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þanc-full

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add: clever, ingenious Sceaþa þancful hé bið latro ingeniosus erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
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Transfer last passage under to and add there: steady Cild bið cumlíðe, þancful, staðolfæst, Lch. iii. 192, 8. Staþolfæstes wífes stabilis mulieris, Scint. 226, 3. Staþelfæste tremmincge firmo (scripturarum) fulcimento, An. Ox. 1420

and-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofa, -lifa (an-), an; m.
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Sustenance, food Wesaþ þancfulle þon Hǽlende eóweres andleofan, Bl. H. 169, 16. Eal hé sealde búton ðone dæghwámlican andleofan þe hé néde big lifgean sceolde, 213, 20: Sat. 522.

Linked entry: an-leofa

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Mæden carful, þancful, nytwyrþe, Lch. iii. 188, 14. Drusiana árás, and carfull be ðæs apostoles hǽse hám gewende, Hml. Th. i. 60, 19. Hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum carefullan bréðer þá gýmene betǽce, þe náne tíd ne forgýmeleásige, R.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wesaþ þancfulle, Blickl. Homl. 169, 16. Wísfæsto wossaþ gié perfecti estote Rtl. 13, 19. Wese hé hrægle gelíc, Ps. Th. 108, 19. Hit næs geséne hweðer hé seóc wǽre ( had been ), Homl. Skt. i. 6, 259. Ðæt Adam leng ána wǽre. Cd. Th. 11, 5; Gen. 170.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

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