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folc-lagu

(n.)
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6

for-myrþrian

(v.)
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for-myrþrian, -myrþran
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Gif hwylc wíf hyre cild ámyrð innan hire ... oððe eft formyrþreþ (occiderit) siþþan hit forð cymð, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 25. Þǽr (at doom's day) swutelað ǽlc cild hwá hit formyrðrode, Wlfst. 137, 28. Add:

hæc

(n.)
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Innan þone reádan weg ; ollung þæs reádan weges; ꝥ innan þá hecce; ollung þá hecce; ꝥ innan þá hecce firn igeán þǽre cyrcan. Swt. Rdr. 11. 203, 10. masc. Swá west ðæt hit cymð tó ðan hæcce be súðan Cranrnere, C. D. iii. 399, 22.

wése

(adj.)
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wése, adj.
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Soaked, moist with soaking Sý crocca ásett on eorþan, and ðás wyrta sýn gedón innan ðam croccan; onuppan ðám sý gedón wǽta, ðæt hí þearle wel wése beón, Lchdm. iii. 292, 6. v. wós, and preceding word

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
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Þá þá hé barn witodlíce útan, hé ádwǽscte ꝥ hé unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

hreóung

(n.)
Grammar
hreóung, hríung, e; f.
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Hreóung hlýdende swíðust innan hard breathing sounding chiefly from within, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 19

Linked entry: hríung

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Ðá cóm þǽr sum hrefen ( corvus ) inn; sóna swá hé þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenn, Guth. Gr. 140, 5. Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27.

wealda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wealda, an ; m.

A ruler.

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Innan Wealdan hricg on Eádríces gemǽre, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 9

hæften

(n.)
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hæften, e; f.

Captivity, custody

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Captivity, custody Ða betste of ðes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene gewann and on hæftene gedyde he took the best of the earl's household within a fortress and placed them in custody, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 29

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gehýrdon hí mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add

tó-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽc, e; f.

Speech addressed to a personconversation

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Speech addressed to a person, conversation Hine God hiéwcúðlícor on eallum ðingum innan lǽrde ðonne óðre menn mid his gelómlícre tósprǽce quem (Moses) de cunctis interius per conversationem cum Deo sedulam locutio familiaris instruebat, Past. 41; Swt

hassuc

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. ¶ as part of a compound :-- Innon hæssucmór; of hæssuc-mór, C. D. iii. 384, 18. Cf. Ab illo loco usque ad hássukes more, 387, 3

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, Wlfst. 159, 7. Ꝥ ys tó gelýfenne ꝥ hit dyge, Lch. i. 84, 19. Án hríðer dugunde (cf. Icel. dugandi(s) - a prefix to nouns, denoting doughty ), Cht. Th. 460, 17.

in-cleofa

(n.)
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in-cleofa, an; m.

closetbed-chamberdencave

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An inner chamber, closet, bed-chamber, den, cave Incleofa cellarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 56 : camera, 127, 79. Incleofe spelunca, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 10. Forþ of hire inclifan out of her closet, Chart. Th. 230,17. On incleofum [bedcliofum, MS.

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wamb-hord

(n.)
Grammar
wamb-hord, es; m.

A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place

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A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place Mé (the fortified place ) of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas; hwílum ic sweartum swelgan onginne brúnum beadowǽpnum ; is mín innað til, wombhord wlitig, Exon. Th. 399, 12;Rä. 18, 10

geáp-scipe

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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde, ꝥ næs án híd landes innan Englælande ꝥ hé nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 19

a-ferscean

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferscean, [a, fersc fresh]

To freshento become freshsalsuginem deponere

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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18

stán-boga

(n.)
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stán-boga, an; m.
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Seah on enta geweorc hú ða stánbogan ( of the cave within the rock ) stapulum fæste éce eorðreced innan healde, 5429; B. 2718

un-gelífendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífendlíc, adj.

Incredibleextraordinary

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Incredible, extraordinary Ungelýfendlíc tóbláwennys his innoð geswencte, Homl. Th. i. 86, 12. Ic ðé mæg tǽcan óþer ðing ðe dysegum monnum wile ðincan get ungeléfendlícre (-léfed-, Cott.

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citel

(n.)
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Hé hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add

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