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ǽht-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽht-spédig, adj.

Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ locuples ⬩ opulentus

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Wealthy, rich; locuples, opulentus Se is betra ðonne ðú, ǽhtspédigra feoh-gestreóna he is better than thou, richer in money-treasures Exon. 67a; Th. 248, 26; Jul. 101

Linked entry: spédig

eluhtre

(n.)
Grammar
eluhtre, an; f.

The plant lupine ⬩ lŭpīnus albus

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The plant lupine; lŭpīnus albus, Lin Wyl eluhtran on ealaþ boil lupine in ale, L. M. 1. 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 11: 1. 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 26

earfoþ-háwe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-háwe, adj.

Difficult to be seen ⬩ diffĭcĭlis vīsu

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Difficult to be seen; diffĭcĭlis vīsu Earfoþháwe is it is difficult to be seen, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 303; Met. 20, 152: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 30

Linked entry: -háwe

háten

(adj.)
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Perhaps for hátene in the passage should be read háte (cf. for case mid glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 216, 1), or hátum ; in either the termination of ísene (?)

áninga

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Þonne byrneð ánunga ł in sceortnisse ( in breui) eorre his, Ps. Rdr. 2, 13. Hrędlíce ł ánunga uelociter, 6, II. Ánunga per singula, Jn. L. 21, 25. Add

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, es; m.
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E. 12; Th. i. 32, 8-10. Steápas fialas, Wrt. Voc, ii. 149, 4

Linked entries: steóp stípel

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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Rdr. 107, 99. for the passages in which the word occurs as a technical term in the laws, see Thorpe, index to vol. i. of 'Ancient Laws and Institutes,' s. v.

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand

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, understand what it is, Ælfc.

folgaþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgaþ, es; m.

a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium

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is better than the king's service?

Linked entry: þegnung

lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little one ⬩ a young person ⬩ child

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I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 8

ge-rýnelic

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H. 165, 35. mystic, allegorical, figurative p swíðe wel in þám hálgan stære mid gerýnelicre gesægene (figurata narratione) is awriten, Gr. D. 245, 15. Gerýnelice smeáunge íypicum (i. mysticum) scrutinium, An.

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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D. iv. 235, II. the fine paid where the oath in a suit fails, [v. the grant in the following passage Ego Eadmundus rex . . . concedo . . . omnes forisfacturas . . . áthas et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 13. Cf.

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.

ge-fægnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fægnian, -fagnian, -fagenian; p. ode; pp. od

To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ exult ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ exultāre

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To rejoice, be glad, exult; gaudēre, exultāre Ic geblissige and ic gefægnige on ðé lætābor et exultābo in te, Ps. Lamb. 9, 3. Geblissiaþ, and gefægniaþ on ðám dagum gaudēte in illa die et exultāte, Lk. Bos. 6, 23.

Linked entry: ge-fagnian

pípian

(v.)
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to pipe Án stán is in Sicilia (achates) háten, se wæs on Pires hýrnesse, þæs ansýne is swilce án man pípige mid nigon pípan and án man hearpige (cf. Namque habuisse traditur (i. e.

ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wuldorbeágian, p. ode; pp. od

To crown

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Stephanus is on Leden coronatus ðæt we eweðaþ on Englisc gewuldorbeágod Stephen is in Latin 'coronatus,' which we express in English by crowned, Homl. Th. i. 50, 12; 52, 20

Linked entry: wuldorbeágian

wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.

Wort (in brewing)

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Wort (in brewing) Wyrt sandix (the word occurs in a list of terms 'de mensa,' and among a number denoting various kinds of drink. Cf. sandix, genus frugi, Corp. Gl. Hessels, 105, 103) Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 64: 289, 9: ii. 87, 33.

hýr

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<b>Ia.

ge-mircian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mircian, ge-mercian.
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Take here ge-mercian in Dict. and add: to fix by marks, determine Fore gemercade ł getáchte praefigit, Mt. p. 15, 7. to mark out, distinguish by a mark, designate Téno of tal ðé mercas ic gemercade decent numero tibi titulos designavi, Mt. p. ii. 3.

Linked entry: -mircian

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich

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Th. i. 614, 19