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ge-delf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-delf, es; n.

A delvingthe act of digginga trenchfossiofossa

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Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 58, 5

reóst

(n.)
Grammar
reóst, ;a rest;

rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed

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Dict.) Sules reóst dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua vomer inducitur quasi dens,; :Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72 ;dentalia,; 106, 20 : 25, 28

Aldhelm

(n.)
Grammar
Aldhelm, Ealdhelm, es; m. [aid=eald old; helm an helmet i]

ALDHELM bishop of SherborneAldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus

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D. 709] Aldhelm bishop west of Selwood [Sherborne] died, Chr. 709; Th. 68, 17, col. 2. Ealdhelm, Chr. 731; Th. 74, 31, col. 2

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a-wyrgednes

(n.)
Grammar
a-wyrgednes, a-wyrgednys, a-wirgnis, -niss, e; f.

A cursednesswickednessa curserevilingmalignitasmaledictio

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Diplm. A. D. 970; 243, 16

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cyric-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-stíg, e; f. [stíg a way, path]

A church-path ad ecclesiam callis

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Dipl. 1368; Kmbl. vi. 220, 19, 20

fróuer

(n.)
Grammar
fróuer, e; f.

Comfortconsōlātio

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Comfort; consōlātio On ðisum geáre sé árwurþa muneca feder and fróuer, Landfranc arcebisceop, gewát of ðissum lífe in this year [A.D. 1089] the venerable father and comfort of monks, archbishop Lanfranc, departed from this life, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226,

meox-force

(n.)
Grammar
meox-force, an; f.

A fork used for removing dirt

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A fork used for removing dirt Myxforce rotabulum (rotabulum furca vel illud lignum cum quo ignis movetur in fornace causa coquendi: et dicitur sic, quia rotat et proruit ignem furni gratia coquendi vel stercora purgandi), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 34

nón-mete

(n.)
Grammar
nón-mete, es; m.

An afternoon meal

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On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 192, 19

ge-trýwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trýwian, p. ode.

to trustto clear one's self

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to trust Ic on ðínum wordum wel getrýwade in verbum tuum supersperavi, Ps. Th. 118, 1. to clear one's self Getrýwie hine ðæs sleges let him clear himself of the slaying, L. In. 34; Th. i. 122, 15, MS. B

grównes

(n.)
Grammar
grównes, se; f.
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Ne com ðǽr nǽnig grównes up ne wæstmas ne furþan brordas nil omnino, non dico spicarum, sed ne herbæ quidem ex eo germinare contigit, 4, 28; S. 605, 34

un-gewlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewlitig, adj.

Not brightnot brilliant

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Not bright, not brilliant Ealle ða ðing ðe beorhte beóð ðonne seó sunne hym on scínaþ, hí lýhtaþ ongeán; ac ða ðe ungewligige (-wlitige?) beóð, ða ne lýhtaþ náwiht ongeán ða sunnan, þeáh heó hym on scíne, Shrn. 180, 15

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un-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
un-spéd, e; f.

Wantindigencepenury

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Ðiós of unspoed (unspoedum, Rush.) hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende haec de paenuria sua omnia quae habuit misit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. unspéd

cwild-seten

Grammar
cwild-seten, v. cwyld-seten
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in Dict., but substitute for citations Cwylsetene (cwylseten conticinium, Hpt. Gl. 495, 6) conticinio, An. Ox. 3771. Cwyldsetene, 2, 250: 8, 198. Cwuldsetene, 7, 273. Cwyldsetene ( conticinio, gallicantu, Hpt.

Fríg

(n.)
Grammar
Fríg, e ; f.
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The name occurs only in connexion with the sixth day of the week, the dies Ueneris, which is called Fríge dæg

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

híre-mann

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Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add

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hlǽn-nes

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Mid hlǽnnesse macie (me dira fames macie torquebit, Ald. 272, 16), An. Ox. 23, 33. Hlǽnnesse atrophiam, lenuitatem corporis, Hpt. 31, 14, 338. Add

brastlung

(n.)
Grammar
brastlung, e; f.

A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing;strepitus, crepitus, fractio

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Dial. 1, 2

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meaht

(n.)
Grammar
meaht, <b>, maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht,</b> e; f. (but mihtes,
  • Ps, Th. 70, 18
).

Mightpowervirtueabilityan exercise of powermighty work

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Ðín wuldor ús gecýð, cræft and meaht, Exon. 53 b; Th. 188, 11; Az. 44. Swá swá mæht hæbbende sicut potestatem habens, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 29. Ða mæhte (ðæt mæht, Lind.) seðe eode from him virtutem quæ exierat de eo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29.

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wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 22. Tó ðære wóhgan apeldran, iii. 389, 32. Tó wóhan (wógan, v. l.) ǽc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 417, 16. Ðá oncierde ðæt scip on wónne síþfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. Gif hé hæfde wó (toríum) nosu, Past. ii; Swt. 65, 4.