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ídel-gild

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-gild, es; n.

idolatry

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False worship, idolatry Hig mé tirigdon mid hira ídelgildum ipsi me provocaverunt in eo qui non erat deus et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis, Deut. 32, 21

nídlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
nídlinga, adv.

By forceagainst a person's will

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P. ii. 13; Th. ii. 186, 20 note

Linked entry: neádlunga

handlung

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D. 164, 29 Þone þe se Godes wer (Benedict) ná gehrínende ac on lóciende (non tangendo, sed respiciendo) álýsde

swíþrian

(v.)
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Word unrihtwísra swýðradon ofer ús uerba iniquorum praeualuerunt super nos, Ps. L. 64, 4. Swýrian prevalere, R. Ben. I. 59, 14. Swýðrenda, prevalens, 12, 16. Add

sceap

(n.)
Grammar
sceap, es ; n.

A private part

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A private part Hé getǽlde his fæder Noe, ðǽr hé on his sceape lócode, Anglia xi. 2, 53. Wið gicþan ðæra sceapa, Lchdm. i. 38, 15

weg-leást

(n.)
Grammar
weg-leást, e; f.

Want of road

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Want of road Dwelian hé dyde hig on wegleáste and ná on wege errare fecit eos in invio et non in via, Ps. Spl. 106, 40

Linked entry: weg-lísu

on-fægnian

(v.)

to shew gladness

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to shew gladness Ðære helle hund ongan onfægnian mid his steorte Cerberus shewed his gladness by wagging his tail Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 17 note

feor-cumen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feor-cumen, part.

Come from afarperĕgrīnusperĕger ventus

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In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15, note 30, MS. B

flés

(n.)
Grammar
flés, es; n.

A FLEECEvellus

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In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9, note 20, MS. G

loc-bore

(n.)
Grammar
loc-bore, an; f.
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See the note there, and Grmm. R. A. 286, 239

Linked entry: bore

ge-risen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risen, -risne[?], es; n.

A seizingrapina

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A seizing; rapina Ne begitest ðú ná ðæt ríce on gerisne woruldlícra þinga non in præda, nec in rapina regnum tibi dabitur, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 78, 5

Linked entry: -risen

ge-sém

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sém, es; n.

Reconciliation, an agreement, a compromisereconcĭliātio, comprōmissum

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Reconciliation, an agreement, a compromise; reconcĭliātio, comprōmissum Siððan áne neaht ofer ðæt gesém bíe postquam ūna nox supra comprōmissum prætĕriit, L. H. E. 10; Wilk. 8, 49

un-gesceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesceádlíce, adv.

Unreasonablyexcessively

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Ben. 54, 13 note. Tácn ðæs ungesceádlíce cealdan magan (cf. ðæs ofercealdan magan, 192, 25: 194, 11), Lchdm. ii. 160, 4

ge-scola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scola, an; m.
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Ox. 2271, note

gríg-hund

(n.)
Grammar
gríg-hund, es; m.
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Lbmn. 367, note. [Icel. grey a grey-hound.] See preceding word

mús-fealle

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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre to note mehte, ne forða músfellan, ne ꝥ gít lǽsse is, tó hǽpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 8. Add

wǽpned-hád

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Hé fram þǽre costnunge wearð swá fremde swilce hé þone wǽpnedhád on his líchaman næfde ( ac si sextum non haberet in corpore), Gr. D. 26, 30. Add

wilde

(adj.)
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powerful Ac ꝥ is bedeóhlod ús hweþer þá wyldre wǽre in Stephane and þone sigor áhte sed quid in eo vicerit nos latet, Gr. D. 320, 24

riht-andswaru

(n.)
Grammar
riht-andswaru, e; f.

An answer that corrects, a reproof, rebuke

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An answer that corrects, a reproof, rebuke Se mann ðe on his múþe næfþ náne rihtandsware homo non habens in ore suo increpationes, Ps. Th. 37, 14

a-manian

(v.)
Grammar
a-manian, -manigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [a from, manian to admonish, challenge, lay claim to]

To demandexactexigere

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To demand, exact; exigere Gif hit se geréfa ne amanige mid rihte if the reeve do not lawfully exact it, L. Ed. 5; Th. i. 162, 12. Se biscop amanige ða oferhýrnesse æt ðam geréfan let the bishop exact the penalty for contempt from the reeve, L.