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wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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Skt. i. 23, 608. a ring Ic gesleá ǽnne wriðan on his nosu ponam circulum in naribus tuis (2 Kings 19, 28), Homl. Th. i. 568, 33. Ic geseah in healle bring gyldenne (a cup) men sceáwian, . . . friþospéde bæd God gǽste sínum se ðe wende wriþan. Exon.

Linked entry: wríþan

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Voc. ii. 53, 3. in a physical sense in reference to men or animals Wól(pestis) wæs æfter fyligende, Bd. i. 13; S. 482, 6. Mycel wól and grim acerba pestis, l, 14; S. 482, 29.

gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gráf, es; m. n.
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A grove Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ and éc ic hire léte to ðæt ceorla gráf let her have right of pasturage in the wood which the 'ceorls' use, and besides I leave to her the ' ceorls' grove, Cod. Dipl.

sealm-sang

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-sang, es; m.
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Nú sind ða twá gesetnyssa, ðæt is sealmsang and wítegung, Homl. Th. i. 188, 16-19

þǽr-tógeánes

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tógeánes, adv.
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Skt. ii. 27, 162

Linked entry: tó-geagnes

ymb-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gyrdan, p. de.
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Kmbl. iii. 396, 3

Linked entry: embe-gyrdan

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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S. 12, 145-155. (10) :-- Ic gewunode in Laurenties worde (cf. Geceás hé Laurentium tó þám háde þæs biscopes dómes . . . and hé þurhwunode in his cwide (sententia), 329, 16-18) and wæs wið Simmache in parte Laurentii contra Symmachum sensi. Gr.

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Th. i. 404, 21. Se apostol áwrát be eáwfæstum werum: 'Lufiað, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe,' Hml. Th. ii. 322, 25. Ic manode ǽwfæste wíf, i. 378, 27

hálsung

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung, heálsung, e; f.

Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greetingsupplicationomen, auspiciumgreeting

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Micel is seó hálsung and mǽre is seó hálgung ðe deófla áfyrsaþ great is the exorcising and greater is the hallowing that drives away devils, L. C. E ; Th. i. 360, 28. Hálsung exorcismus, Mone Gl. 414.

Linked entries: hǽlsung hálsian

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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A full account is given of him in Bede's History, bk. iv. ch. 24.

án-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
án-hoga, an; m. [án-wuniende]

A lone dwellerrecluse

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A lone dweller, recluse Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970

ceápung

(n.)
Grammar
ceápung, e; f.

Business, trade, traffic, commercenegotium, negotiatio

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Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 8. Fram ceápunge þurhgangende on þýstrum a negotio perambulante in tenebris, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6. Ic ne ongeat grame ceápunga non cognovi negotiationes Ps. Th. 70, 15

Linked entry: ceáping

éðyl-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
éðyl-stæf, édulf-stæf, es; m.

A family staff or support, stay of the houseprædii sustentáculuin

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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentáculuin Ic eorn orwéna ðæt unc se [seó MS.] éðylstæf ǽfre weorþe gifeðe I am hopeless that to us two the staff of the family will ever be by lot, Cd. 101; Th. 134, ii; Gen. 2223

fracoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fracoþ-líce, fracuþ-líce, fracod-lice, fraced-líce; adv.

Shamefullydisgracefullywickedlyturpĭter

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Cot.] oðer fót unscód one of our feet is very disgracefully unshod, Past. 5, 2; Hat. MS. 11 a. 17. Ic fracoþlíce feóndrǽs gefremede I wickedly committed the fiendish violence, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 25; Gen. 899

geápes

(adv.)
Grammar
geápes, adv. [gen. of geáp broad, spacious, roomy]

In widthwidelāte

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So Bouterwek takes it, but the word is rather a neuter genitive after 'eall;' cf. vv. 2548-9

geár-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
geár-þénung, e; f.

A yearly serviceannual serviceannuum ministĕrium

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L. 38; Th. ii. 296, 7

hyll-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hyll-wyrt, e; f.

Hill-wort

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Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum

Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt

wítnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung-stów, e; f.

A place of punishment

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A place of punishment Seó micele byrnende dene is wítnungstów, in ðære beóð manna sáwla gewítnode and geclǽnsode, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: wítung-stów

wyrþen

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 89, 57: 52, 20. v. preceding word (?)

Linked entry: wyrþing

án-tíd

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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga