ellen-lǽca
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For 'pugil . . . Cot. 15' substitute
ge-hlíta
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m, A consort, fellow For gehlýtum ðínum prae consortibus tuis Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9. Cf. efen-hlíte, ge-hlytta
ge-mengung
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For ' mixtura, Cot. 35" substitute Gemengiunge (gimaengiungiae, Ep. gemengiungae, Erf. ) confusione, Txts. 53, 522. Gemengunge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 68
gálsere
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For Off. Reg. 15 substitute Sé ðe wǽre gálsereon fúlan forligere, weorðe sé clǽnsere his ágenre sáwle, Wlfst. 72, 6
híw-cund
Domestic
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Domestic Híwcundum (híf-, MS. for híf = híw see An. Ox. 2530: 3784 given under híw) domesticis, Hpt. Gl. 413, 16
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inflǽscness
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For 'Lye' substitute Hǽlendes inflǽscnisse ðý gére ... dcccc wintra and iiii winter, C.D.B. ii. 268, 5; Cht. E. 161, 23
lifrig
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For ' Connected with the liver' substitute: Clotted, coagulated (cf. N. E. D. livered, clotted, coagulated; livery (of soil) heavy, tenacious)
un-gewidere
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Hé ne mihte ná gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add
ge-mǽðian
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For ðære micclan mǽrþe ðe he hine gemǽðegode for the great glory which he honourably bestowed upon him, Ælfc. T. 4, 11
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lǽce-cræftig
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which reason he composed a good-morning drink for all infirmities that stir throughout man's body, Lchdm. iii. 70, 16
lof-georn
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Desirous of praise Se ðe wǽre lofgeorn for ídelan weorþscype weorþe se carfull hú hé swýðast mǽge gecwéman his drihtne he that was eager for praise on account of empty honour, let that man be careful how best he may please his Lord, Wulfst. 72, 10.
wed-bróðer
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One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate Ða luuede Wulfere hit swíðe for his bróðer luuen Peada, and for his wedbróðeres luueu Oswí, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 30, 1.
stille
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For other instances see passages given under the adjective
wíg-cræft
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Voc. ii. 58, 33. warlike force, military power (abstract or concrete) On Thessali hé ðæt gewinn swíþost dyde for ðære gewilnunge ðe hé wolde hî him on fultum geteón for heora wígcræfte, for ðon hié cúþon on horsum ealra folca feohtan betst Thessaliam
fleótig
Swift ⬩ fleet ⬩ rapid ⬩ cĕler ⬩ vēlox
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Swift, fleet, rapid; cĕler, vēlox Swift wæs on fóre, fleótga [ = fleótiga] on lyfte [MS. fleotgan lyfte] it was swift in its course, rapid in the air, Exon. 113b; Th. 434, 22; Rä. 52, 4
segn-cyning
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the passages from Bede under segn) wið ðone segn foran rád, Cd. Th. 188, 22 ; Exod. 172
ǽ-híwe
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Ox. 4897, note. without form, ugly, deformed Ǽhíwe deformes (opifices turpi natura corporis ), An. Ox. 2, 498
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frum-geweorc
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A first building Fram Móyses gebyrdtíde þá forð tó Salamones gebyrde and his mǽran frumgeweorces ðæs temples, Angl. xi. 9, 11. Oð ðæt frumgeweorc ðæs temples ( the building of the first temple ), 4, 22
EÁCA
An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage ⬩ additāmentum
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For dæs yfles eácan for the addition of evil, 200, 21. Ne gehéne ðú hine mid ðý eácan oppress him not with the usury, L.
ǽw-fæsten
A fated or legal fast ⬩ legitimum jejunium
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A fated or legal fast; legitimum jejunium To ǽwfæstene for the legal fast. Rubc. Lk. Bos. 3, 1a, notes, p. 578