ofer-grówan
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growth (of a tree) Se fiicbeám . . . stód unnyt; for ðǽm him wearð ierre se góda wyrhta, for ðǽm hé ofergreów ðæt land bútan wæsðme.
wlencu
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Eft laþode hí man and speón tó óðres mannes brýdræste ge for hire wlæncum ge for hire geogoðe quam dum ad iterandum thalamum et opes et aetas vocarent, Gr. D. 279, I
oftrǽd-líc
Frequent
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Hié Alexander uneáðe oferwonn ǽgðer ge for ðære sumorhǽte ge eac for ðǽm oftrǽdlícan gefeohtum, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 32. Oftrǽdlíca gefeoht crebra bella, 6, 30; Swt. 282, 31
ymbren
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For Friday, Saturn and Wednesday, Tusser) ; the name of the four periods of fasting and prayer appointed by the Church to be observed in the four seasons of the year respectively.
Linked entry: riht-ymbren
Týle
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This form is used also in Trevisa, i. 325) ultima Thule, Met. 16, 15
Linked entry: þýle
wídgalness
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vastness, extensiveness Be ðære wídgal*-*nisse his síðfata and his fóra ðe hé ( Alexander ) geond middaneard férde, Nar. 1, 6. discursiveness, wandering Wídgalnys módes vagatio mentis, Greg. Dial. 2, 3
á-breátan
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The p. t. here given may be taken as an irregular form (on the model of reduplicating verbs, cf. heóf, p. t. of heófan) belonging to á-breótan q. v
spícing
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Spicyngas seems the correct form. [v. N. E. D. spiking.]
Driht'
the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten
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the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten
mete-bælg
A bag for food ⬩ wallet
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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35
scipian
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To take ship Se eorl on Wiht scipode and intó Normandíg fór, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 12
swín-haga
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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35
un-berendlíc
Unbearable ⬩ intolerable
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Unbearable, intolerable On ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann for ðam unberendlícum bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 23
Linked entry: berendlic
cwísan
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., where substitute for bracket: [v. N. E. D. quease], and add
dreópan
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Substitute for 'stillare . . . a-dreópan' Drupon distillauerunt, Bl. Gl. Driópende hrófas tecta perstillantia, Kent. Gl. 1021: 689
drýg-scód
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Dry-shod Þæt folc fór betwux þám twám wæterum on þám grunde ealle drýgsceóde, Wlfst. 293, 17
earfoþ-recce
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For 'Lupi . . . Lye' substitute Hit is on rǽdinge earfoþrecce hwæt hé gesewenlicra wundra geworhte, Wlfst. 22, 14
eolh-sand
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For Cot. 75 substitute
eorþ-weard
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Substitute for 'An earth-guard,' what guards a land, a fortress, and add leóda fæsten after lígdraca