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drýg-scód

(adj.)
Grammar
drýg-scód, adj.
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Dry-shod Þæt folc fór betwux þám twám wæterum on þám grunde ealle drýgsceóde, Wlfst. 293, 17

earfoþ-recce

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For 'Lupi . . . Lye' substitute Hit is on rǽdinge earfoþrecce hwæt hé gesewenlicra wundra geworhte, Wlfst. 22, 14

earmung

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Substitute: Pity, compassion On mildheortnyssa and earminga (printed earnunga) in misericordia et miserationibus, Ps. Spl. 102, 4

ende-furh

(n.)

an end-furrow

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an end-furrow, bounding trench Inn on ðére endefureh; of ðére endefureh, C. D. iii. 384, 18

faldian

(v.)
Grammar
faldian, p. ode
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To make a fold Me mæig on sumera . . . faldian, fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12

fen-hóp

(n.)
Grammar
fen-hóp, fen-hop, es; n.
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Land in the midst of fens (v. N. E. D. hope) Fleón on fenhopu, B. 764. Substitute:

fíf-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
fíf-nihte, adj.
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Five days old Sé on V-nihtne mónan bið geboren gung hé gewítað, Lch. iii. 160, 22

fiþer-ecgede

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-ecgede, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged [Genim twégen] sticcan feðerecgede, and wrít on ǽgðerne sticcan án paternoster, Lch. i. 388, 5

ge-pílian

(v.)
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to beat in a mortar Swilce hít on pílan gepílod wǽre quasi pilo tusum, Ex. 16, 14

Linked entry: pílian

ge-sídan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sídan, (?); pl.
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The sides of an object On gesíitum húsys þínys in lateribus domus tue, Ps. Cam. 127, 3

Linked entry: síde

getæl-fers

(n.)
Grammar
getæl-fers, es ; a.
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Ferse that depends on the number of feet Mid getelferse ł syxfétum catalectico uersu, An. Ox. 127

ge-þeódsumnes

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Geðiódsumnisse tó ðǽm fiónde on woeg foresægeð consentiendum aduersario in uia pronuntiat, Lk. p. 8, 1. Add

hege-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hege-weg, es; m.
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A road that runs between hedges: Andlang heges on ðane brádan hegewai, C. D. iii. 380, 13

hlípe-burna

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe-burna, an; m.
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A brook with a fall in it Of þám cumbe on hlýpeburnan, C. D. iii. 457, 4

hors-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
hors-pæþ, es; m.
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A horse-track Ádúne on streáme tó horspæðes forda, C. D. v. 157, 25. Cf. hors-weg

Lǽden-sprǽc

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Sé þe þurh Lédensprǽce rihtne geleáfan understandan ne cunne geleornige húru on Englisc, Wlfst. 126, 1. Add

pól

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On blacan pól; of ðám poole, C. D. vi. 220, 15. v. mǽr-, teám-, wíþig-pól. Add

rúmgállíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmgállíce, adv.
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Widely Þá þe hér rúmgállíce ofer Godes riht rícsiað, þá beóð þǽr on mǽstum racenteágum, Nap. 54

scotian

(v.)
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2. Add Hí fuhton mid Iúdan sceotiende heora flán on ðá hǽdenan leóda, Hml. S. 25, 495

sixteóþa

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Þú scealt gewítan on ðám sixteóðan geáre þæs ðe þú munuc wurde, Hml. S. 6, 80. Add

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