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heall-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
heall-hálgung, (?), e; f.
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, Bacchanalian rites Geld, haealhálgung ceremoniae (cf. ceremoniae, i. ritus sacrificandi geld, Wülck. Gl. 202, 27), g. orgia, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 54

prýt

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Gl. 864), Wülck. Gl. 62, 29. Add

ofer-cæfed

(adj.; part.)

covered with ornamental work

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Voc. ii. 34, 67; cæfing discriminale (ornamentum capitis mulieris, Wülck. Gl. 656, 13), 141, 1

Linked entry: cæfian

ó-web

(n.)
Grammar
ó-web, -wef, es; n.
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Woof Óweb vel áb (ób, Wülck. G1. 188, 12) trama vel subtemen, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 50: cladicla, ii. 139, 59. Ówef cladica, 104, 13 : 14, 43

Linked entries: ób áb a-web

ge-galan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-galan, p. -gól; pp. -galen, -gælen
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Gegælen (printed -grelen, but see Wülck. Gl. 422, 24), 45, 60. Beóþ gegalene fram wísum, Ps. Spl. 57, 5

wræþ-studu

(n.)
Grammar
wræþ-studu, -stuþu, e; f.

A supportpropbuttressslay

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Wræþstuþum fulcris, Wülck. Gl. 245, 28. Wreðstiiþum, Exon. Th. 422, 6; Rä. 41, 2

gelde

Grammar
gelde, Substitute: Geld (v. N. E. D. s. v.), barren, unproductive
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Effeta, i. sine foetu, debilis, priuata, sine fructu, vel gelde, uacuala, ineruata, sterilis, stulta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 22. Effeta [ná ?] berende bið oððe gelde oððe áfyldum, 394, 26

pytt

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</b> figurative :-- Ðæt hí for hira úpáhæfennesse befeallen on ðone pytt ofermétta ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 439, 3. v. col-, wíðig-, wulf-pytt

rúma

(n.)
Grammar
rúma, an; m.

Separation

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Separation Rúma discidium, i. separatio, divisio, Wülck. 223, 25. Cf. He gede on rum he went apart, Gen. and Ex. 400. On, a roume at a distance, Strat. Dict

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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S. 8, 110. to live, not to die of an injury Gif wulf orf tóslíte and hit for þan deád beó . . . gif hit ályfað, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 27.

Linked entry: á-lifian

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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to lay over, above, or upon something else Oferlecgan ꝥ lín þám weófode superponant linteum altari, Angl. xiii. 428, 899. to cover the surface of a thing with something Oferlege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 200, 7.

belene

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Beolone, 68, 43: simphonia, Wülck. Gl. 301, 23: laterculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 52. Belene, ii. 54, 21. Add

beger

(n.)
Grammar
beger, (-ir), es; n.
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Cf. berige vaccinia (bacinia, Wülck. Gl. 296, 26), Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 25, and

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

or-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
or-trúwian, p. ode

To be without hope of, to despair of

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To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36

wóde-wistle

(n.)
Grammar
wóde-wistle, an; f.

Hemlock

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Wódewistle (printed -þisele, but see Wülck. Gl. 297, 8) cicuta, 67, 37

Linked entry: wistle

fitel-fóta

(adj.)
Grammar
fitel-fóta, adj.
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Having white feet Brún badius, fitelfóta petilus (cf. petulus whytfoted et dicitur de equo, Wülck. Gl. 602, 32 (15th cent.), Wrt. Voc. i. 46, omitted after 42 (v. Angl. viii. 451)

sweor-hnitu

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-hnitu, e; f.
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usia (cf. swínes lús usia, 122, 26), Wülck. Gl. 54, 34

sprott

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Sprot silurus (cf. silurus a loche, Wülck. Gl. 612, 3), Nap. 14, 39. Hé cwæð ꝥ hí ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne hé sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add

web-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
web-wyrhta, an; m.

A fuller

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A fuller Webwyrhta fullo, Wülck. Gl. 245, 33. Swylcne gerelan swylcne nǽnig fulwa, ðæt is nǽnig webwyrhta, ðæt mihte dón, Shrn. 56, 10. Ðone Iacóbum Iudǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde, 93, 12

Linked entry: fulwa