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býdel

Grammar
býdel, l. bydel,
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Sende se cásere his bydelas and beád ꝥ man sceolde cépan crístenra manna, Hml. S. 23, 47

fers

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Æt þám ferse þe man æfter gereorde cwið, R. Ben. 69, 16. Cweþe ǽrest þis fers, 'Deus in adiutorium meum intende,' 33, 8 (and often)

un-wita

(n.)
Grammar
un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless persona fool

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne man tó cnihte and nǽnigne unwitan ðe disig lufige, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14. Gif hit unwitan ǽnige hwíle healdaþ bútan hæftum, hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, bærneþ boldgetimbru, Salm. Kmbl. 821; Sal. 410

ofer-gitolness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-gitolness, e; f.

Forgetfulness, oblivion

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Wið ða ádle ðe man litargum háteþ, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde ofergytulnys (-gittolnes,MS. H.) Lchdm. i. 200, 8. In eorþan ofergytolnysse in terra oblivionis Ps. Spl. 87, 13. Ða unþeáwas oft ábisegien ðæt mód mid ofergiotulnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 32.

helle-hund

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hund, es; m.

A hell-hound

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, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Ic wille ðæt man frígæ hæalue míne men on élcum túne for míne sáwlæ, and ðæt man déle æal healf ðæt yrue ðæt ic hæbbæ on ǽlcum túne, iii. 273, 4-6. Gif in cyninges túne man mannan ofsleá, .L. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 5; Th. i. 4, 4.

Linked entry: bold

folc-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gewinn, es; n.

Folk's war, battlebellum

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Folk's war, battle; bellum Wæs monig Gota gelysted folcgewinnes many a Goth was desirous of battle, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 19; Met. 1, 10

and-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
and-feax, adj.
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Bald Andfeaxe (-fexe, v. l.) weorðaþ ðǽra swýðe manega very many of them shall become bald (cf. Isaiah 3, 17, 24), Wlfst. 46, 1

cyne

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne, (?); adj.
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Cf. cyne*-*mann) homini regi, Mt. L. 18, 23

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to sharpen.
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Ísen mid ísene byð gescyrped and mann scyrpð (exacuit) ansýne freónd(es) his, Scint. 205, 4. Hig scerptan exacuerunt, Ps. L. 63, 4. Add

gif

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Cf. too gif fríg man fréum stelð, 6, 2, with gif fríg man cyninge stele, 4, 3.

a-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-helpan, p. -healp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen

To helpassistauxiliariadjuvatesubvenire

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To help, assist; auxiliari, adjuvate, subvenire Ahelpe mín se hálga Dryhten may the holy Lord help me, Exon. 117b; Th. 452, 13; Hy. 4, 1

eald-hryter-flǽsc

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hryter-flǽsc, es; n.

A side of meat cut offsuccīdia

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Mann. suggests eald-hryðer-flǽsc adulti bŏvis căro

Linked entries: hríþer-flǽsc flǽsc

helle-bróga

(n.)
Grammar
helle-bróga, an; m.

The terror of hell

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Of handa hellebrógan de manu inferi, 48, 16

word-full

(adj.)
Grammar
word-full, adj.

Wordyverbosetalkative

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Wordy, verbose, talkative Mann wordfull (verbosus) asyndraþ ealdras, Scint. 134, 12. Wordful verbosa (garrulorum loyua-citas), Hpt. Gl. 528, 49. Wordfulle uerbosi, Scint. 78, l

ceosol

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Substitute Gullet; maw :-- Ceosol, cesol gurgustium, Txts. 67, 1001. Cesol, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 8. Ceósol, cesol ventriculus, stomachus avis, Txts. 105, 2090, Cf. ceoler

feologan

(v.)
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to become many (? v. fela) or to become fallow (? v. fealu) Swá benne ne burnon ne burston, ne fundian ne feologan, Lch. ii. 352, 1

ge-lógung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lógung, e ; f.
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Order, arrangement Þǽre gelógunge ꝥ dægrædsangum geendedum sóna beón gecwedene twégen sealmas eo ordine ut matutinis finitis max dicantur duo psalmi, Angl. xiii. 407, 599

Linked entries: -lógung ge-logian

gryndan

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Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]

bræd-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
bræd-ísen, brǽd-ísen ?.
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.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long