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mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, n. (not m.).
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In 1. 5 for L. M. read L. In. and add Seó lǽs and ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, C. D. v. 319, 28. Æceren oððe bóc oððe óðer mæsten, Chrd. 15, 10

seomian

(v.)
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Add Á his lof standeð mycel and mǽre ond his miht seomaþ éce and edgiong ofer eall gesceaft, Hpt. 33, 73, 27. Add Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seonode (seomode,?) laman legre and manega gǽr wæs hleoniende in hire bedde molestia

holm-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
holm-þracu, g. -þræce; f.

The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean,

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The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 467. Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen. Kmbl. 1453; El. 728; Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 25

ymbren-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-dæg, es; m.
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An Ember-day Wé forbeódaþ ordál and áðas freólsdagum and ymbrendagum, L. C. E. 17; Th. i. 370, 3: Wulfst. 117, 15. Ða ðe heora lencten wel gefæsten and ða twelf ymbrendagas, 244, 20. ¶ with riht prefixed :-- Ðis synt ða rihtymbrendagas (legitimi quatuor

Linked entry: riht-ymbrendæg

fugoloþ

(n.)
Grammar
fugoloþ, es; m?

Bird-catchingfowlingaucŭpium

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Bird-catching, fowling; aucŭpium Búton huntoþe and fugoloþe besides hunting and fowling, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 34

Linked entry: fugeloþ

bettonice

(n.)
Grammar
bettonice, an; f.

The herb betonybetonĭca officinālis

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The herb betony; betonĭca officinālis Genim bettonican and pipor take betony and pepper, Lchdm. i. 380, 24

þreóhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þreóhund-wintre, adj.

Three hundred years old

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Three hundred years old Hé wæs on ðisum lífe þreóhundwintre and fíf-and-sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 23

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hǽle, ; adj.
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

fearr-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fearr-lic, adj.
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Of a bull [Æt] swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearłc ( = fearlican) suovetaurilia, An. Ox. 11, 187

Linked entry: fear-lic

ge-fyrhto

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhto, p. l. ge-fyrhto (-u); indecl.; [ge-fyrht, e]; f., dele passage from Bl. H. (for which see ge-wyrht),
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and add Se cwylra mid gefyrhto genam his swurd and hire heáfod of áslóh, Nar. 48, 22

ge-lǽrednes

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Add: erudition Ásprang hire hlísa and wísdóm and gelǽrednys geond ealle þá ceastre, Hml. S. 33, 29

Parþ-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Parþ-ware, pl.
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The Parthians Hé gelǽrde monige þeóde tó Crýstes geleáfan, Parðwara and Médware and Persware, Shrn. 155, 33

gylian

(v.)
Grammar
gylian, p. ede

To yellshout out

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To yell, shout out Styrmde and gylede shouted and yelled, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 19; Jud. 25

Linked entry: gylung

bæþ-hús

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Þá healle and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan, Hml. S. 36, 97. Add

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Honey Ðǽr [Estland] biþ swyðe mycel hunig and fisc[n]aþ and se cyning and ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc and ða unspédigan and ða þeówan medo in that country there is very much honey and fishing; and the king and the principal men drink mare's milk

Linked entry: teár-líc

full-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
full-æðele, adj.

Full noblevery noblevalde nōbĭlis

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Full noble, very noble; valde nōbĭlis Manege beóþ ǽgðer ge fullæðele ge fullwélige, and beóþ ðeáh fullunróte many are both very noble and very wealthy, and yet are very unhappy, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 3

Linked entry: ful-æðele

full-unrót

(adj.)
Grammar
full-unrót, adj.

Full sadvery unhappyvalde tristis

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Full sad, very unhappy; valde tristis Manege beóþ ǽgðer ge fullæðele ge fullwélige, and beóþ ðeáh fullunróte many are both very noble and very wealthy, and yet are very unhappy, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32. 3

Linked entry: ful-unrót

ymb-lyt

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Hé gesette sunnan and mónan, stánas and eorðan, streám út on sǽ, wæter and wolcen ðurh his wundra miht, deópne ymblyt (ybmlyt, MS.) dene (clene, MS.) ymbhaldeþ Meotod on mihtum, Cd. Th. 265, 13 ; Sat. 7

cneórd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cneórd-ness, cneóred-ness, e; f.
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A generation, race Drihten sibbe cneórd*-*nesse tódǽlde . . . hé on ðreó tówearp þá cneórdnysse, ꝥ wæs wælisc and on cyrlisc cynn and on gesýðcund cynd, Angl. xi. 3, 59-63. v. ge*-*cneóredness, and following words

Linked entry: ge-cneórednis

hús-hláford

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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde hí meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259