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un-sceamfulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceamfulness, e; f.

Shamelessness ⬩ immodesty ⬩ lasciviousness

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Lind. 7, 21

Linked entry: sceamfullness

un-scirped

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scirped, adj.

Not dressed

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Lind. 22, 11

Linked entry: scirpan

wiþer-crist

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-crist, es; m.

An antichrist

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Lind. 13, 22

ymb-fæstnung

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-fæstnung, e; f.
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Lind. 19, 41

wrecness

(n.)
Grammar
wrecness, e; f.

Vengeance

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Vengeance Dagas wrecnisse (wræcnisse, Lind. ) dies altionis, . Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 22

Linked entry: wræcce-ness

ar-faran

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Dele: the line cited should read Ge ǽr farað ge eft cumað

orsorglíce

(adv.)
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Add Þæt fram þysum lífe orsorhlícur (securius) sí gefaran, Scint. 48, 3

reordung

(n.)
Grammar
reordung, e; ;f.;

Taking food, refection

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Lind. 14, 14

reosan

Grammar
reosan, glosses

pissli ⬩ (in a list of plant names)

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; pissli; (in a list of plant names), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 44

ofer-fær

(n.)

a passing over ⬩ transmigratio,

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Kmbl. p. 12, 13: Lind. 1, 17

ofer-swíðung

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-swíðung, e; f.

Oppression, distress ⬩ pressura

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Lind. 16, 21, 33: p. 7, 17

cnyllsan

(v.)

to knell ⬩ sound a bell

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Lind. 11, 9: 12, 36

ge-þafsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þafsum, adj.

Agreeing; ⬩ consentiens

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Lind. 5, 25

Linked entry: -þafsum

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-fæst; adj.

Firm of mind, ⬩ prudent, ⬩ wise

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Lind. 11, 25

Linked entry: hog-

BÍTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍTAN, part. bítende; ic bíte, ðú bítest, bítst, he bíteþ, bítt, bít, pl. bítaþ; p. ic, he bát, ðú bite, pl. biton; pp. biten.

to BITE with the teeth ⬩ mordere ⬩ to cut, wound ⬩ cædere, vulnerare ⬩ discerpere ⬩ findere, perforare

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Biton [MS. byton] hine lýs lice bit him, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30.

Linked entries: a-bítan bát

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos

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Ðeáh ðe lílie sý beorht on blóstman, ic eom betre ðonne heó though the lily be bright in its blossom, I am better than it, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 26; Rä. 41, 28: Ps. Th. 102, 14.

Linked entry: blóstm

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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Se líg ne móste furðon heora fex forswǽlan, Hml. S. 16, 76. Þæt heora fex næs furðon forswǽled quoniam capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus (Dan. 3, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 29.

ge-hát

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Minutia hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan þæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban . . . Heó hiere gehát áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Þá geárlican gehát annua vota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 55.

Linked entry: hát

on-ginnan

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Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ, 25, 248

wyrcan

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Lind. 242, 20. Byrgenne swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5. Wyrtgemang wyrcan, Gr. D. 318, 3.

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