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mægen-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-cræft, es; m.

Main force ⬩ great power or might ⬩ mighty power

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Main force, great power or might, mighty power Mægencræft ðe him meotud engla forgiefen hæfde the power which the Lord of angels had given him, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 1; Gú. 1105.

tá

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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Ðá com ðæs wítegan tá upp, i. 246, 3-5. v. tán, and Similar entries cf. for a similar pair of forms flá and flán

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocent ⬩ harmless

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Ðæt hé mæge fordón ða unsceðþendan ut interficiat innocentem, Ps. Th. 9. 28

Linked entries: in-sceþþende un-scæþþende

orpedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
orpedlíce, adv.

Boldly, in full force

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But for þe emperoor hadde out of his companye þe orped man (virum strenuum) Bonefacius, þe emperour dede noþing orpedliche (nihil strenue egit), Trev. v. 231, 13-15. He orpedly strydeȝ, Bremly broþe.

Linked entry: orped

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es; n.

A necklace ⬩ collar ⬩ band for the neck

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A necklace, collar, band for the neck Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wulfst. 253, 23. Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele (monile), Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo.

Linked entries: sigele sigel

hæc

(n.)
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Substitute for all but the bracket: hæc[c], e ; /. and hæc[c], hæcce, es; m.

ed-leǽnung

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leǽnung, e; f.

A rewarding ⬩ retrĭbūtio

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A rewarding; retrĭbūtio For edleǽnunge propter retrĭbūtiōnem, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 112

hreód-writ

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-writ, es; n.

pen ⬩ calamus scribæ

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A reed for writing, pen; calamus scribæ. Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2

nest-pohha

(n.)
Grammar
nest-pohha, an; m.

A bag for food ⬩ wallet

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A bag for food, wallet Nestpoha pera, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 10

Linked entry: pohha

flǽsc-sand

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For Nap. 23 read Chrd. 14, 36-8

un-gesǽlhþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlhþ, e; f.

Unhappiness ⬩ misery

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Unhappiness, misery For ungesǽlhðe ðissere earman þeóde, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 26

Linked entry: ge-sǽhþ

weorold-bismer

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bismer, es; n. m.
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Worldly reproach For woroldbismere ánum per contumaciam, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 10

Linked entry: bismer

bremman

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For ' bremman . . . 192 ' substitute

ceaster-wyrhta

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For Cot. 156 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 27, 69: 69, 24

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

flind

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For 'Cot. 98, Lye' substitute

fiþer-berende

(adj.)
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For ' Cot. 9: 170' substitute

hǽlsung

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For ' Cot. 11, Lye' substitute Hǽlsunga auguria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 28

swica

(n.)
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In l. 2 for 'se ductor' l. seductor

un-wæstmbǽrness

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For þǽre eorþan unwæsmbǽrnysse propter infecunditatem terrae, Angl. vii. 36, 346. Add

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