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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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wíred, part. p.

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

Linked entry: -wíred

ge-cwellan

(v.)

to kill

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Ðætte hia woere gecuelledo ut interficerentur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 32

Linked entry: cwellan

wudu-fín

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fín, e ; f.

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

Linked entries: smeáh ge-legen

múþ-hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-hǽl, es; n.

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

(n.)
Grammar
gif, e; f: nom. acc. gif [as tíd, dǽd]

A giftgracedonumgratia

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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

(n.)
Grammar
swíg-tíma, an; m.
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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

Linked entry: swí-tíma

coc-ród

(n.)
Grammar
coc-ród, e; f.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
efen-wyrcend, es; m.
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mengedlic, adj.
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Perhaps permixtim should be read, and the English words would then be adverbs) permixtum, Txts. 85, 1542

wrang-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wrang-wís, adj.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
cú-eáge, an; f.

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

Linked entry: eáge

Andred

(n.)
Grammar
Andred, es; m.

The name of a large wood in Kentthe city of ANDRED or AndridaAndredes 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.

Linked entry: Andredes ceaster

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

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

(n.)
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
feallend-lic, adj.

Perishabletransitoryfrail

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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

Linked entry: feallan

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

(adj.)
Grammar
cear, adj.

Sorrowful, anxious, sollicitousangore 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

(n.)
Grammar
éwe, es;

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