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wíte-steng

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Wítstenges eculei, An. Ox. 2, 147. Add

wiþer-winn

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Wiþerwinnes certaminis, An. Ox. 2, 3. Add

ýce

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Ýcan rubetae, An. Ox. 26, 21. Add

bed-gerid

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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest

ge-swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swelgend, es; m.

An abyss ⬩ chasm ⬩ vorago,

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An abyss, chasm; vorago, Hpt. Gl. 507

Linked entry: swelgend

hilde-þrym

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-þrym, mes; m.

Warlike prowess

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Warlike prowess, Andr. Kmbl. 2064; An. 1034

ge-cneórness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cneórness, e; f.

Posterity

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Posterity Gecyneórnessa posteritatis, An. Ox. 11, 113

berhtm-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
berhtm-hwæt, adj.

Swift as an eye-blink ⬩ celer ut oculi nictus

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Swift as an eye-blink; celer ut oculi nictus Ðec lígetu bláce, berhtmhwate ða ðec bletsige the pale lightnings, swift as an eye-blink, these shall bless thee, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 3; Dan. 381

eax-faru

(n.)
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an expedition in carriages(?) Aexfaru aparatu (perhaps a gloss on Ald. 64, 10 :-- Scythicae gentis impetum, quae cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens. In An. Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186

gydig

(adj.)
Grammar
gydig, adj.
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Possessed by an evil spirit, mad Þæne gidian limphaticum, s. Saul (gy[digne], þæne gidigan limphaticum, i. vecordem, Hpt. Gl. 520, 63: cf. limphaticum wódan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 56), An. Ox. 5009. Cf. god

Linked entry: gidig

bearhtm

A twinkling of an eye ⬩ an instant

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A twinkling of an eye, an instant:Add: On breahtme in atomo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 27: 46, 60. Þonne (at the last day) englas bláwað býman on brehtme (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 52), Cri. 882

a-mánsod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-mánsod, part.

Excommunicated

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Excommunicated Gif hwá amánsodne [MS. B. amánsumodne] oððe útlahne hæbbe and healde if any one have and hold an excommunicated person, or an outlaw, L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17

feónd-ǽt

(n.)
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feónd-ǽt, es; m.

Eating of the sacrifice to an idol ⬩ diabŏlĭca mandūcātio

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Eating of the sacrifice to an idol; diabŏlĭca mandūcātio Hí ðæs feondǽtes Finces awerede Phinehas restrained them from eating of the sacrifice to an idol, Ps. Th. 105, 24, notes, p. 445

Linked entry: ǽt

land-setla

(n.)
Grammar
land-setla, an; m.

a tenant

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An occupier of land, a tenant Ic an míne landseðlen here toftes tó ówen áchte I give to my tenants their tofts into their own possession, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 29

ge-ǽwnod

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Under Móyses ǽ móste se bisceop habban án geǽwnod (í-ǽwod, v. l.) wíf, Hml. S. 10, 219. Ne hí ne beóþ geǽwnede neque nubentur An. Ox. 1265. Geǽwnedra conjugatorum 1006. Add

frǽ-beorht

(adj.)
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Freábeorht limpida, An. Ox. 1716. Freáberht praeclarum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5. Þá clypiað freábrihtum stefnum, Wlfst. 212, 20. Þǽre freábeorhtestan limpidissimi, i. clarissimi, An. Ox. 87. Take here freá-beorht, and add

searu-hæbbend

(n.)
Grammar
searu-hæbbend, searu-hæbbende,

having armour ⬩ armed

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[one] having armour, armed Slǽpe tóbrugdon searuhæbbende the warriors started from sleep, Andr. Kmbl. 3054; An. 1350. Searohæbbendra, 2934; An. 1470: Beo. Th. 480; B. 237: Exon. Th. 468, 12; Phar. 6

á-licgan

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Add: to be at an end, come to an end, be brought low Mín wynn álæg there was an end to my joy, Ps. Th. 119, 5. Nó hira þrym álæg, An. 3. Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg rarely did war cease, Vid. 119. Symbel ne álégon feasts never failed, Reim. 5. Álicgan heonan

Linked entry: á-lecgan

in-coþu

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Incoþa colera, An. Ox. 31, 2: incommoditates, i. infirmitates, 1981. Colera rubea, ꝥ synt reáde incoða, beóð on sumera ... On hærfeste beóð colera nigra, ꝥ synt swearte incoðan, Angl. viii. 299, 30-34. Incoþan melancolias, i. nigrum fel, An. Ox. 3049.

lungre

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Add: of prompt action Eódon lungre under linde, nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend, An. 46. Lungre leórdan, nalas leng bidon, 1044. of violent action Ic lungre earn deópe gedréfed, Cri. 167. Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan