl. 1651; An. 817: 1723; An. 864. [We beoþ sæ-werie men. Laym. 4619.]
eorþ-slihtes
In an earth-destroying manner ⬩ in mŏdo vastante terram
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In an earth-destroying manner; in mŏdo vastante terram Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awéstenne gærs, óþ ða wirttruman, eorþslihtes mid tóðum as an ox is accustomed to consume grass with his teeth, even to the roots, in an earth-destroying manner, Num. 22, 4
hirwend-lic
Contemptible
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Contemptible Hyrwendlic contemtibilis, An. Ox. 5503. Ðá hirwendlican contemtibiliora, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 62. Heruuendlicae, haeruendlicae, heuuendlice contemtum (-im?), Txts. 46, 186. The word might be the acc. fem. of an adjective, or it might be an
ǽfen-sceóp
An evening bard ⬩ vespertinus cantor
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An evening bard; vespertinus cantor Eald ǽfensceóp ic bringe I bring an old evening bard, Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 21; Rä. 9, 5
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ǽcern
The corn or fruit of an oak ⬩ an ACORN ⬩ a nut ⬩ glans
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The corn or fruit of an oak, an ACORN, a nut; glans Ǽcern glans, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 7. Ǽcirnu, pl. nom. Gen. 43, 11
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mód-geómor
Sad at heart ⬩ of mournful mind
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Sad at heart, of mournful mind Ðæt eorlwerod módgiómor sæt, Beo. Th. 5779; B. 2894. Þeód wæs módgeómre, Andr. Kmbl. 2227; An. 1115: 3412; An. 1710
for-lidennes
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Forliþennysse naufragio, An. Ox. 629. ꝥ ic forlidennesse gefare, Ap. Th. 12, 10. Forlidenesse ic þolie, Coll. M. 27, 1. Forlyðenisse, An. Ox. 56, 342. Add
níd-hǽmdere
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A violator of chastity, an adulterer Nýdhǽmedra stuprorum (Venus stuprorum amatrix, Ald. 62, 19), An. Ox. 7, 304: 8, 240. Nýdhǽmedran, 2, 333. Cf. unriht-hǽmdere
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ofer-glésan
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to write an English word over a Latin one to explain the latter, make an interlinear gloss Aldred hit oferglóesade on Englisc, Jn. p. 188, 7
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wæter-bróga
Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep
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Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep Engel ðín con sealte sǽstreámas, waroðfaruða gewinn and wæterbrógan, Andr. Kmbl. 394; An. 197 : 912; An. 456
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