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ǽwisc-nys

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Add: Shamelessness, impudence Ǽwyscnes inpu-dentia , An. Ox. 4306. Ǽwisnes, obscenitas , 4, 69. On ǽwiscnesse in propatulo , Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 16: 46, 57. Ǽwiscnessum (ǽswic-?) opprobrium , Ps. L. 122, 4

ceác-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
ceác-ádl, (ceóc-)
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disease in the fauces (v. ceáce, ) Wiþ ceócádle and wiþ ceolwærce, Lch. ii. 300, 11. Wiþ ceócádle, nim hweorfan, bind on his sweoran, and swile innan mid háte meolce, 310, 21

Linked entry: ceáce

Cealca-ceaster

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Heó gewát tó þǽre ceastre þe in Englisc is háten Cealcaceaster (Kalca-, v. l.) secessit ad ciuitatem Calcariam, quae a gente Anglorum Kælcacaestir appellatur, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 466, 15. Add

híw-lic

beautiful ⬩ formosam ⬩ figurative

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In Lch. iii. 204, 8: 212, 6 the original Latin is formosam. of language, figurative Híwlice ł þeáwlice spǽce tropologiae, i. similitudinis ł figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 12

hlíwþ

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Voc. ii. 130, 7. Take here hleówþ in Dict., and add

weardes

(adv.)
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weardes, adv.

Wards in to-wards

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Wards in to-wards Ðá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 590. Swá eode heó wið his weardes, 684. Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes, 599

Linked entry: wiþ

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
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Th. i. 380, 24. Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo. . . . Ðá gesomnodon hí ða sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10, 12. Þurh sticceo per cola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 8. In sticco frusta, in sticce frustatim, 34, 32, 33. In sticce frustatim, 86, 78.

Linked entry: Sticce

hús

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In ð á éco húso in aeterna tabernacula, Lk. L. 16, 9. used of heaven and hell :-- Oþ ꝥ ic þe inn Ingong in þæt atule hús, Gú. 534: 649 : Sat. 710

þíxl

(n.)
Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.

a beam or pole of a waggon ⬩ temo ⬩ constellation, the Bear ⬩ a pole

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Of ðære ác in ða heortsole; of ðære sole in ða þísle; of ðære þísle eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6

Linked entry: þísl

innan

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Ufan hit is enge and hit is innan hát, Dóm. 22 : 6. 2412. Heó is innan mid éce mægene geweorþod. Bl. H. 197, ii: Gen. 1366. in reference to a person, within the body Þá smalan wyrmas ðone man ge innan ge útan werdaþ, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 12.

un-geférne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geférne, adj.

Impassable

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Impassable In ungefoernum in invio, Ps. Surt. 106, 40. In ðæm ungefoernan, 62, 3

Linked entry: ge-férne

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings

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I. 71, ii. Þá git wæs flǽsc (carnes) on hira tððum. Num. ii. 33. Flǽsces hí bǽdon petierunt carnes, Ps. Th. 10. -, 35. Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 40, 9.

sceár

(n.)
Grammar
sceár, e ; f.

A pair of shears or scissors;

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A pair of shears or scissors; but the word is generally used in the plural (dual?) as the modern shears, scissors Scér forfex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36,65. Scéroro, scérero forices, Txts. 60, 401. ísern*-*scéruru forfex, 65, 903. Sceára forfex, Wrt.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Ic gefeó heortas. Coll. M. 21, 29 Mænige gefóþ ( capiunt) hwælas, 25, l. Hú geféncge hú hig? Heortas ic gefénge (-fengc? cepi ) on nettum and bár ic ofslóh, 22, 9-11. Þá fixas þe gé geféngon ( prendistis ), Jn. 21, 10. Gefóh fox, Lch. ii. 104, 12.

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Add: to shut up in a place, enclose Ic mé on þisse gyrde belúce, Lch. i. 388, II. Hé wæs on hire innoðe belocen, sé ðe belícð ealne middangeard on his ánre handa, Hml. Th. i. 198, 3. Hiene ðǽrinne ne belýcð (circumcludit) nán ege, Past. 220, 13.

hǽtan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to communicate heat to -Gedó on calic, menge æfter þon wið wader, and hǽte, Lch. ii. 24, 25. to cause the sensation of warmth in Lǽcedóm . . . tó hǽtenne untrumne magan. Lch. ii. 158, 21. intrans.

tó-lísan

Grammar
tó-lísan, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Ic wilnige ꝥ ic sý tólýsed, Gr. D. 109, 23. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Syndon fram þodene þá weallas tólýsede (maenia dissoluta ). 134, 7. Add Hý beóð tólýsede ungeleáffullíce they shall be destroyed in their unbelief, Hex. 48, 19

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws

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Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 296. ¶ an early admiration for the wolf seems shewn by the frequency of wulf in proper names; see e. g. Txts. 554 sqq. ; and its presence in early England is marked by the numerous place-names; see e. g. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi.

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave

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it Beowulf's mount, Beo.

Linked entry: hláw

cyne-setl

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-setl, es; n. [selt a seat]

A royal seat, throne ⬩ imperii sedes, solium

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Ðe sit on his cynesetle qui sedet in solio ejus, Ex. 11, 5