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gird

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Gif ðǽr ðonne sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne, sié ðǽr eác stæf mid tó wreðianne, Past. 127, 1: 117, 8. Óstig gyrd scorpio, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 17. Cild ic eom under gyrde drohtniende, Coll. M. 34, 23. Láreów mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce mid gyrde, 35, 31.

clough

(n.)

cleft of a rock ⬩ down the side of a hill

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a cleft of a rock, or down the side of a hill, Som. Ben. Lye

feld-hryðer

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hryðer, es; n.

A field ox ⬩ heifer ⬩ campestris bos ⬩ vĭtŭlus

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A field ox or heifer; campestris bos sive vĭtŭlus Chart. ad calc. C. R. Ben

heofon-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-beácen, es; n.

A heavenly beacon or sign [the fiery pillar],

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A heavenly beacon or sign [the fiery pillar], Cd. 148; Th. 184, 15; Exod. 107

Linked entry: sunne

ge-byrelíc beón

(v.; adj.)
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Ne sint gebyrelíco Iudea to Samaritaniscum non coutuntur Iudæi Samaritanis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4. 9

un-trymigan

(v.)
Grammar
un-trymigan, un-trymigian

to become weak ⬩ sick ⬩ infirm

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to become weak, sick, infirm Ða ðe untrymigdon qui infirmabantur, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 2

Candelmæsse-ǽfen

(n.)
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Candlemas-eve Ǽrest on Eásterǽfen, and óðre síðe on Candelmæsseǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 28

Linked entry: ǽfen

firwit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
firwit-full, adj.

Curious ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious

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R.) menn gié sint solliciti estis, Lk. L. 12, 26

hundteóntigfealde

(adv.)
Grammar
hundteóntigfealde, adv.
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A hundredfold Hundteantigfalde (hund*-*rað síða monigfallíce, L. ) onfooð centuplum accipiet. Mt. R. 19, 29

ofer-mǽtu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mǽtu (o), indecl. f.

Excess, presumption

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Excess, presumption Ádríf fram mé dysig and ofermǽto and sile mé wísdóm. Shrn. 169, 16

spennels

(n.)
Grammar
spennels, es; m.

A clasp ⬩ fibula ⬩ a clasp

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A clasp Fibula .s. dicta quod ligat cnæp, sigl, spennels, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 58

hindema

(adj.)
Grammar
hindema, adj.

Last

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Last Hindeman síðe for the last time, Beo. Th. 4105; B. 2049: 5023; B. 2517

sixtig-wintre

(n.; adj.)

sixty years old

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sixty years old Hé wæs fíf and sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23

ge-cneórednis

Descent, ancestry

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Substitute: Descent, ancestry Bútan gecneórednesse sine genealogia (without descent, Heb. 7, 3), An. Ox. 5096

elcora

(adv.)
Grammar
elcora, elcra; adv.
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'Ne e Gif hé elcra (ælcra, v. l.) þurh tóþundennesse gedyrstlǽcð si aliter presumpserit, R. Ben. 113, 12

hód

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Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si evangelium legit, cucullum vel cappam super humeros dejiciat Ll. Th. ii. 140, 25. For ' Cot. 31, Lye' substitute

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta sí þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29.

tiger

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Gelamp þæt twá hréðe deór, þe sind tigres gehátene, þǽr urnon and ábiton swá hwæt swá hí gemétton ...

infangeneþeóf

(n.)
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Justicia cognoscentis latronis sua est de homine suo, si captus fuerit super terram suam, L. Ed. C. 22 ; Th. i. 452, 4.

for-stelan

To steal away ⬩ of criminal theft, to take the property of another ⬩ to obtain surreptitiously ⬩ take away without the knowledge of another

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Gif máran stalan forstele si homo magnum quid furatus fuerit, animal quadrupes ... quod furatus fuerit reddat ...Si majus aliquid furatus fuerit, 33-36. to obtain surreptitiously, take away without the knowledge of another. [Cf. Ger. ver-stohlen.]