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ge-byrgednes

(n.)
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The better reading of the passage given in Dict. under ge-byrigednes is ge-byrgednes, Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 546, 3

Linked entry: ge-byrigdnes

cruft

(n.)
Grammar
cruft, es; m? crufte, an; f.

A vaultcrypthollow place under the ground crypta

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A vault, crypt, hollow place under the ground; crypta Cruftan, cruftes cryptæ Mone B. 2017 Crufte crypta 4931. Cruftan crypta 3298

smolte

(adv.)
Grammar
smolte, adv.

Quietly, mildly

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Quietly, mildly Ðonne smolte (cf. smylte, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 17) blǽwþ súþan and westan wind under wolcnum Met. 6, 8

Linked entry: smylte

mearc-pæþ

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Take here El. 233, given under mearc-wæd (the facsimile reprint of the Codex Vercellensis has mearcpaðu)

hrung

(n.)
Grammar
hrung, e; f.

A rungstaffrodbeampole

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A rung, staff, rod, beam, pole; Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge ðá ða hors óðbær wægn tó lande the men mounted the wain and their steeds with them, they stowed them under the rung, [the pole that supported the covering

hwearft

(n.)
Grammar
hwearft, es; m.

A circuitcirclerevolution

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A circuit, circle, revolution Hwæt bíðaþ gé on hwearfte why do ye stand round waiting? Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 12; Cri. 511. Under heofones hwearfte under heaven's circuit, 110 b; Th. 424, 3; Rä. 41, 33. Brádne hwearft the broad expanse [of the sky ], 53

Linked entry: hwyrft

earfoþ-lic

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Take Deut. 1, 17 under next word, and add: difficult Ðæt is wundorlic ꝥ ðú segst, and swíþe earfoþlic dysegum monnum tó ongitanne mira et concessu difficilis illatio, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 17. Earfoðlic (or under ?) is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes . . .

búfan

(prep.)
Grammar
búfan, búfon; prep. dat. [be-ufan]

Abovesuper

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Above; super; used in opposition to under God totwǽmde ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse fram ðám ðe wǽron búfan ðære fæstnisse Deus divisit aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento ab his quæ erant super firmamentum. Gen. l, 7. Búfan ðam máran wealle

Linked entry: be-ufan

heópa

(n.)
Grammar
heópa, an; m.

A briarbramble

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A briar, bramble Ætt ðæm heápe [heópe, Rush.] secum rubum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 37. (Or should this be placed under heópe?)

þel-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
þel-fæsten, þel-fæstenn, es; n.
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A fortress of planks (Noah's ark) Nolde seó culufre under salwed bord syððan ætýwan on þellfæstenne, Cd. Th. 89, 17; Gen. 1482

ge-bregd

(n.)
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quick movement. The Latin original on which is based the passage given under this word is: Non ibi . . . vis furit horrida venti

un-gewilde

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Add: Not under control of (dat. ) Se earm stód un-gebígendlic ǽghwæs þám ágendfreán ungewylde brachium inflexibile remansit, Gr. D. 254, 38

ǽ-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-firmþa, f.

Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse

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Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse Æfyrm[þa] purgamenta (spurca latrinarum) An. Ox. 3918. Add:the quotation in Dict. under æ-fyrrnþa. Cf. á-feormian

carles wǽn

(n.)
Grammar
carles wǽn, [gen. of carl]
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat.

hwealf

(n.)
Grammar
hwealf, e; f.
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An arched or vaulted covering Under heofenes hwealf under the vault of heaven, Beo. Th. 1156; B. 576: 4034; B. 2015. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofenes hwealfa bíþ late patentes ætheris cernat plagas, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22. Hú wídgil sint heofones hwealfe

Linked entries: hwalf hwalwa hwealf

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Substitute: <b>sin-nihte,</b> es; n. Gársecg þeahte sweart synnihte blackest darkness covered ocean, Gen. 118. Þǽr eów is hám sceapen, sweart sinnehte there is a home assigned you, black darkness, Gú. 650. Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian

swán-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
swán-steorra, an; m.
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The herd's star, the evening star Suánsteorra vesper, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 42. Cf. swána steorra under swán

be-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeówan, p. -þeówde, -þeódde (v. þeówan to serve)

To serve

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To serve Beþeóddan inserviunt (v. l. to inheserunt in passage given under previous word), R. Ben. 134, 20

Linked entries: þeówan þeówan

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

ágnian

(v.)
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Add: to have a person as a possession, under one's dominion, to enslave Ǽgnian Israhéla cyn, Exod. 265