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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

rihtwís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rihtwís-líc, adj.

Righteous ⬩ just ⬩ rational

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Righteous just, rational For ryhtwíslícum andan per zelum justitiae, Past. 17, tit. ; Swt. 107, 7 : 21, 6; Swt. 163, 20

heáfod-stów

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stów, e; f.

A place for the head

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A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1

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

fricgan

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= frungon for frugnon. Similar entries v. fregnan) ł áhsadun hine interrogabant eum, Mt. R. 12, 10. Add: (?)

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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Hé for þon ús gesette ꝥ wé hine biddan sceoldan, þý wé sceolan þonne eác úre heortan geclǽnsian, ... Gehýran wé eác ꝥ ..., 21, 2-5. combined with swá Fóron micel dǽl þára burgwara, and eác swá óþres folces, Chr. 896; P. 89, 5.

BÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BÓT, e; f.

help, assistance, remedy, cure ⬩ auxilium, remedium, emendatio, sanatio ⬩ a BOOT, compensation due to an injured person as damages for the wrong sustained, redressing, recompense, an amends, a satisfaction, correction, reparation, restoring, renewing, repentance, an offering ⬩ compensatio, emendatio, reparatio, oblatio ⬩ to-boot, with advantage, moreover, besides

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For bóte his synna for a redressing of his sins, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 32: 5, 13; S. 632, 13. Bringaþ ánne buccan to bóte bring a kid for an offering, Lev. 4, 23, 28: L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 6: Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 9.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Cf. nuptiae.] entrance into wedlock, ihe ceremony or procedure by which two persons are made man and wife, nuptials Drihten wolde geswutelian þæt ðá giftu beóð herigendlice ðe for bearnteáme beóð gefremode swíðor þonne for gálnysse. Hml.

þúsend-feald

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In the first passage þúsendfealdgetæl should be read, as after þæt the declension would be definite and the form would be þúsendfealde. Cf. hundfeald-getel. Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15

ge-ánlícian

(v.)

to join together

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But perhaps the form is geanlícude. v. Hpt. Gl. 426, 71 where the Latin is conspirati, consimilati), An. Ox. 863

Linked entry: án-lícian

ge-lumpenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lumpenlic, adj.
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occasional, accidental Þá óðre bróðru tó cirican gewitene wéron fore sumum gelumpenlicum intingan, Angl. x. 143, 82. opportune, suitable Hé in gelumpenlicum stówum biscopas hálgede, Angl. x. 141, 17. From a twelfth-century MS

gearwung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gearwung-dæg, es; m.
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Fore gearuungdæg (on ðǽm dæge gearuadon heora mett tó eástro symble, note in margin ), Jn. L. 19, 42. Cf. gearcung-dæg

Gleáwceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáwceaster-scír, e; f.
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. ¶ Latin form :-- In Glocestriae schira, C. D. iv. 273, 24

súgan

(v.)
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The form at Lch. ii. 160, 1 is sýgeþ

ælmes-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ælmes-líce, adv.

Charitably

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Charitably Fóe hé tó thaem londe and hit forgelde and thaet wiorth gedaele fore hiora gástas suae aelmeslíce and suae rehtlíce suae hé him seolfa on his wísdóme geleornie, C. D. i. 234, 34

of-spring

(n.)
Grammar
of-spring, es; m.

Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants

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Hí gesworen habbaþ ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng (gingran,MS. B.) L. A. G. tit.; Th. i. 152, 17. Ðis sý gedón for Síferþ and for his ofsprincg tó hyra sáwle þearfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 15

Linked entry: spring

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Hig fóron fram Sochoþ and wícodon æt Etham ( castrametati sunt in Etham ), Ex. 13, 20: 15, 27: Jos. 4, 19. Wícedon, Elen. Kmbl. 76; El. 38.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

and-speornan

Grammar
and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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to strike against Þy lés ðú andspurne æt stáne þínum fótum ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. R. 4, 6.