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wæl-hlenca

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-hlenca, or -hlence, an; m. or f.

A slaughter-linka link of a coat of mail

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[h]wælhlencan sceóc. Cd. Th. 188, 31; Exod. 176

Linked entry: hlenca

mǽr-heg

Grammar
mǽr-heg, l. -hege,
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Ollonc þæs gemǽreheges (cf. gemǽrheges, 1) onbútan Hreódlége; ðæt swá on þone mǽrhege ðe sceót tó ðǽre hálgan ǽc, vi. 234, 12 : v. 126, 26

tó-sígan

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]Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, and mín syric ne tósíhð, ne míne sceós ne tóbærstað, Hml. S. 36, 161. Hit gedafenlic is ꝥ his reáf ne beo horig ne húru tósigen, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 21. Add

wácness

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Ne sceole wé forseón þearfena wácnysse. Hml. Th. I. 336, l. Add

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, e; f.

An awlsubula

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An awl; subula Hwanon sceó-wyrhtan æl unde sutori subula, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33: L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10. Æl subula, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 27; Wrt. Voc. 16, 2

ge-maca

Grammar
ge-maca, <b>; I 2.</b>
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Feówer gemacan sceóna calciamenta ... paria quatuor, Chrd. 48, 26. Add

un-gehealdsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsumlíce, adv.

Incontinently

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Incontinently Ðæt eald wíf sceole ceorles brúcan uugehealtsumlíce, Homl. Ass. 20, 159

Linked entry: ge-healdsumlíce

un-fæger

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Swá sceort man and swá unfægger (-fæger, v.l. ) on ansýne, Gr. D. 46, 20. Add

scín-feld

(n.)
Grammar
scín-feld, dat. a; m.
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, ðæt is on sunfelda and on sceánfelda (sceón-?), Salm. Kmbl. 202, 2. On scénfeldum in Tempis , Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 16: 89, 72

Linked entries: sceán-feld scén-feld

mealt-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-gescot, es; n.

A contribution of malt

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A contribution of malt Sceóte man swá hwæt swá witan gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum mealtgescot, Wulfst. 171, 2

smirwung

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Add: smearing, greasing, rubbing with grease Sceóna smyruncg and reáfa wæsc calciamentorum unctio uestimento*-* rumgue ablutio, Angl. xiii. 441, 1084

ælmes-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-bæþ, es; n.

Washing of the poor done as an act of charity

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Washing of the poor done as an act of charity Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum ælmesbæð, hwílum þearfena fótþweál, Wlfst. 171, 2

un-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-heáh, adj.

Not highlow

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Unhére sceós talares, i. 26, 23. Faraþ tó feldlandum and dúnlandum and tó unhéheran landum venite ad campestria atque montana et humiliora loca, Deut. 1, 7. Hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, Homl. Th. i. 484, 10

Linked entry: un-hége

un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broadnarrow

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Ðǽr ðæt land unbrádest is, ðér hit sceol beón eahtatýne fóta brád, 236, 8

fynegian

(v.)
Grammar
fynegian, p. ode; pp. od [fynig mouldy]

To become mouldy or mustymūcescĕre

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To become mouldy or musty; mūcescĕre Ðæt ðæt hálige húsel sceole fynegian that the holy housel should become mouldy, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 7

Linked entry: ge-finegod

fleax-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-gescot, fleax-gesceot, es; n.
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A contribution of flax paid to a church Sceóte man ælmessan . . . swá elles hwæt swá witan tó þearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum flexgescot, Wlfst. 171, 27

Linked entry: ge-scot

scort

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Add Wæs þǽr án stów swýþe sceort ( locus brevissimus) in þæs muntes sídan, Gr. D. 49, 5. Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; n.
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Sceopu, Ps. Surt. 47, 8: 103, 26

frum-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
frum-hrægl, es; n.

A first garmentprīmus vestītus

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A first garment; prīmus vestītus Hét heora sceome þeccan Freá frumhrægle the Lord bade them conceal their nakedness with the first garment, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 8; Gen. 943

orf-cynn

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Secgað sume gedwǽsmenn þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, and cweðað þæt hí þurh bletsunge misfarað, and ðurh wyrigunge geðeóð, Hml. Th. i. 100, 30. Add