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gearolíce

(adv.)
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Add: <b>geare-líce, gear-líce</b> well. of sight, perception Þá mihte hé mid þan óþron geseón, and on þám inne hé gearlíce oncneów hwæt þǽr inne wæs, Guth. 98, 5. of knowledge, understanding Ic habbe gearolíce (cúðlíce, v. l. ) ongyten ꝥte

híred-cniht

a domestic

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Add: a domestic, Similar entries v. híred; III. Oncneów Philippus, swá swá fæder, Eugenian, and Auitus and Særgius hyra ágene swyster, and hyra hýredcnihtas hí eádmódlíce cyston, Hml. S. 2, 249. His híredcnihton eallon .v. pund tó gedále, ǽlcon be þám

log

(n.)
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(?) water: Mid lande and mid loge cum terra et cum aqua, C. D. iv. 202, l.[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward. The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add: <b>-lát</b> (?), e ; f. Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6. Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð

on-girwan

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Add: to strip a person (acc.) of something (gen. dat. (inst.)) Hé æalle gesceafta gemetgað, and óðre hwíle gegiereð myd ðám winsumestum wlitum, óðre hwíle eft ongiereð and geungewlitegað. Solil. H. 59, 20. Hé hine þám scyccelse ongyrede, Hml. S. 23 b

tó-slítan

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Add Þú tóslite sæc mínne concidisti saccum meum, Ps. L. 29, 12. Add Tóslíton discerpere, i. dilaniare, An. Ox. 729. <b>III a.</b> to make a wound by biting :-- On þá wunda þe se wurm tóslát, Hml. S. 31, 959. add: to interrupt Þá ongan se

sceáda

(n.)
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sceáda, (sceáde; f. (?)), an; m.

The top of the head, parting of the hair

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The top of the head, parting of the hair v. Halliwell's Dict. shed, and E. D. S. Pub. Lincolnshire, shed the parting of the hair. Hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan conquassabit verticem capilli, Ps. Th. 67, 21. Crulle was his heer, and as the gold it schon .

Linked entry: horn-sceaða

fréfran

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Se Hálga Fróforgást ús fréfrað mid his gife, Hml. A. 1, 14. Hig fréfrodon (-edon, v.l., froe-fredon, L., freófradun, R. ) consolabantur, Jn. 11. 31. ꝥ hí Godes þearfran fréfrian and fédan Ll. Th. i. 326, 34. Froefra consolari, Mt. L. 2, 18. Frófran, Ps

a-syndran

(v.)
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a-syndran, -syndrian; íc asyndrige; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od [a from, syndrian to sunder, part]

To put ASUNDERto separatedisjoinseverseparare

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To put ASUNDER, to separate, disjoin, sever; separare Ic com mann asyndrian ongén his fæder veni separare hominem adversus patrem suum, Mt. Bos. 10, 35: Ps. Spl. 67, 10. Se deáþ asyndreþ líc and sáwle death sunders body and soul, Soul Kmbl. 7 ; Seel.

Linked entries: a-sindrian ge-asyndrod

esne-wyrhta

(n.)
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esne-wyrhta, an; m.

A hireling, mercenarymercēnārius

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A hireling, mercenary; mercēnārius Esne-wyrhta mercēnārius, Greg. Dial. 2, - 3. Eallum frióum monnum ðás dagas sién forgifene bútan þeówum mannum and esnewyrhtum to all freemen let these days be given, but not to slaves and hirelings, L. Alf. pol. 43

feormend-leás

(adj.)
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feormend-leás, adj.

Wanting a polisherpŏlītōre cărens

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Wanting a polisher; pŏlītōre cărens Geseah he orcas stondan, fyrnmanna fatu, feormendleáse, ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig he saw bowls standing, vessels of men of yore, wanting a polisher, there was many a helmet, old and rusty, Beo. Th. 5516, note

freónd-spédig

(adj.)
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freónd-spédig, adj.

Rich in friendsamīcōrum dīves

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Rich in friends; amīcōrum dīves Ðus mæg mihtig man, and freóndspédig, his dǽdbóte, mid freónda fultume, micelum gelíhtan thus may a powerful man, and rich in friends, greatly lighten his penance, with the help of his friends, L. P. M; Th. ii. 286, 13

fyrd-hwæt

(adj.)
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fyrd-hwæt, adj.

Bold in warfarewarlikebravebellĭcōsus

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Bold in warfare, warlike, brave; bellĭcōsus Ðæt wǽron mǽre men ofer eorþan, and fyrdhwate those were famous men throughout the earth, and bold in warfare, Andr. Kmbl. 16; An. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 2356; El. 1179: Apstls. Kmbl. 33; Ap. 12: Beo. Th. 3286; B.

Linked entry: fird-hwæt

heofon-wolcen

(n.)
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heofon-wolcen, es; n.

A cloud of heaven, of the sky

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A cloud of heaven, of the sky Of heofon-wolcnum from the clouds of heaven, Ps. Th. 147, 6. Ðǽr mec féddon hruse and heofonwolcn [? MS. wlonc] where earth and rain from heaven fed me, Exon. 126 b; Th. 485, 23; Rä. 72, 2

Linked entry: wolcen

leód-burh

(n.)
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leód-burh, f.
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A people's town, a town of a country, town occupied by a people Of ðysse leódbyrig [Sodom], Cd. 116; Th. 150, 33; Gen. 2501. Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471

mód-full

(adj.)
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mód-full, adj.

Proudarrogant

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Proud, arrogant Cild ácenned [biþ] weallende módful a child born (on the eleventh day of the moon) will be turbulent and arrogant, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. [Oswi hæfde emes sunen þe weoren swiðe þrute gumen, and ma of his cunne þe weoren modfulle, Laym.

ge-wlencan

(v.)
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ge-wlencan, pp. ed

To make proud, richto exalt

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To make proud, rich, to exalt Ic Æþelrǽd eldorman gewelegod and gewlenced mid sume dǽle Mercna ríces I Ethelred alderman enriched and exalted with a part of the Mercians' realm, Th. Chart. 129, 26. Wírum gewlenced adorned with wires, Elen. Kmbl. 2525

ge-weallod

(v.)
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ge-weallod, -wealled; part. [weall a wall]

Walledsurrounded with a wallforgedmūrātusmūnītus

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Walled, surrounded with a wall, forged; mūrātus, mūnītus Ða strengestan weras wuniaþ on ðam lande and micele burga ðǽr sind and mǽrlíce geweallode cultōres fortissĭmos habet et urbes grandes atque mūrātas, Num. 13, 29. On ceastre gewealledre in cīvĭtāte

Linked entry: weallian

ge-brosnung

(n.)
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ge-brosnung, -borsnung, e; f. [ge-, brosnung corruption]

A decayingcorruptioncorruptio

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A decaying, corruption; corruptio Hí hire líchoman gemétton swá ungewemmedne and swá gesundne, swá swá heó wæs fram gebrosnunge lícumlícre willnunge clǽne and unwemme intĕmĕrātum corpus invēnēre, ut a corruptiōne concŭpiscentiæ carnālis ĕrat immūne,

Linked entry: ge-borsnung

ge-hyldra

(n.)
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ge-hyldra, m. e; f. n; compar. of geheald(?)

Safer

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Safer Ðǽm gehyldrum wegum tuta itinera, Nar, 6, 3. Ðohtan ðæt him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre they thought that it would be wiser and safer for them, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 31. On gehældran stówe in tutiore loco, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39

Linked entry: ge-heald