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hól

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Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add

wépan

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</b> add: where there is grief for wrongdoing Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda wépað, Past. 421, 36, where there is lament for suffering Gemǽnað gé hit tó þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan. Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 6.

sceand-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-full, adj.

Shameful, infamous, vile

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Shameful, infamous, vile Hé (John the Baptist) wæs heáfde becorfen for scandfulra wífa béne, and for scondfulles gebeór*-*scypes hleahtre, Shrn. 123, 6-8.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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On mistlícum and mænigfealdum hiwum of divers and manifold forms, Lchdm. iii. 234, 13

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Þanon forþ exhinc, Anglia xiii. 393, 404 : de cetero, 439, 1059. Ðanon forþ exinde, 444, 1130. Hé ða gefeán ðæs heofonlíces éðles þanon forð geseón ne mihte, Wulfst. 1, 6. Siððan ongon Cain ceastre timbran ...

fleóg-ryft

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

A fly-netnet for keeping off fliesvēlāmen ad muscas prohĭbendascōnōpeumκωνωπεῖον

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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.

Weaknessinfirmitymisery

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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

Sigelhearwen

(adj.)
Grammar
Sigelhearwen, adj.
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Ethiopian For his Sigelhearwenan wífe propter uxorem ejus Aethiopissam, Num. 12, 1. Sýlhearwenre, Aethiopica, Hpt. Gl. 514, 49

tyllan

(v.)
Grammar
tyllan, p. tylde
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Found only in the compound for-tyllan, but see the following passages from later English

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

fricgan

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= frungon for frugnon. v. fregnan) ł áhsadun hine interrogabant eum, Mt. R. 12, 10

ge-dǽledlíce

(adv.)
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For separatim Cot. 201 substitute : sequestratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 45. ge-dæman. Dele, and see ge-clǽman

hradung

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

onweg-ádrifenness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-ádrifenness, e ; f.
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Expulsion For ðǽre onwegádrifennesse se áwyrgda gást his sceamode dejectionem suam malignus spiritus erubuit, Gr. D. 185, 13

Linked entry: á-drifenness