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þeów-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-byrde, -berde; adj.
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Of servile birth Wéron ðǽr ðreó wíte-þeówe men búrbærde, and ðreó ðeówberde, Chart. Th. 152, 20

un-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽd, es; n.

Bad seed

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Bad seed Ealle unþeáwas áweallaþ of deófle, and hé ðæt unsǽd sáweþ tó wíde, Wulfst. 40, 23

clacu

(n.)
Grammar
clacu, e; f.
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Hurt, harm, injury Sceal áspringan wíde and síde sacu and clacu, hól and hete, Wlfst. 86, 10

Linked entry: clæc-leás

tó-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sócn, e; f.
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Visiting Þá forman costunga preósthádes mannon cumað of wífa gelómlicre tósócne ( feminarum frequentes accessus ), Chrd. 67, 36

þrístlíce

(adv.)
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., temere) be þissere wísan reccan, Gr. D. 332, 12. Add

réðen

(adj.)
Grammar
réðen, (?); adj.

Wild

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Wild Ðæt hé hine gereordode mid ðám réðenum (MS. U. réðum) nýtenum, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 102

gewil-bod

(n.)
Grammar
gewil-bod, es; n.
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The announcement of a person's will Ne dear ic for Godes ege sóðes geswugian . . . for ðám se bydel þe ne bodað ná his hláfordes gewilboda ( the messenger that does not give the message that tells his lord's will ), hé mæg him wénan hefélices leánes,

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Sat. 303. with infin. (?), to succeed in doing Þæct hé gewyrce, ǽr hé on weg scyle, fremman on foldan wið feónda níð, Scef. 74

emne-cristen

(n.)
Grammar
emne-cristen, em-cristen, es; m.

A fellow-Christianco-christiānus

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C. 36; Wilk. 209, 18

Linked entry: em-cristen

fiscian

(v.)
Grammar
fiscian, fixian; p. ode; pp. od

To fishpiscāri

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To fish; piscāri Ðonne gé fiscian willaþ when ye wish to fish, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 12

Linked entry: fixian

foca

(n.)
Grammar
foca, an; m.

A cake baked on the hearthpānis sub cĭnĕre pistus

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A cake baked on the hearth; pānis sub cĭnĕre pistus Wire focan fac subcĭnĕrĭcios pānes, Gen. 18, 6

mónaþ-gecynd

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ-gecynd, e; f.

Menstruum

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Menstruum Gíf wífe tó swíðe of flówe sió mónaþgecynd, L. M. 3, 38: Lchdm. ii. 330, 26, 13

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

wuldor-word

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-word, es; n.

A glorious word

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A glorious word Ðú, ealra cyninga þrym, clypast ofer ealle; bið ðín wuldorword wíde gehýred, Hy. 7, 46

eáþe

(n.)
Grammar
eáþe, es; n.
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What is easy, the easy Þæt nán wiht ne sý þæs eáðes ne þæs earfoðes, Wlfst. 185, 1

for-bláwan

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Ðe sǽ winde miclum forbleów (forbláuene, L.) árás mare uíento magno flante exsurgebat, Jn. R. 6, 18. Add

leóþ-cræft

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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add

ofer-druncenness

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Ic gewilnode þæs wínes on þám ic ǽr gelustfullode tó oferdruncennysse brúcan, Hml. S. 23 b, 535. Add

áþ-brice

Grammar
áþ-brice, l. -bryce,
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and add Syndan wíde þurh áðbrycas and ðnrh wedbrycas forloren and forlogen má þonne scolde, Wlfst. 164, 7

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortressA city, fort, castle, townurbs, civitas, castellumthe cityhæc civitas

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Se cyning hine west wende mid ðære fierde wið Exancestres the king turned west with the army towards Exeter, 168, 26, col. 1; 24, col. 2; 169, 21, col. 1; 18, col. 2. the name of a particular place, as CHESTER, CAISTOR, CASTOR, the city; hæc civitas