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bér

(n.)
Grammar
bér, beer, e; acc. bé, bére ; f.

A bedlectusgrabatus

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Lind. War. 5, 12. Nim bére ðíne, Jn. Rush. War. 5, 12

Linked entry: bǽr

ge-cýgednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cýgednes, -ness, e; f.

A callingvŏcātio

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A calling; vŏcātio On ðam dæge ðe geneálǽhte hyre gecýgednesse of ðyssum lífe immĭnente die suæ vŏcātiōnis, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 31

hát

(n.)
Grammar
hát, es; n.
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Lind. 24, 49. Hátes promissionis, Rtl. 14, 14

mis-libban

(v.)

to lead a bad life

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to lead a bad life Biþ mannum sceamu ðæt hí mislybban sceolon, and ða nýtenu healdaþ heora gesetnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 18

Linked entry: libban

níwunga

(adv.)
Grammar
níwunga, adv.

Anew

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Lind. 14, 40. Niúnge (niówunga, Rush.), Jn. Skt. 3, 3. Neówinga, Andr. Kmbl. 2787; An. 1396

Linked entry: níwinga

un-trymigu

(n.)
Grammar
un-trymigu, (-o); f.

Weaknesssicknessinfirmity

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Lind. 10, 1

Linked entry: -trymigu

wræc-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-hwíl, e; f.

A period of miseryexilethe present life

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A period of misery or exile, the present life Ðǽr ða eádgan beóð æfter wræchwíle weorcum bifongen, Exon. Th. 233, 19; Ph. 527

Linked entry: wræc-fæc

fæst-mód

steadfast

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Hé tómiddes þám líge tó Gode ánmódlíce clypode, and on þǽre frecednysse fæstmód þurhwunode, Hml. S. 31, 872. Add

heáfod-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ǽ, (?)
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a law that affects life. v. heáfod; 2 Heáfod[ǽ?] capitol[is] lex (Wright prints: Capital lex-heáfod), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 43

Linked entry: ǽ

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)

liþe

(adv.)
Grammar
liþe, adv.
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Sé þe hit geþyldlíce ábereð, God líðe hé áwácað tó him qui aduersa patienter tolerat, Deum citius placat, Verc. Först. 126, 6

hryre

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Ac heora hryre wearð Ahténum tó árǽrnesse, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 8. a sinking to a lower level, precipitate descent (lit. or fig.), hasty action Ealle word hryres omnia uerba praecipitationis, Ps. Rdr. 51, 6.

feorh-sweng

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-sweng, es; m.

A life-blowdeadly blowlētālis ictus

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A life-blow, deadly blow, lētālis ictus Hond feorhsweng ne ofteah, his hand withdrew not the deadly blow, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489

feorh-wund

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-wund, e; f.

A life-wound, mortal woundlētāle vulnus

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A life-wound, mortal wound; lētāle vulnus He ðǽr feorhwunde hleát he sank there with a mortal wound, Beo. Th. 4760; B. 2385

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To shinegrow lightlucerelucescere

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Gelihted lucescit, Lind. 28, 1

heard-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-lícness, e; f.
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Hardness, severity, strictness Sume hí sǽdonða heardlícnysse his lífes some of them told the severity of his life, Guthl. 27; Gdwin. 70, 15

hulfestre

(n.)
Grammar
hulfestre, an; f.

A ploverpluvialis

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A plover; pluvialis [the word occurs in a list of names of birds], Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 24; Wrt. Voc. 29, 44

hwistle

(n.)
Grammar
hwistle, an; f.

A pipefluteWHISTLE

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Lind. 7, 32

press

(n.)
Grammar
press, e ; f.
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A press (in a list of requisites for spinning), Anglia ix. 263, 12. Cf. Pannicipium a presse, Wülck. 600, 14 : vestiplicium, 619, 10

ge-ónétan

(v.)
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Lind. 13, 7. Geónét occupatus, Lye. [Cf.(?) Icel. ú-nýta to make useless, destroy.] [?]