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hócor-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
hócor-wyrde, adj.

Using scornful, mocking language

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Using scornful, mocking language Hér sind on earde hócorwyrde ǽghwǽr there are in the land here everywhere men of scornful speech, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 156

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.

Angel

(n.)
Grammar
Angel, gen. dat. acc. Angle; f.

Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into BritainAngulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt

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Ðæt land, ðe man Angle hǽt the land, which is called Anglen, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 37. Hí ðá sendon to Angle they then sent to Anglen, Chr. 449; Th. 20, 12

líc-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
líc-þegnung, -þénung, e; f.

funeralexeguies

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Last offices done to the dead, funeral, exeguies Ic mæg habban árwurþfulle lícþénunge of heófigendre menigu I may have honourable service done to my corpse by a mourning multitude, Homl. Th. i. 86, 33.

teón-word

(n.)
Grammar
teón-word, es; n.
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A word that conveys reproach, insult, abuse, calumny; a word that does wrong Hig tǽldon ðæt land mid heora teónwordum they slandered the land with their calumnies, Num. 13, 33.

þán

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Add: watered, having water (of land) 'Geýc mé ꝥ and syle mé þán land.' Þá sealde se fæder hire þán and leóht bufan and þán and leóht beneoðan ... Seó sáwel bideð æt ðám fæder þánes landes and wǽtes 'junge irriguam (terram)'.

sám-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-cwic, -cucu; adj.

Half-dead

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Half-dead Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde, ðæt ðe læg on legerbedde seóc, sámcucu geþúht, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Hé sámcucu læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 164: L. Ælfc. C. 31; Th. ii. 354, 10.

a-langian

(v.)
Grammar
a-langian, p. ode; pp. od; v. impers. [a, langian]

To last too longto long fordiutius durareexoptare

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To last too long, to long for; diutius durare, exoptare Me alangaþ [MS. a langaþ] it lasts me too long, Exon. 100 a; Th. 376, 13; Seel. 154

cýle-gicel

(n.)
Grammar
cýle-gicel, es; m.

An icicle frigŏris stiria

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An icicle ; frigŏris stiria Land wǽron freórig cealdum cýlegicelum the lands were frozen with cold icicles, Andr. Kmbl. 2521; An. 1262: Exon. 56b; Th. 201, 20; Ph. 59

delan

(v.)
Grammar
delan, p. dæl, pl.dǽlon ; pp.dolen

To fall, sink lābi

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To fall, sink; lābi Ǽrðon engla weard for oferhygde dæl on gedwilde ere the angels' guardian for pride sank into error, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 22; Gen. 23

éh-streám

(n.)
Grammar
éh-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, ocean

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A water-stream, ocean Heliseus éhstreám sóhte, leólc ofer lagu-flód Heliseus sought the ocean, bounded over the water-flood, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 1; Jul. 673

swítan

(v.)
Grammar
swítan, (?); p. swát in for-swítan
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to exhaust, impair, impoverish land (?) Ðe lond æt Moran ic mid míne wífe bigat, and ic it siðen náwer ne forswát (-swác?) ne forspilde, Chart. Th. 584, 5

un-geteoriendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geteoriendlíce, adv.

Indefatigably

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Indefatigably Ðis synt ða lára and ða tól gástlíces cræftes, gif hig from ús dæges oððe nyhtes ungeteoriendlíce begongenne beóð..., L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 18

cnæpling

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Hé syfonwyntre wæs . . . þá wunode se cnæplingc on Cappadoniscre byrig fíf geár on láre, Hml. S. 3, 9. Cf. cnapa. Add

deád-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-wille, adj.
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Unproductive, barren Ðá beorgas tódǽlað ꝥ wæsmbǽre land and þæt deádwylle sand mons dividit inter vivam terram et arenas, Ors. 1, 1; S. 26, 19. Cf. cwic-wille

Egipte

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(e)na Egiptena land, Angl. viii. 322, 3. Egiptna, Nar. 34, 34: 35, 20. Geseah ic miccle meniu Affricána and Egypta, Hml. S. 23 b, 346

sorgung

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Búton ǽnigre sorhiunge (printed or hiunge) oððe yldinga sine aliquo typo vel mora (cf. búton late and gnomunge, R. Ben. 55, 12), R. Ben. I. 62, 11. Add

wille-burne

(n.)
Grammar
wille-burne, an; f.

A bubbling burn, running stream

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A bubbling burn, running stream Lago yrn-ende, wylleburne, Cd. Th. 14, I; Gen. 212. Drihten lét willeburnan on woruld þringan of ǽdra gehwære, 83, I ; Gen. 1373

Linked entry: will-flód

haþoliþa

(n.)
Grammar
haþoliþa, an; m.

The elbow joint

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The elbow joint Lǽt him blód of ðam hálan haþoliþan let him blood from the sound elbow, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 17. vide Glossary, s.v

a-wyrgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrgian, p. -wyrgede; pp. -wyrged, -wyrgd

To curseexecratemalignexecrarimalediceremalignariexecrablewickeddetestableexecrabilismaledictusmalignusmalignans

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Lamb. 3, 14: Ps. Spl. 73, 4. Nelle ic awirgean ða eorþan nolo maledicere terræ, Gen. 8, 21.

Linked entries: a-wygedne a-wyrged