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weorold-wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wuldor, es; n.
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Worldly glory Manege synt þe Crístes scép for heora wuldorwuldre (suę glorię gratia) healdað, Chrd. 66, 20

Linked entry: wuldor

ǽg-hwæþer

Grammar
ǽg-hwæþer, <b>. I b.</b>
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For ǽghwæþerum ðyssum mánum (þyssa mána, v.l. quo utroque scelere ], Bd. 2, 5 ; Sch. 133, ii. Add

rýmetleást

(n.)
Grammar
rýmetleást, e; f.

Want of room

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Want of room Maria hire sunu for rýmetleáste on ánre binne geléde, Homl. Th. i. 34, 22

Linked entry: rýmet

wafung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wafung-stów, e; f.

A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre On plegstówe oððe on wafungstówe, Lchdm. iii. 206, 16

Linked entry: wæfer-stów

heáfod-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ece, es; m.

Head-ache

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Head-ache Wið heáfodece for head-ache, Lchdm. i. 4,15: Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 15

Linked entry: ece

gesíþ-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
gesíþ-mægen, gen. -mægnes; n.

A multitude of companions; ⬩ comitum turba

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A multitude of companions; comitum turba For gesíþmægen, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 4; Gn. Ex. 89

swín-haga

(n.)
Grammar
swín-haga, an; m.

An enclosure for swine

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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35

scipian

(v.)
Grammar
scipian, p. ode

To take ship

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To take ship Se eorl on Wiht scipode and intó Normandíg fór, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 12

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35.

un-lifigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lifigende, adj.

Not living ⬩ dead ⬩ defunct

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Fore gileáffullum unlifigendum pro fidelibus defunctis, Rtl. 173, 37. Fore deádum ł unlifiendum, Jn. Skt. p. 4, 20. On heora ealdfeóndum unlyfigendum, Judth. Thw. 26, 8; Jud. 316

Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende

fleóg-ryft

(n.)
Grammar
fleóg-ryft, es; n. [fleóge a fly, ryft a garment, veil, curtain]

A fly-net ⬩ net for keeping off flies ⬩ vēlāmen ad muscas prohĭbendas ⬩ cōnōpeum ⬩ κωνωπεῖον

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A fly-net, net for keeping off flies; vēlāmen ad muscas prohĭbendas, cōnōpeum = κωνωπεῖον Fleógryft cōnōpeum, Cot. 46

Linked entry: fleóh-net

léwsa

(n.)
Grammar
léwsa, an; m.

Weakness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ misery

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Weakness, infirmity, misery Eágan míne sárgodon for léwsan oculi mei languerunt præ inopia, Ps. Spl. T. 87, 9

línete

(n.)
Grammar
línete, an; f.

A linnet

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A linnet [for connection with lín cf. Ger. hanf hemp, hänfling linnet] Línete cardella, Wrt. Voc. 62, 46

mangung-hús

(n.)
Grammar
mangung-hús, es; n.

A house for traffic

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A house for traffic Ne wyrce gé mínes feder hús tó mangunghúse (domum negotiationis), Jn. Skt. 2, 16

niht-feormung

(n.)
Grammar
niht-feormung, e; f.

Entertainment for the night

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Entertainment for the night Hé (Lot) ðám rincum (the angels ) beád nihtfeormunge, Cd. Th. 147, 2; Gen. 2433

biereþ

(v.)

bears, carries

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bears, carries, Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 18; Ph. 199; for bireþ; Similar entries 3rd pres. of beran

unriht-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gestreón, es; n.

Unrighteous gain

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Unrighteous gain Ða ðe heora sylfra sáula forhycggaþ for feós lufan, and unrihtgestreón lufiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 8

wist-mete

(n.)
Grammar
wist-mete, es; m.
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Food for sustenance Ic eom áféded of ðam genihtsumestan wistmettum mínre fylle, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 582

writ-breód

(n.)
Grammar
writ-breód, (?), es; n.

A reed for writing

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A reed for writing Hreódwrit (writhreód ? Similar entries cf. writ-íren) calamus scribae, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2

hradung

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For Lye substitute Ofst and hradung gódra weorca is tó þǽm ríce weges færeld, R. Ben. 3, 11

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