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sixta

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
sixta, ord. num.
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Lind. 15, 33

sund-gird

(n.)
Grammar
sund-gird, e; f.
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Cf. sund-líne, -ráp

Linked entry: sund-ráp

ceáp-strǽt

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Þæs hagan gemǽre ... æt Wintanceastre líð ... norð on þá ceápstrǽt, þonne eást andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D. B. ii. 305, 22-26. v. cýp-strǽt in Dict. Add

ge-scyldru

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On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33

ge-éþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-éþian, p. ode
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To breathe. lit. Bewreów ðone man ꝥ se æþm ne mæge út náhwǽr, bútan hé mæge geéþian, Lch. ii. 338, 19. fig. Wé magon witan ꝥ þonne se gást wile hé geéðað tó þæs mannes mode sciendum est quia quando vult spiritus aspirat, Gr. D. 146, 14

Linked entry: éþian

godwrecnis

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Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, line 1 of Latin text. See Hpt. 31, 29), Txts. 180, 36. Add

Bedewinda

(n.)
Grammar
Bedewinda, an; m.

BEDWIN, Wilts

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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.

fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
fæstan, -nian; p.fæste ; pp. fæsted [fæst fast, firm] .

firm, entrust, commit, commendfirmāre, commendāre FASTjējūnāre

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Lind. War. 23, 46. some have taught and now teach that he who fasts properly, fastens or secures his salvation, hence, perhaps,- To FAST; jējūnāre Ne mágon hí fæstan non possunt jējūnāre, Mk. Bos. 2, 19

Linked entries: fast ge-fæstan

fracoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fraceþ, es; pl. nom. acc. fracoðu, fraceðu; n. [fracoþ vile]

An insultcontumelyturpĭtūdocontŭmēlia

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Lind. 16, 15

palm

(n.)
Grammar
palm, es ; palma, an (?) ; m. : pælme, an ; f.
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Lind. Rush. 12, 13

Linked entry: pælme

þurh-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-beorht, adj.

Very brightsplendid

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Very bright, splendid, lit. Heora nebwlite ongann tó scínenne swilce seó þurhbeorhte sunne, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 820. fig. Swá micele máran eádmódnysse ðú sý þurhbeorht ( perspicuus ), swá micele swá máran wurþnysse foresett ðú eart, Scittt. 22, 17.

Linked entry: þurh-scínendlíc

un-gefére

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefére, adj.

impassableimperviousimpenetrable

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lit. impassable Ungefére vel wegleás pæð invium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 61. On ungeférum in invio, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 40.

be-hogian

(v.)
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Ðá ðe his líc behogodon qui funus ejus curaverant, 297, 17. Ealdor þe georne behogige (curiose intendat) hwæþer hé God geséce, R. Ben. 97, 14. ꝥ þá á

cæfing

(n.)
Grammar
cæfing, e; f.
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Eárpreónas, cæfinga discrimina-lia (capitum, hosebendas periscelides (crurum) (cf. discriminalia, capitis ornamentum, Corp. Gl. H. 44, 301), An. Ox. 4821: 2, 389

cwic-súsl

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cwicsúsle his líf geendaþ, Bl. H. 61, 2. Seó menigo háligra sáula wǽron of þǽm cwicsúsle áhafena, 87, 19. Intó écere cwicsúsle, Wlfst. 289, 9. Uncyst hine besencte on cwycsúsle, Hml. Th. i. 328, 22. On deorce cwicsúsle in tetra tartara, An.

fræt

(adj.)
Grammar
fræt, ... superbus.
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., hafað frǽte líf, Mód. 48. Frǽtum fugitivus (-is? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 40. Cf. earg cowardly; evil

ge-scirian

(v.)
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., and add: To separate, remove from Ðá him ðæt lið gescired (-sciered, v.l.) wæs digesto vino, Past. 295, 7. Gescerede degesta, i. disposita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 35 (O.H.Ger. ge-scerian privare, impendere.) Cf. ge-scearian

reáf

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In last line dele 'lenden-, síd-', and Add Reáfo (reóf, R., here-reáf, W. S.) spolia, Lk. L. 11, 22. Add Scrúd ł hreáf uestimentum, Ps. L. 108, 19.

smǽr

(n.)
Grammar
smǽr, smǽr[e?]es; m.

A lip

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A lip Smǽras (? printed sinæres) labra Hpt. Gl. 457. 39. Reádum smǽrum roseis labris 481, 25. Smǽrum buccis, 422, 72. Smérum Lchdm. i. lxx, 6. [Cf. For hire speche he smere loh, Laym. 14981. Tho he (the fox) wes inne, smere he lou. Rel.

Linked entry: smér

snotorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
snotorlíce, adv.

Wisely, prudently, philosophically

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Lind. 12, 34. Uton ðás þing geþencean swíþe snotorlíce wíslíce Blickl. Homl. 97, 1. Snotorlíce academice Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 27. Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian Beo. Th. 3689; B. 1842