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fele-ferþ

(n.)
Grammar
fele-ferþ, [fele = fela many?]

A kind of worm under blocks having many feet ⬩ vermĭcŭla quædam multĭpĕda

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A kind of worm under blocks having many feet, Som; vermĭcŭla quædam multĭpĕda, Lye Feleferþ centumpellio, forte centupĕda, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 86; Wrt. Voc. 22, 4

cól-pyt

Grammar
cól-pyt, l. col-pyt a place where charcoal is made [v. N. E. D. coal-pit]
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and add Forð bæ hæselholtæ on collpytt; of collpyttæ, C. D. iv. 27, 13. On þone ealdan collpytt þǽr þá þreó gemǽru tógædere gáþ, Cht. E. 206, 23

scip-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fultum, es; m.
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A naval force Hé sende tó Eádwerde cingce and bæð hine scipfultumes ꝥ hé ne geþafode ꝥ hé him on wætere ne ætburste, Chr. 1049; P. 166, 36

norþ-land

(n.)

a northern land

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a northern land Hé fór on Sciððie ða norþland, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3

drync-gemet

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For Nap. 17 substitute Chrd. 15, 24. The Latin is: Prelati quantum debent dare ... nequiuerint

scip-setl

(n.)
Grammar
scip-setl, es; n.
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A seat or beach for rowers Scipsetl transtra, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 14: 64, 8

scip-steall

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steall, es; m.
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A place for a ship Andlang streámes on scypsteal, God. Dip. B. iii. 316, 16

sund-deáw

(n.)
Grammar
sund-deáw, (?), a plant name, rosemary:?-Sundeáw (=sund-deáw? v. sund, II.) rosmarinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 77.
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Sundew remains as a name for drosera rotundifolia, v. E. D. S. Pub., Plant Names

Linked entry: sunn-deáw

cíp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cíp-lic, adj.
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For sale þes sáwle his cýplice hæfð hic animam suam uenalem habet, Scint. 98, 17

démed-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
démed-lic, ; adj.
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D. 336, 20. v. for-démedlic

dysigu

(n.)
Grammar
dysigu, (-o); indict. or gen. e; f.
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Folly, stupidity Neátum gelíce for eówre dysige, Bt. 26; F. 90, 3. v. dysig; n

ge-unblissian

(v.)
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to make unhappy, distress Se bisceop wearð geunblissod for þám blódes gyle, Nap. 22, 25

Linked entry: un-blissian

gós-fugol

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Substitute for Th. Chart. 471, 31 Sex gósfuglas, tén hennfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8

médren-cynn

(n.)
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In l, 2 for reht meódrencynn l. rehtmeódrencynn, and take the passage to riht-médrencynn

ofer-fylness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fylness, e; f.
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Overfullness Hwílum þá swefn for oferfylnesse ( plenitudine ) þǽre wambe . . . beóð ácende, Gr. D. 339, 3

sumer-bóc

(n.)
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a lectionary for the summer Brihtríc hæfð . . . .i. mæssebóc and winterrǽdingbóc and sumerbóc, Nap. 60

u

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Án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 178, 7. Add

bǽrning

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Vos. 50, 18. v. for-bǽrning, on-bǽrning

ǽht-spédig

having great possessions

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Add: having great possessions Sum ríce man and for worlde ǽhtspédig, Bl. H. 197, 27

hafe-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hafe-leást, e; f.

Want of means, indigence

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Want of means, indigence For haueléste from lack of means, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 12

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