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dagung

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Add: crepusculum Hwæðer hit sí þe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen d(e)agung (e written above; dagung, v. l.) utrum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an jam advenerit matutinum, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 21. Ǽr þæs uppcumendan leóhtes dagunge ante exsurgentis

tó-dǽledlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledlíce, adv.

Separately, ⬩ not in connection

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Separately, not in connection Tódǽledlíce sigillalim, Ps. Spl. 32, 15: divise, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 229, 9. Seó fífte declinatio gebígþ hire genitivum on e and i tódǽledlíce (the e and i are pronounced separately), 7; Zup. 21, 14. Tódǽledlícor differeníius

Linked entry: tó-dǽlendlíce

a-réd

(n.)

counsel

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counsel, L. Edm. E. pref; Th. i. 244, 6, MS. B

líne-twige

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Línaethuigae carduelis, Txts. 54, 309. [v. N. E. D. lintwhite.] Add: —

mete-cleofa

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cleofa, an ; m.
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A pantry Met[e]clyf[a] cellarium, An. Ox. 56, 270

myrgan

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Take here mirgan, and add: [v. N. E. D. merry ; vb. ]

Linked entries: mirgan mirgan

stól

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In the compounds dele gebed, and for fealde l. fild(e)

yfes-drype

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Add:: [Cf. Icel. upsar-dropi, v. N. E. D. eaves-drip.]

ge-sinsciplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sinsciplíc, adj.

Conjugal ⬩ matrimonial ⬩ conjugalis,

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Conjugal, matrimonial; conjugalis, L. E. I. 43; Th. ii. 440, 7

rǽd

(suffix)
Grammar
rǽd, rǽde,
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in composition of adjectives, v. án-, fæst-, heard-, hwæt-, læt-, wiðer-rǽd[e]

Súþ-Peohtas

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Peohtas, -Pihtas; pl.
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The South Picts Súð-Pihtas (-Pyhtas, MS. E.), Chr. 565.; Erl. 18, 4

Linked entry: Peohtas

fóre-scéawere

Grammar
fóre-scéawere, fore-sceáwere (for-)
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glosses provisor Gód and forsceáwere (prouisor) hé bið, E. S. 39 (December). Substitute:

gróp

(n.)
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a ditch, drain Groop scropis, Txts. 115, 150. [v. N. E. D. groop.]

Linked entry: grep

malscrung

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Malscrung pressicium (for prestigium?), Hpt. 33, 246, 83. [N. E. D. masker.] Add: —

mód-wén

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>mód-wynn,</b> e; f. Heart's delight, treasure Þonne ic forð áscúfan sceal þæt freán mínes módwyn freoðað middel-nihtum when I (a key) push forth what protects my lord's treasure at midnight, i. e. the bolt of the lock, Rä.

ge-federe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-federe, an; f.

A godmother ⬩ susceptrix

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A godmother; susceptrix, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 365, note 18

mearc-will

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-will, es; m.
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A boundary spring Ðonon on mearcwill; of mearcwille, Cht. E. 293, 26

seóc

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Add: v. ádl- (E. S. xxxix. 322), lenden-, wéden(d)-, wód-seóc

beorþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorþ, berþ, byrþ, e; f : es; n? [beorþ bears, from beoran, as byrþ birþ from beran]

A BIRTH ⬩ the act of coming into life ⬩ the thing born ⬩ nativitas ⬩ partus ⬩ fetus

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A BIRTH, the act of coming into life, the thing born; nativitas, partus, fetus Cot. 87. Found in the compounds berþ-estre, berþ-ling : v. also beorþor, beorþor-cwelm, -þínen; hyse-beorþor

Linked entries: byrþ byrþ-ling

drig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
drig-nes, dryg-nes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

DRYNESS ⬩ siccĭtas

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DRYNESS; siccĭtas Ðære drignesse ne sceal he huniges onbítan ac eald wín for the dryness he must not taste of honey but old wine, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9. God gecígde ða drignysse

Linked entry: dryg-nes