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wíf-scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-scrúd, es; n.

Clothing for a woman ⬩ woman's dress ⬩ female attire

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Clothing for a woman, woman's dress, female attire Ic geann mínre yldran dehter . . . ánes wífscrúdes ealles. And mínre gyngran dehter ic geann ealles ðæs wífscrúdes ðe tó láfe bið, Chart. Th. 530, 14-25

ed-niwinga

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwinga, adv.

Anew ⬩ dēnuo

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Anew; dēnuo Se fugel líf eft onféhþ edniwinga the bird receives again life anew, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 2; Ph. 534: Andr. Recd. 1569; An. 784

ge-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stapan, p. -stóp, pl. -stópon; pp. -stapen

To step ⬩ go ⬩ gradi ⬩ ire ⬩ ingredi

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To step, go; gradi, ire, ingredi Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 22: Andr. Knbl. 3163; An. 1584

mis-wrítan

(v.)

to write incorrectly ⬩ make a mistake in writing

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to write incorrectly, make a mistake in writing Barbarismus, ðæt is ánes wordes gewæmmednyss, gif hit biþ miswriten, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 21; Som. 51, 48. On manegum wísum miswritene, 50, 23; Som. 51, 54

ge-driht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-driht, -dryht, e; f.

A host ⬩ company ⬩ turma ⬩ cohors

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A host, company; turma, cohors Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes the host of men was of one mind, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 10; Exod. 304 : Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 3; Cri. 1014

ge-wyrðe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrðe, es; n.

Amount ⬩ content

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Ánes æges gewyrðe greátes sealtes of rock salt the content of one egg, 40, 10

on-týnness

Grammar
on-týnness,
Dele, and see <b>on-tygness.</b>

frymþ

(n.)
Grammar
frymþ, 'es; m.' and in l. 15 'Frymþas . . . Lye',

the beginning ⬩ the beginning ⬩ the beginning of the world ⬩ at the outset ⬩ at first ⬩ in the first instance ⬩ to begin with ⬩ the beginning ⬩ source of all things ⬩ first-fruits

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Dele and Add Frymð origo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 73. Frymþum exordia, i. principia, 145, 75. the beginning of something From frymþe middangeardes, Chr. 6; P. 6, 1. Frimþe, 616; P. 23, note 4. Fræmðe, Angl. xi. 4, 16. Fremðe, 5, 10. Hé wolde ðǽre ealdan ǽ

ge-cynd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, and add: ge-cyndo, ge-cyndu; indecl. f.
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Dele II

ge-dírsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dírsian, Take here ge-dýrsian in Dict. , and add:

Linked entries: dírsian ge-dýrsian

ge-dríme

Grammar
ge-dríme, Take here ge-dréme, ge-drýme in Dict., and add

musical, melodious, harmonious

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musical, melodious, harmonious. Stefn gedrýme (-dréme, v.l.) vox canora, Hy. S. 2, 28. Mid gedrémum swége eque sonore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 68. Mid gedrémre swinsunge, [gedrê]mum sange consona melodia. An. Ox. 4911. Gedrémere, 2593. Mid gedrémere stefne

Linked entry: ge-dréme

in-cofa

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Eóde Martinus tó ánes mannes húse. Þá ætstód hé fǽrlíce ætforan þám þrexwolde, cwæð ꝥ hé egeslicne feónd on þám incofan gesáwe, Hml. S. 31, 530. [Tó] incofu[m] [ad cordis] penetralia, An. Ox. 5407. Add

cild-lic

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Se cildlica heáp wolde þæs ánes cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18. Add

þerscold

(n.)
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Eóde Martinus tó ánes mannes húse. Þá ætstód hé fǽrlíce ætforan þám þrexwolde, Hml. S. 31, 529. Hí ne mihton þone fót onstyrian ofer þá þyrxwolde þǽre stówe ( extra loci limen ), Gr. D. 167, 27

geafel

(n.)
Grammar
geafel, es; m. geafel, e (and ? geafle, an) ; f, and add
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Substitute: Gæfle furca, furcula diminutive . Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 82. Hé sceal habban . . . race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Gæfle forcelle Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

frætwian

(v.)
Grammar
frætwian, Take here frættewian in Dict., and add
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Frætwian comere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 47

friþu

Grammar
friþu, Take here freoþo in Dict. and add
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Þú mé wǽre freoða fultumiend refugium meum es tu, Ps. Th. 70, 3

ge-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirnan, Take here ge-diernan, ge-dyrnan in Dict. , and add:

To hide ⬩ To hide oneself, lie hid

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trans. To hide Gedyrned appilatum (silentio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 74: 64, 23. intrans. To hide oneself, lie hid Ge-diernan dilituisse (Apollonius delituisse fertur haud procul a delubro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 9 : 26, 61. Gedyrnan, 140, 40

scyte

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Add: the distance to which a shot will go Oþ ꝥ hé wæs fullneáh in ánes flánes scyte út fram þám lande pene ad unius sagit tae cursum a terra, Gr. D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

oden

(n.)
Grammar
oden, e; f.

A threshing-floor

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Beóþ sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, sume on carcerne, and lybbaþ ðeáh æalle be ánes hláfordes áre, Shrn. 187, 23. On odene cylne macian, Som