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sǽ-geáp

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-geáp, adj.

Roomy enough for sea voyages

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Roomy enough for sea voyages (of a ship) Sǽgeáp naca, Beo. Th. 3797; B. 1896

sáp-box

(n.)

a box for resin

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a box for resin Man sceal habban leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Anglia ix. 264, 22

Linked entry: box

wægn-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-gewǽde, es; n.

A waggon-clothcovering for a waggon

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A waggon-cloth, covering for a waggon Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, Anglia ix. 264, 4

hær-sceard

(n.)
Grammar
hær-sceard, es; n.

Hare-liphare-lippedhare-liphare-lip

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Hare-lip Wið hærscearde for hare-lip, L. M. 1, 13; Lchdm. ii. 56, 5

hefeld

(n.)
Grammar
hefeld, hebeld, hefel, hebel, es; m.[?]

Thread for weavingfine twinethe clew-lines and bunt lines of a sail

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Thread for weaving Hefeld licium, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 50; Wrt. Voc. 59, 21

Linked entry: hebeld

ban-segn

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For bansegn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 76 read: ban ( = bandum) segn, cf. 101, 57

gold

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Add: gold in the ground Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. gold as a form of wealth Hwǽr cóm ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28.

mód-staþol

(n.)
Grammar
mód-staþol, es; m.

The foundation on which the mind rests

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The foundation on which the mind rests Steðe*-*fæst modstaþol biþ witena gehwilcum weorþlícre micle ðonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe a firm foundation for the mind is much more honourable for every man of counsel, than an excessive variation of manners

Linked entry: fæstmód-staðol

eáþ-gete

(adj.)
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Easy to get Him wæs eáðgete ele tó þám baðe oil for the bath was easy for him to get, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 18. Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðgeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10

ge-neódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neódian, vb. impers.
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To be need (i) of something for a person Gyf þe smælre candelle geneódige, Tech. ii. 120, 20. Ðonne þé martirlogium geneódie, 121, l. that something be done Gyf ꝥ geneódige (gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde, v.l. ) ꝥ úre ǽnig tó óðrum fǽce mid yrfe, Ll.

Linked entry: neádian

un-gearowitolness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gearowitolness, e; f.
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus

norþ-land

(n.)

a northern land

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a northern land Hé fór on Sciððie ða norþland, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3

drync-gemet

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For Nap. 17 substitute Chrd. 15, 24. The Latin is: Prelati quantum debent dare ... nequiuerint

scip-setl

(n.)
Grammar
scip-setl, es; n.
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A seat or beach for rowers Scipsetl transtra, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 14: 64, 8

scip-steall

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steall, es; m.
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A place for a ship Andlang streámes on scypsteal, God. Dip. B. iii. 316, 16

sund-deáw

(n.)
Grammar
sund-deáw, (?), a plant name, rosemary:?-Sundeáw (=sund-deáw? v. sund, II.) rosmarinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 77.
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Sundew remains as a name for drosera rotundifolia, v. E. D. S. Pub., Plant Names

Linked entry: sunn-deáw

cíp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cíp-lic, adj.
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For sale þes sáwle his cýplice hæfð hic animam suam uenalem habet, Scint. 98, 17

démed-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
démed-lic, ; adj.
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D. 336, 20. v. for-démedlic

dysigu

(n.)
Grammar
dysigu, (-o); indict. or gen. e; f.
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Folly, stupidity Neátum gelíce for eówre dysige, Bt. 26; F. 90, 3. v. dysig; n

ge-unblissian

(v.)
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to make unhappy, distress Se bisceop wearð geunblissod for þám blódes gyle, Nap. 22, 25

Linked entry: un-blissian