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eáþelíce

(adv.)
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geáþ; but for form cf. gearfoþe under earfoþe) forléton Godes gesetnysse fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini, Jud. 3, 7

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hreáw hreów

(v.)
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.

batian

(v.)
Grammar
batian, p. ode.

to get better

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Gif hit nelle for þisum lǽcedóme batian, 354, 9.

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

ceald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ceald-ness, e; f.
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Coldness, cold Ic mænigfeald earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto; ic wæs beswǽled for þám micclan byrne and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 571-5

sǽdian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽdian, ode

To sow,

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To sow, provide seed for land Folgere gebyreþ ðæt hé on twelf mónþum .ii. æceras geearnige, óðerne gesáwene and óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne he must provide the seed for the latter himself, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 5

Linked entries: séde sǽdere

or-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
or-gilde, adj.

Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid Gif hine (the man who has broken his pledge, and will not submit to the penalty) mon ofsieá, licgge hé orgilde, L. Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15

útfangene-þeóf

(n.)
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Cf. cum furis comprehensione intus et foris, i. 550, 31. Omnis latro extra proclamatus (cf. proclamatus extra terminos suos, 4), Ll. Lbmn. 614, 1

-iht

(suffix)
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As wost adjectives with one or other of these forms occur in the oblique cases only, it is impossible to say which form should be given in the nominative; but the -iht is found in þorniht, and the -ihte (-ehte, -ecti) in écilmehti, bogehte, clibecti (

ge-wǽgnian

(v.)
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For Nap. 33, 18-22 l. Chrd. 97, 19-29

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, <b>; I 10 a.</b>
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In l. 4 for v. l. vi. v. níwe-gehwirfed

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor,

hostimen

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Voc. ii. 43, 20: 70, 32, for (?) pundor

bord-hreóða

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For the cover of the shield substitute a phalanx

cnyttels

(n.)
Grammar
cnyttels, m.
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For 'Mone B. 2858' substitute An. Ox. 2935, and add:

cóf-godas

Grammar
cóf-godas, l. cof-godas (v. cofa),
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and for second reference substitute Cofgodas penatum, Germ. 402, 195

eácniend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
eácniend-lic, eácnigend-lic; adj.
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To be increased For eácniendlicum pro augendis, An. Ox. 1078

eorþ-ling

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Substitute for 'A farmer; terrae cultor' 'A bird, ' and add:

feól-heard

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For 'hard like a file' substitute:

frum-gifu

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For Hpt. 457 substitute Frumgyfe, wyrþmynte praerogativam, An. Ox. 2154

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200