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æppel-tún

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-tún, es; m.

An apple-gardenorchardpomarium

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Somn. 299

Linked entry: apple-tún

ge-sáweled

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sáweled, part. p.

Provided with a soulanimatus

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Provided with a soul; animatus, Mk. Skt. p. 1, 11

Linked entry: -sáweled

líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithesoftgentlemeekmildserenebenigngraciouspleasantsweet

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Lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet Swá fæder þenceþ his bearnum milde weorþan swá ús God ðám ðe hine lufiaþ líðe weorþeþ sicut miseretur pater filiis, ita misertus est Dominus timentibus se, Ps. Th. 102, 13.

Linked entry: líð

æfter-yldo

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-yldo, -yld, e; f.

after-ageold ageætas provectaan after-ageafter-timeposterius ævum

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; ætas provecta Ne mágon ða æfteryld in ðam ǽrestan blǽde geberan they may not produce [show] old age in their first strength [youth ], Exon. 39b; Th. 132, 3; Gú. 467. an after-age, after-time; posterius ævum Swá nǽnig æfteryldo syððan gemunan mæg so

Linked entry: æfter-ild

bord-rima

(n.)
Grammar
bord-rima, an; m.
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D. 248, 27 ; so that bordremum refers to the edges of the ship's planks which parted from one another, thus making a gap through which the sea entered), Txts. 114, 112

Linked entry: rima

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?]
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Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham. v. the translation of Leo

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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so Cockayne) Dó on beór swá on wín swá on þeorfe meoluc, Lchdm. ii. 270, 29

Linked entries: þærf þorof

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes miseryaffliction that comes from punishment

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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.

sceam-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-líc, adj.

shamefast, bashfulshameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious

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Eni velunge bitweone mon and ancre is so scheomelich and so naked sunne, A. R. 116, 3

ge-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 22. Fram fruman gesceafte ab inĭtio creātūræ, Mk. Bos. 10, 6: Cd. 9; Th. 11, 7; Gen. 171. On ðisse lǽnan gesceafte in this perishable creation, Salm. Kmbl. 653; Sal. 326: 737; Sal. 368.

mód-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-hwæt, adj.

Strong of soulcourageousbrave

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Strong of soul, courageous, brave Mægeþ mód-hwatu a maiden strong of soul, Exon. 122b; Th. 470, 14; Hy. 11, 16. Nymðe hié módhwate Moyses hýrde unless they with courage good obeyed Moses, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 17; Exod. 124.

BEÁN

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁN, bién, e; f.

A BEANall sorts of pulsefabalegumen

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A BEAN, all sorts of pulse; faba, legumen Beán pisan a vetch, Cot. 34 : 122

stearc-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc-ferhþ, adj.
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Of harsh or stern soul Hí stearcferþe cwellan þohtun, Exon. Th. 280, 29; Jul. 636

westan-súþan

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
westan-súþan, in be-westansúþan
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to the south-west Be-westansúðan Corinton, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 10, 24, 27

Linked entry: be-westan-súþan

frum-dysig

(n.)
Grammar
frum-dysig, es; n.
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First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26

Linked entry: dysig

meóning

(n.)
Grammar
meóning, es; m.
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A garter, binding for a sock Meóningas (printed weoningas) fascellas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 53

rúmian

(v.)
Grammar
rúmian, ode
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To get free from encumbrance Ðonne rúmaþ him sóna se innaþ, Lchdm. i. 76, 13

Linked entry: rúm

a-lénian

(v.)
Grammar
a-lénian, [a, lǽnian to be lean]

To make leanto soakmacerare

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To make lean, to soak; macerare, Ælf. pref. Hom. p. 4

a-súrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-súrian, p. ode; pp. od

To be or become sourtartbitteracescere

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To be or become sour, tart, bitter; acescere, Cot. 10: 177

súþ-eásterne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ-eásterne, adj.
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South-eastern Súðeásterne wind eurus, Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 8, 2

Linked entry: súþan-eásterne