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norþ-west

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-west, adv.

North-west

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North-west Se þridda [gára líþ] norþwest, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24. 5

bi-geongende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-geongende, bi-gongende; part. [part. of bi-gongan, v. be-gongan, be-gangan]

Passing bypræteriens

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Lind. War. 15, 21: Mk. Rush. War. 15, 21

ge-hornian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hornian, p. ade

To insult

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Lind. 12, 4

wítege

(n.)
Grammar
wítege, an; f.

prophetess

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Lind. Rush. 2, 36

ge-défe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-défe, (?), es; n. : <b>ge-défu (?);</b> f.
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[v. list.] Cf. ge-dafen; n

hearn

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In the line: Salpicis et clangor, necnon et classica sistri, Ald. 207, 36,(?)

seten

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Take ymb-seten to for Lind. l. Rush. Add: v. cwild-, hundred-seten

stán-rǽw

(n.)
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a line of stones On stánrǽwe; of stánrǽwe, C. D. iii. 444, 5

wel-fremende

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-fremende, wel-fremmende; adj.

Beneficent

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Lind. 22, 25

heáh-samnung

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-samnung, e; f.

A chief synagogue

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Lind. 5, 22

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát I wrote out the life of the holy father

Linked entry: a-wrát

ge-coren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-coren, pp. of geceósan

Chosenchoicefitgoodbeloveddear

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Lind. 4, 25. Gecoren is to ríc godes aptus est regno dei, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 62. Ðú gecorene optime, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 3; 8, 15. Sanctus Iohannes eallum Godes hálgum is gecorenra St. John is more beloved than all God's saints, Blickl. Homl. 167, 26.

Linked entry: -coren

eofor-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-þrote, an; f. [eofor a boar, þrote the throat]

The carline thistle carlina acaulis

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The carline thistle; carlina acaulis, Lin Eoforþrote colucus? colicus? Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 64; Wrt. Voc. 67, 79: 291, 7. Wið heáfodece sceal eofor-þrote carline thistle shall [serve] for head-ache. Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L.

réc

(n.)
Grammar
réc, es; m.
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Hé geseah ðone líg ðæs fýres and ðone réc ofer ðære burge wallas áhefenne, 3, 16; S. 543, 2 : Cd. Th. 155, 26; Gen. 2578. Bráde lígas, swilce eác ða biteran récas, 21, 17; Gen. 325. Ic folcsalo bærne, récas stígaþ haswe ofer hrófum, Exon.

ge-lýfed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-lýfed, part. p. [pp. of ge-lýfan to believe]

One who believed, faithfulreligiosus, fidus, fidelis

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Com se árwurþa Swíþhun to sumum gelýfedan smiþe on swefne the venerable Swithun came to a certain religious [lit. faithful] artisan in a dream, Glostr. Frag. 2, 5. Wæs sum cyning gelýfed swíðe on God there was a king firmly believing on God, Swt.

Linked entry: ge-léfed

þíxl

(n.)
Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.
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a beam or pole of a waggon; temo: used, also, like temo, to denote a constellation, the Bear Wǽnes ðísl (wægne þíxl (wægnes?), 100, 72) archtoes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 23. Þísl temo vel arctoes, i. 16, 24: themon (in a list 'de plaustris'), 284, 46.

Linked entry: þísl

un-gelygen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelygen, adj.

Not lyingtrue

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Not lying, true Bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... oþþe óðres ungelygenes (-lig-, v. l. ) mannes, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 19. Ungeligenes, i. 12; Th. i. 206, 10 note. Ðæt hé hæfde ungeligene gewitnesse ... ðæt hé gelǽdde ungeligne gewitnesse, L.

á-metan

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Add: to measure (lit or fig.) Ðú ám[et]st adpendes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 21. Ámet metitur, An. Ox. 20. Hé ámæt eorðan mensus est terram, Cant. Ab. 6.

cǽg

(n.)
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Voc. i. 81, 18. lit. Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, Hml. S. 3, 484.Þæs wífes cǽglocan . . . Þǽra cǽgean (cǽgan, v. l. ) heó sceal weardian, ꝥ is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 20. fig.

godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Wé sceolan mid earfoðnyssum ꝥ éce líf geearnian, and seó earfoðnys ongan on ðǽre godspellbodunge, 16, 241. Seó ealde ǽ getácnode godspelbodunge under Godes gife.