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wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.
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Bex-leá, 13), Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 5, Cant-ware, Wiht-ware, Sodom-ware, Syr-ware: see? also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic

Linked entry: -waru

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðá hé ðá hámweard tó ðære ié com, ðe hé ǽr westweard ( when marching westward ) hét ða ofermǽtan brycge ofer gewyrcan, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 3.

Linked entry: eást-weard

ge-healdsum

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nihta, sé bið gehealtsum his lífes, Lch. iii. 158, 14. that is careful of property, saving, not given to spending, frugal Ðy lǽs se hneáwa and se gítsigenda fægnige ðæs ðætte menn wénen ðæt hé sié gehealdsum on ðǽm ðe hé healdan scyle oððe dǽlan ne cor

hand-gewrit

(n.)
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Cóm se deófol . . . þá cwæð se hálga wer, ' Wé clypiað tó ðám Hǽlende . . . oð ꝥ þú ꝥ handgewryt ágife'. . . Æfter fyrste feól ꝥ ylce gewryt of þǽre lyfte . . . Se biscop áxode one cnapan gif hé oncneówe ꝥ gewryt.

nówend

(n.)
Grammar
nówend, es; m.
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Þá onwegánumenum þám nówende . . . se biscop férde . . . and þá þá hé cóm tó Rómána hýþe hé gemétte þone ylcan nówent (nautam), Gr. D. 346, 35 — 347, 16. Nówendes, steórmannes naucleri, An. Ox, 32.

Linked entry: nomementa

rǽcan

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Copp full of æcced ráhton tó his múðe (obtulerunt ori eius), Jn. L. R. 19, 29. a non-material thing, to give, bestow Þine dómas rǽcað gehwám ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15. Rǽc fultume tribue auxilium, Rtl. 41, 11: 23,9

Wiltún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Wiltún-scír, (Wiltúnes-), e; f.

Wiltshire

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Ánes scipes Ælfríc arcebisceop geúðe ðam folce tó Cent and óðres tó Wiltúnesscíre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 352, 18. Ða gegaderode man swíðe mycele fyrde of Wiltúnscíre, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 5: 1011; Erl. 144, 29: 1015; Erl. 152, 12.

feor-cund

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

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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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

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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Him ðǽr com tógeánes Byrhtnoð ealdorman mid his fyrde, and him wið gefeaht, 993; Erl. 132, 5.

freónd-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-spéd, e; f.

An abundance of friendsamīcōrum cōpia

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An abundance of friends; amīcōrum cōpia Ic ðam magorince sylle freóndspéd I will give many friends to the youth, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 19; Gen. 2330

nytweorþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
nytweorþ-ness, <b>(nytwirð-ness),</b> e; f.

Usefulnessutility

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Hwæt wyrcst ðú ús nytwyrðnesse quid operaris tu nobis utilitatis, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 25

scip-réðra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-réðra, an; m.
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Hé on scyp code, and myd hys scypréðrum hys segl up áhóf, and forþ seglode, St. And. 38, 32

swiftlere

(n.)
Grammar
swiftlere, es; m.
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Swyftleras subtalares, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 31. Swifteleares, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 19

Linked entry: swyftlere

gor-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gor-gráf, gor-grǽfe
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a muddy copse (?) Æt gorgráfes slædę ... eft in on gorgráfes slæd, C. D. vi. 120, 8-26. Of gorgrǽfan, v. 579, 18. On gorgráues, 380, 4

Linked entry: gráf

huntnold

(n.)
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, Coll. M. 21, 34. Cf. (?) færeld for suffix.

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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On ðǽm medwísan is tó trymmanne (trymmianne, Cote.

cýs-gerunn

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

Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curdlactis 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

seolfor-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
seolfor-smiþ, es; m.
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Ic hæbbe smiþas . . . seolforsmiþ habeo fabros . . . argentarium, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35

efen-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-gemyndig, adj.
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Commemorative Ealle þá syndon nú from heora eágum gewitene, and nǽfre efngemyndige hider eft ne cumaþ ( will never come back here to commemorate them ), Bl. H. 101, 1

Linked entry: ge-myndig

tapor-æx

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Russian topor an axe, and to have come from Scandinavia to England