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tó-cumende

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-cumende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Coming to a strange place, strange, foreign Hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum for the love of God he took his meals with the strangers who came, Shrn. 129, 27

wealg

(adj.)
Grammar
wealg, adj.
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Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous) Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen ( ne evomatur tepidus ), Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18

lyþre

Grammar
lyþre, l. lýþre,
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Hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lýðrum tolle ( for sordid gain ), Hml. S. 19, 253. Lýðre gesetnyssa vitiosa compositio, Angl. viii. 313, 26.

efosian

(v.)

to cut in the form of eaves, to round, shea ⬩ tondēre

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to cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear; tondēre Hine man efosode eum totondērunt, Gen. 41, 14

læpe-wince

(n.)
Grammar
læpe-wince, an : f.
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A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)

Linked entry: hleápe-wince

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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[Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken, And lereð wel quat he sal speken, Gen. and Ex. 3485. Louerd, ic ( Moses ) am unreken of wurdes, 2817. My rankor refrayne for þy reken ( apt ) wordes, Allit. Pms. 60, 756. (See the glossary for other instances.

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

ge-pós

(n.)
Grammar
ge-pós, es; n.
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The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh; grăvēdo Wið gepósu for colds in the head, Herb. 46, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 12. Wið gepósum for poses, L. M. 1, 10; Lchdm. ii. 54, 17

giccan

(v.)

to itch ⬩ prurire

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to itch: prurire Wið giccendre wombe for an itching stomach ; [Cockayne prefers to translate the verb to hiccup, v. his Glossary] Lchdm. iii. 50, 13. Wið óðrum giccendum blece for other itching blotch, 70, 27

Linked entries: gicce gice-ness

bisceop-wíte

(n.)
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a bishop's fee for visiting

-ende

(suffix)
Grammar
-ende, the termination forming the active participle
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Wegfer-ende way-faring: also found for -enne

wig-telgode

(adj.)
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for twig-telgode, Ps. Spl. C. 108, 28

æwul

(n.)
Grammar
æwul, for cawel ? cf.
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cawl in Cornish dialect for a fish-basket

cwidele

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For examples see cwydele in Dict., and add:

collen-ferhtan

(v.)
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In passage read gecollenferhtaþ for gé collen-ferhtaþ

deorc-líce

(adv.)
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For reference 'Glos. ... 7' substitute Germ. 391, 22

gremetunc

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For 'Prov. 19, Lye' substitute 'Kent. Gl. 686.'

mis-can

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For Ps. Th. 44, l. 41, and add:

sigsonte

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For Lchdm. i. l. Lch. ii., and add:

earfoþ-rihte

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For Nap. 19 substitute: (incorrigibilis), Chrd. 42, 1

byrd-estre

(n.)
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For 'embroideress' 1. 'embroiderer', v. Archiv cxxiii. 418

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