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gaast

(n.)
Grammar
gaast, es; m.

A ghostspiritspīrĭtus

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Lind. Skt. 4, 24

ge-lifian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lifian, p. ode; pp. od

To live

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To live Gif he hit gelifode if he had lived, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 8

Linked entry: ge-leofian

in-bewindan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bewindan, p. -wand

To wrap upenwrap

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Lind. 23, 53. Innbewunden involutum, 2, 12

in-búan

(v.)

to inhabit

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Lind. 23, 21

of-blindian

(v.)

to make blind

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Lind. Rush. 12, 40

Linked entry: blindian

ofer-scúwan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-scúwan, -scúan
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to overshadow Wolken oferscúade (-scýade, Lind.) hiǽ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 17, 5. [Icel. yfir-skyggja.]

Linked entry: scúwan

pening-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
pening-sliht, es ; m.
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Lind. 17, 25

ge-sceortian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceortian, p. ade
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Lind. 2, 3

ge-wana

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wana, -wona, an; m.

A lackwant

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Lind. 19, 20

Linked entry: wana

seorðan

(v.)
Grammar
seorðan, seordan (?) ; p. searð
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Lind. 5, 27

Linked entry: serð

un-neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-neáh, adj.

Distantfar

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Lind. 15, 13: 19, 12

Linked entries: neáh un-néh

út-irning

(n.)
Grammar
út-irning, e; f.
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Lind. 5, 25

á-fandodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
á-fandodlíce, adv.
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In a manner to be approved Áfande(d)lícor probabilius, i. laudabilius , An. Ox. 2295

Linked entry: -fandodlíce

pundern

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Add: a plumb-line Of punderne a perpendiculo, An. Ox. 3005: 2, 138 (printed wunderne)

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, es; n.

A boundarylimitconfineborder

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Lind. 6, 56. In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 21

Linked entries: mére mére-hwít

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.
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Art, mechanical art, mechanics Orþancscipe mechanica (the word occurs at the end of a list of the arts. Cf. in a similar list searocræft mechanica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 61), Hpt. Gl. 479, 61.

ymb-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-cirr, es; m.
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Lind. 1. 11, 12, 17. turning over, moving, stirring. v. ymb-cirran Wætres ymbcerr (-cer, Rush.) ł styrenise aquae motum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. the word also glosses versutia, Rtl. 120, 32

sweor

(n.)
Grammar
sweor, swer, swyr, es; m. f.
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A column, pillar (lit. or fig.), that which is shaped like a pillar Swer columna, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 32: 81, 15. Ufeweard swer epistilia, ii. 30, 29. Ðú eart leóhtes swer, Blickl. Homl. 141, 1.

Linked entries: swer swyr

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

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Feores aþolian to endure life, Exon. 27 a; Th. 81, 7; Cri. 1320. Feores berǽdan to deprive of life, Andr. Kmbl. 266; An. 133. Feores getwǽfan to separate from life, Beo. Th. 2871; B. 1433. Feores geunnan to grant life, L.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Gif hió cwic bearn gebyreþ if she bare a live child, L. Ethb. 78 ; Th. i. 22, 4. Sníþ ðæt cwice líc cut the body alive, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 84, 29. Cwicre stæfne with the living voice; viva voce, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 39.