hár
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, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be cleared away from the land which is to be brought under cultivation ), Rä. 22, 3.
ge-wíred
Made of wire
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Made of wire Hyre ealdan gewíredan preón an vi. mancussum her old brooch made of [gold or silver] wire, worth six mancuses, Th. Chart. 537, 34
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ge-cwellan
to kill
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Ðætte hia woere gecuelledo ut interficerentur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 32
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wudu-fín
A heap of wood
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A heap of wood Wudufín strues, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Zup. 53, 5. Wudefíne, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 53. Wudufíne strue, congerie, Hpt. Gl. 464, 30
smeá-gelegen
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Beclýsingca, smeáge legena (so in the MS, Napier takes smeáge as adjective (v. smeáh), so two separate words instead of a compound), An. Ox. 4142. Add
múþ-hǽl
Salutary words pronounced by the mouth
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Salutary words pronounced by the mouth Módiges (Moses) múþhǽl(cf. éce rǽdas Moyses sægde. Th. 210, 15-17), Cd. 170: Th. 213, 14; Exod. 552
gif
A gift ⬩ grace ⬩ donum ⬩ gratia
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A gift, grace; donum, gratia Hú he his gif cýðde geond woruld how he shewed his grace throughout the world, Andr. Kmbl. 1150; An. 575
swíg-tíma
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A time of silence Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódǽlednyssa . . . þridde ys conticinium, ðæt ys swítíma, Anglia viii. 319, 29. and the preceding and following words
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coc-ród
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A cock-road, a clearing in a wood where woodcocks could be netted Oð ðá cocródæ; swá of ðǽre cocród, C. D. v. 346, 26
efen-wyrcend
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10
ge-mengedlic
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Perhaps permixtim should be read, and the English words would then be adverbs) permixtum, Txts. 85, 1542
wrang-wís
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Rough, uneven Wrangwíse, wóge sméþiende hylcas salebrosos, i. asperos conplanans anfraclus, An. Ox. 17 70. [Wrong-wise (unrighteous ] reuen, O. E. Hml. i. 175, 256
cú-eáge
A cow's eye ⬩ vaccæ oculus
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A cow's eye; vaccæ oculus Cúeáge biþ scillinges weorþ a cow's eye is worth a skilling L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 4, note 11
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Andred
The name of a large wood in Kent ⬩ the city of ANDRED or Andrida ⬩ Andredes ceaster
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Seó eá, ðe we ǽr embe sprǽcon, líð út of ðam wealde the mouth [of the Limen] is in the east of Kent, at the east end of the same wood which we call Andred.
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hlystan
To list, ⬩ listen to, ⬩ hear, ⬩ hearken
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Ne hlyst ðú ná ungesceádwíses monnes worda do not listen to the words of an indiscreet man, Prov. Kmbl. 47: Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 5. Hlyst hider hearken, Past. 49, 2; Swt. 381, 14. Sunu mín hlyste mínre láre fili mi acquiesce consiliis meis, Gen. 27, 8.
geon-síþ
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a yon-journey, journey to the other world, death Æfter hyra geonsíðe hié tó hellewítum beóð gelǽdde, Verc. Först. 147. Cf. ellor-síþ, heonan-síþ, hin-síþ
feallend-lic
Perishable ⬩ transitory ⬩ frail
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Þeós world is gebrosnodlic and feallendlic, Bl. H. 115, 4: Wlfst. 136, 27. Þysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlic and feallendlic and gebrosnadlic, 263, 12
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ge-sprecan
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Hé lǽrde ðá menigo, ꝥte geblann gespreaca, 5, 4. with cognate object. a noun denoting speech or a pronoun referring to a statement, to speak words, &c.say Word Godes gispreces (loquitur ], Jn. R. L. 3, 34. Word hé gespræce, Mk. L. 8, 32.
cear
Sorrowful, anxious, sollicitous ⬩ angore plenus, anxius, sollicitus
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Sorrowful, anxious, sollicitous; angore plenus, anxius, sollicitus On cearum cwidum with anxious words, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 2; Sat. 67: 134; Th. 169, 3; Gen. 2794
éwe
common gender A sheep, generally ⬩ ŏvis
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common gender A sheep, generally as ŏvis Beéwes weorþe of a sheep's worth; de ŏvis prĕtio, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 6