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fore-gesceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-gesceáwung, e; f.

Providenceforethought

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Providence, forethought Þæt sý on ðæs abbodes foregesceáwunge in abbatis sit providentia, R. Ben. 66, 1

Linked entry: ge-sceáwung

geáþ

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Add:(?) Ne synt þíne geáhðe áwiht þe þú hér on moldan mannum eówdest, Seel. 74 : geáþelíce

ge-weorodlǽcan

(v.)
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to sweeten On welerum his byð gewerecilǽhþ feónd in labiis suis indulcatur inimicus, Scint. 196, 5

huntung

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Add: — Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, and ꝥ ǽlce dæge beeóde, Hml. S. 30, 16

hring-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
hring-mǽl, adj.
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For 'Beo . . . 1564' substitute On him gladiað gomelra láfe heard and hringmǽl Heaðobeardna gestreón, B. 2037

ífig-beara

(n.)
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ífig-beara, ífig-bearo
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a grove of ivy-covered trees (? cf. ífiht) On ífigbearo, of ífigbeara, Cht. Crw. l, 15

lustsum-líc

(adj.)
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Ðá syndon swýþe fægere and lustsumlíce on tó seónne, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 14. Add

mǽre-mǽd

(n.)
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a boundary meadow Ðis syndon þá landgemǽro . . . norðrihte on mǽremǽde westewearde, C. D. iii. 416, 18. (?)

mersc-mylen

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-mylen, e; f.
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A mill in afen On hore paðe intó merscmylne; of merscmylne, C. D. vi. 100, 12

Linked entry: mylen

part

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Wé ne magon þisne part fullíce trahtnian on Engliscum gereorde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 240, 16. Add

ræpsung

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Add: repsung. add: evening On hrepsunge hé beeóm tó Iordanes ófrum, Hml. S. 23 b, 663

þúr

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Dæg þúres die Iouis, Archiv cxx. 297, 27. On þurres dæge, Verc. Först. 123, 20. Add

wiþ-æftan

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wiþ-æftan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Sceoldon hiera senatus rídan on crætwǽnum wiðaeftan þǽm consulum, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 28. Add

ymb-habban

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Add: to detain, hold Unwís on flǽslicum byð emhæfed insipiens in carnalibus detinetur, Scint. 168, 18

byrn-wíga

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byrn-wíga, l. -wiga,
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and add Þá torras . . . þe ðá byrnwigon on stódan turres cum armatis iactatoribus, Nar. 4, 18

úter-mere

(n.)
Grammar
úter-mere, es; m.

Outer-seaopen sea

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Outer-sea, open sea Hié forfóron him ðone múðan on útermere, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 22

wæl-steng

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-steng, es; m.

A spear

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A spear Feówer scoldon on ðæm wælstenge weorcum geferian Grendles heáfod, Beo. Th. 3280; B. 1638

wæter-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-leást, e; f.

Want of water

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Want of water Ðæt folc wearð geangsumod on móde for ðære wæterleáste, Homl. Ass. 108, 177

wǽðe-burne

(n.)
Grammar
wǽðe-burne, (?), an; f.

A fishing-stream (?)

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A fishing-stream (?) Of ðæm geate on wǽdeburnan; andlang wǽðeburnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 27

fyrs-gára

(n.)
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fyrs-gára, an; m.

A triangular piece of land covered with furze

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A triangular piece of land covered with furze On ðane fyrsgáran, C. D. iv. 8, 35