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blǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdness, (bléd-), e; f.

A blossom

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A blossom Þeáh hé (May) wynsumlíce blówe and blǽdnyssa fægere geyppe, Angl. viii. 311, 1

níd-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-full, adj.
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Necessary, needful Mid eádmódre and neódfulre þénunge humili ac necessario officio, Angl. xiii. 377, 174

óret-lof

(n.)
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triumph For his wuldorfullan sige óretlofes propter eius gloriosissimi uictioriam triumphi, Angl. xiii. 400, 497

riht-geset

(adj.)
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properly appointed, canonical On ýtemystre tíde rihtgesetre in ultima hora canonica, Angl. xiii. 394, 412

séftness

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Mid heálicre séf[t]nysse stæfne cum summę tranqulitatus uoce, Angl. xiii. 396, 436. Add

sprytting

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Add: increase Mægena ealra hé onfó spryttinga uirtutum omnium percipiat incrementa, Angl. xiii. 381, 226

disme

(n.)
Grammar
disme, In the passage at An. Ox. 46, 4 musk is spoken of; cf.
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Angl. 30, 123: 32, 515

á-tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
á-tweónian, p.á-tweónodeode

To cause doubt in a person

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Gif hwám átweónige, Angl. viii. 333, 6

Linked entry: tweónian

norþ-leóde

(n.)
Grammar
norþ-leóde, pl.

The north-folk of England ⬩ Angles

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The north-folk of England, Angles Norþleóda cynges gild (ðæs cyninges wergyld mid Engla cynne), L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 2

clypp

(n.)
Grammar
clypp, es; m.
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Embracing, embrace On clyppe ge on hleahtre ge on sprǽce, Angl. xi. 99, 76: 102, 61

efen-sácerd

(n.)
Grammar
efen-sácerd, es; m.
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A fellow-priest Leóf bróðer and úre efen*-*sácerd, Angl. xi. 7, 4. Cf. efen-mæssepreóst

Linked entry: sacerd

egeþ-getígu

(n.)
Grammar
egeþ-getígu, pl. n.
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The apparatus belonging to a harrow Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, sulhgesídu, egeðgetígu, Angl. ix. 264, 5

ge-tanned

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Voc. i. 47, 33, see) Angl. viii. 451

ofer-féþre

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-féþre, adj.
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Overloaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre meliora plura quam grauia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373

ofestan

(v.)
Grammar
ofestan, ofstan ( = efestan, efstan)
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Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186

Linked entries: ofstan efestan

sumer-hát

(n.)
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summer-heat Sumerhát cólað (cf. hát ácólað ardor frigescit, Angl. i. 285: ii. 374), Reim. 67

Linked entry: hát

un-sceapen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceapen, adj.
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Not created Ná [ðrý] unscapene non tres incriati, Angl. ii. 361, 2 ; Ps. Rdr. 298, 12

Linked entry: un-gesceapen

ge-andwlatod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-andwlatod, adj.

Bold-faced

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Geandwlatude, Angl. xiii. 37, 277

Linked entry: -andwlatod

cranc-stæf

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Substitute: A crank Crancstæf ( in a list of weaving implements ), Angl. ix. 263, 14. Cf. crencestre

dóm-lic

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Tída dómlice horas canonicas, Angl. xiii. 384, 268. Add

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