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micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Se læssa íl iricius; se mára íl istrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 52, 53. Ic tówurpe míne bernu and ic wyrce máran ( majora ), Lk. Skt. 12, 18. Hit is ealra wyrta mǽst majus est omnibus holeribus, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 32.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

æfter-spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-spyrian, -spyrgean; p. ede; pp. ed

To inquire afterexamineexaminare

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To inquire after, examine; examinare Gif ge hit willaþ æfterspyrian if ye will examine it, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 8

ful-wærlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-wærlíc, adj.

Full waryvery cautious or prudentvalde circumspectus vel cautusprudentissĭmus

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Full wary, very cautious or prudent; valde circumspectus vel cautus, prudentissĭmus Ys hit fulwærlíc it is very prudent, Gen. 41, 33

lifer-hol

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-hol, es; n.
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A hollow in the liver Hwæðer on ðám liferbýlum ðe on ðám liferholum, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

Linked entry: lifer-býl

morgen-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
morgen-wacian, p. ode

To get up early in the morning

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To get up early in the morning Morgen-wacode manicabat (v. Lk. 21, 38), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 72: 56, 58

níd-genga

(n.)
Grammar
níd-genga, an; m.

One who is forced to goone who goes in misery

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One who is forced to go or one who goes in misery Nacod nídgenga ( Nebuchadnezzar ), Cd. Th. 255, 32; Dan. 633

bóc-reád

(n.)

Book-red, vermilionminium

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Book-red, vermilion: so named, because it was much used in ornamenting books; minium Of bócreáde ex minio, Cot. 75: 176

tyge-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
tyge-hóc, es; m.
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A hook to pull with, the word occurs in a list of implements Scafan, sage, cimbíren, tigehóc, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entry: hóc

un-módigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-módigness, e; f.

Pridearrogance

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Pride, arrogance (un- giving a bad sense) Ic ondette ofermétto and unmódennesse (nesse is written above móden), Anglia xi. 98, 33

worms-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
worms-gemang, (?), es; n.

A mixture

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A mixture in which there is corrupt matter Wið ðæt man blód and worsmgemang (worsm gemang ?) hrǽce. Lchdm. i. 250, 7

diregað

Grammar
diregað, =
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Lat. dirigat Vibrat borettið vel diregað (the corresponding gloss, in Epinal and Erfurt glossaries is :-- Vibrat, dirigat boretit), Txts. 107, 2147

dóm-settend

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Substitute: One who ordains judgement (v. settan, ), a lawyer Juriconsultus, jurisperitus, id est rihtscrífend sive dómsettend, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 13

geó-man

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Take here <b>-man</b> in Dict., and add Swá geómen cwǽdon, Lch. iii. 430, 32

ge-byrgednes

(n.)
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The better reading of the passage given in Dict. under ge-byrigednes is ge-byrgednes, Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 546, 3

Linked entry: ge-byrigdnes

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, m.
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Add: One who performs heáfod-weard (see next word), one who is on guard Heáfodweardas excubitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 16

hnut-scill

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-scill, (?), e. f.

A nut-shell

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Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5

ildend

(n.)
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The proper reading in the passage given is ylding Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó ðám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135

sǽ-leóþ

(n.)

a sea-song,

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a sea-song, song sung by the sailors in rowing, to keep stroke Sǽleóþes celeumatis (κέλευμα), Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 24

wæter-slæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-slæd, es; n.

A valley with water in it

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A valley with water in it On wæterslædes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 11. On ðæt wæterslæd, iii. 394, 17

ǽngan-cundes

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽngan-cundes, adv.

In a way that is unique

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In a way that is unique (?) Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25