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wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood

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Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Hé geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add

ge-hírsumnes

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Hwæðer hé carfull sig tó godcundum weorcum and tó gehýrsumnysse si solicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam R.

mǽrsung

Grammar
mǽrsung, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Heora fixnoðe gelamp micel earfoðnys, þæt Crístes tácne gelumpe micel mærsung, Hml. Th. ii. 290, 6. Wé on lofsangum hyre mǽrða cýðað, ꝥ heó ús þingige tó hyre suna, ꝥ hé ús miltsige for ðǽre mǽrsunge þe wé hyre gedóó, Hml.

nihtes

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Add: alone Hé nihtes on ungearwe hî on bestæl, Ors. 1,10; S. 46, 34. Hié . . . hié nihtes on frumslǽpe on bestǽlan, 2, 8 ; S. 92, 1: Chr. 876 ; P. 74, 11. with dæges, continuously Dæges and niehtes hié fundiað, Past. 127, 20.

oróþ

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Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan, Hex. 8, 19

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét hé spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.

wringan

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Hé þone cniht ásette on þá wíntreddan and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena puerulum in calcatorio deposuit, et calcare ipsos paucissimos racemos fecit, 58, 17.

be-fleán

to strip the skin ⬩ bark off ⬩ to strip off

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Hét hé hine cwicne befleán, Shrn. 84, 29: 121, 1. Tó befleánne euiscerandum, Germ. 393, 109. Beflægen excoriatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 33.

a-blǽcnes

(n.)
Grammar
a-blǽcnes, -ness, e; f.

A paleness ⬩ gloom ⬩ pallor

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A paleness, gloom; pallor, Herb. 164; Lchdm. i. 294, 3, note 6

fern

(n.)
Grammar
fern, es; n.

Fern ⬩ fĭlix

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B. fearn], Herb. 78; Lchdm. i. 180, 23

ge-heorcnian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-hercnian</b> in Dict

Linked entry: heorcnian

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj.
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Perhaps in the passages given here gemet is a noun used predicatively

geoguþ-lust

(n.)
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Take here <b>geogoþ-lust</b> in Dict

ge-scortian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-sceortian</b> in Dict

ge-sliht

(n.)
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Take here <b>ge-slyht</b> in Dict

gíming-lic

(adj.)
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Take here <b>gémung-lic</b> in Dict

gird-wíte

(n.)
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Take here <b>gyrd-wíte</b> in Dict

lǽw-finger

(n.)
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Take here <b>leáw-finger</b> in Dict

Linked entry: leáw-finger

íw-berige

(n.)
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Take here <b>eów-berige</b> in Dict

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