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gleáwlíce

(adv.)
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S. 29, 20. with verbs of inquiry, understanding, discriminating, with clear mental vision, clearly, accurately, diligently Nú sceolon georne gleáwlíce þurhseón ússe hreðercofan heortan eágum, Cri. 1328.

ildan

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Ne yldon ná fram dæge tó dæge þæt tó Gode ne gecyrron, Wlfst. 151, 15. with dat. infin. Bl. H. 7, 33 (in Dict.). absolute or uncertain Ic ylde elongo, prolongo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 23. Ylde, elcode distulit, i. moram fecit, abduxit, 141, 46.

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Tó-dæg habbað hwónlíce be hláf, ac tó-merigen sceolon habban genihtsumlíce (cf. quare de panis inopia vester animus contristatur ? Hodie quidem minus est, sed die crastina abundantes habebitis Gr. D. c. 21), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 2

ge-wérgian

(v.)
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ge-wérgian, -wérigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To wearyfatiguefatīgāre

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Mauritanie wǽron mid ðam gewérgode the Mauritanians were wearied by it, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 7. Ðe on lengtenádle gewérigade wǽron who were wearied with ague, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 7

cyric-líc

(adj.)
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cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Like a church, ecclesiastical; ecclesiasticus Cyriclíc wer vir ecclesiasticus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 21. Magister cyriclíces sanges magister ecclesiasticæ cantionis, 2, 20; S. 522, 27.

morgen-gifu

(n.)
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morgen-gifu, e; f.

The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage

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Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
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ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht, 256, 34.)

ofer-stígan

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[Ꝥ flod wex . . .. Hwenne so wil wit oferstieð ( gets the upper hand of), Misc. 192, 1.] add: with the idea of passing across or beyond Gewyrc ánne hring ymb þone slite útan, ne oferstíhð hit furðor, Lch. ii. 112, 1.

wín-burh

(n.)
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wín-burh, f.

a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers,a chief towna walled vineyard

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wealdeþ his wínbyrig call, ðæt on wege færð ut quid deposuisti maceriam ejus; et vindemiant eam omnes, qui transeunt viam? Ps. Th. 79, 12

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
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ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Se ofersprǽcea wer vir linguosus, 38, 8; Swt. 279, 21. Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58.

fæstingan

(v.)

to fasten, make firm firmāre

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to fasten, make firm; firmāre Ic fæstinge mín wedd mid eów firmābo pactum meum vobiscum, Lev. 26, 9

Frisan

(n.)
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Frisan, pl. m.

FrisiansFrīsii

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Frisians; Frīsii Ðǽr wǽron Frisan mid there were Frisians with them, Chr. 885; Th. 154, 24, col. 1

swát-swaþu

(n.)
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swát-swaþu, e; f.
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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

ealu-hús

(n.)
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Ðe werc of þesternesse . . . ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse, O. E. Hml. ii. 11, 30

eást-lang

(adj.)
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eást-lang, adj.
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D. v. 334, 28. v. west-lang; adj

ge-tídran

(v.)
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ge-tídran, ge-tídrian; pp. ge-tídred, ge-tídrod
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To make or to become weak: — Sceall nýde ꝥ lícumlice fæt beón getýdrod (infirmetur), Gr. D. 227, 27

íþ-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-rǽde, adj. Easy to guess (v. rædan; <b>VI a.</b>)
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Ic wéne þæt hit nis éðrǽde, E. S. xxxvi. 326

west-rihte

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Andlang díce west on gerihte on pull; of pylle westrihte on ford, C. D. iii. 449, 12. Add

gǽst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-lic, (gæst- ?); adj.

Terrible, ghastly

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Terrible, ghastly Ongitan sceal gleáw hæle hú gǽstlic bið, þonne eall þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð, Wand. 73

west-sǽ

(n.)
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west-sǽ, f. m.
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.