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feorg-bold

(n.)
Grammar
feorg-bold, es; n.

The dwelling of life ⬩ the body ⬩ ănĭmæ dŏmus ⬩ corpus

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The dwelling of life, the body; ănĭmæ dŏmus, corpus Hrǽw cólode, fæger feorgbold the corpse grew cold, the fair dwelling of life, Rood Kmbl. 145; Kr. 73

Linked entry: feorh-bold

ealdor-scype

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-scype, es; m.

Eldership, supremacy ⬩ principātus, prīmātus

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Ealdorscype healdan prīmātum tĕnēre, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 17

in-wǽte

(n.)
Grammar
in-wǽte, an; f.
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An inward humour Gif hit biþ cumen of yfelre inwǽtan if it is come of an evil inward humour, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 27

Linked entry: wǽta

un-sliten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sliten, adj.

Unrent

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Cuoedon: Ne tóslíte (scindamus) ué hiá the coat was unrent ... They said: Let us not rend it, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 23

be-waden

Grammar
be-waden, be-wadan

to reach ⬩ come upon ⬩ surprise

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to reach, come upon, surprise ? Min hord warað híþende feónd . . . bewaden (when surprised ?) féreð, stepped on stíð bord, Rä. 88, 24. Cf. be-faran, -féran, -rídan. Substitute:

ofer-hragan

(v.)

to come in storms ⬩ to sleet ⬩ a storm

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to come in storms(?) Wǽtum hé oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305

Linked entry: hragan

snáw-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
snáw-ceald, adj.

Cold as snow

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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna (but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro Met. 29, 8

fóre-witan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-witan, fór-witan; ic, he -wát, ðú -wást, pl. -witon; p. -wiste, pl. -wiston; pp. -witen

To foreknow ⬩ præscīre

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To foreknow; præscīre He eall fórewát hú hit geweorþan sceal he foreknows all how it shall come to pass, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 27

Linked entry: fór-witan

náwiht-wela

Grammar
náwiht-wela, náuht-wela, an; m.

False wealth ⬩ wealth that is not really wealth

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False wealth, wealth that is not really wealth Gé wénaþ ðæt eówre náuhtwelan (nóht-, Cott. MS.) síen eówra gesǽlþa, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 37

biggencere

(n.)
Grammar
biggencere, es; m.

A worker ⬩ operator

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A worker; operator Ic hæbbe smiþas ... and manega óðre mistlícra cræfta biggenceras habeo fabros ... et multos alios variarum artium operatores, Coll. Monast, Th. 30, 3

for-nirwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-nirwan, for-nirwian
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Ðǽre .x. niht (after Christmas) gif wind byð, treów byóð fornerwede (will come into leaf late?), Lch. iii. 164, 24

Linked entry: nirwan

corn-hwicce

(n.)
Grammar
corn-hwicce, an; f.
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A corn-chest Wearð gemét ðæt feoh uppon ánre cornhwyccan (-hwntccan, v. l. in three MSS. ; Thorpe incorrectly prints -hryccan), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8

Linked entries: corn-hwæcca hwicce

wǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr, (?); adj.

True

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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681

gist-líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
gist-líðe, adj.

Kind to guests ⬩ hospitable ⬩ hospes

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Kind to guests, hospitable; hospes Búton cræft mín gistlíðe him beó nĭsi ars mea hospĭta ei fuĕrit, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 11: Shrn. 129, 26

Linked entry: gæst-líðe

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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When. in direct questions Quando venisti hwænne cóm ðú? is interrogativum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 64. Hwonne ǽr beó deád oððe hwænne his nama áspringe quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus? Ps.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Náuðær næ síe tó ðon gedurstig ne cyning næ bisceop ne nánes hádes man nullus rex aut episcopus, vel, aliquis alius potens, sit tam audax, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 26.

Linked entries: náðor náwðer nóðer

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball

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Similar entries v. cod-, corn-, hunig-, weax-æppel

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)

Late ⬩ after some time ⬩ later ⬩ afterwards ⬩ postmodum ⬩ After ⬩ After

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Th. 110, 14; Gú. 107. conj. After Síþ heora tuuege dæg ágán sié. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 47, 2

Linked entry: síþ

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

cýs-gerunn

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-gerunn, es; n? [ge-runnen cougulatus]

Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curd ⬩ lactis coagulum

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Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curd;lactis coagulum Butergeþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losaþ eów butyrum omne et caseus pereunt vobis, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 19

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