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áninga

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Is se dæg cumen ꝥ ðú scealt áninga (certainly) óðer twéga líf forleósan oððe lange dóm ágan mid eldum, Wald. 14. Add

be-hrúmig

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Hé clypte ðá hweras and cyste þá pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, Shrn. 69, 30. v. next word. Add

forstig

(adj.)
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forstig, adj.
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Frosty Ic wæs beswǽled for þám micelan byrne, and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 575

Linked entries: frostig fyrstig

freó-nama

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Cwénburh wæs þǽre fǽmnan noma (freónama, v.l., nomen ), Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 565, 15. Freónaman cognomine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 79. Add

mynster-hám

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Wé hine cúðon in þám mynsterháme þe hé on wæs nos eum in hac ecclesiastica domo novimus Gr. D. 319, 24. Add

neáh-wudu

(n.)
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a neighbouring wood Án hrefn wæs gewunod ꝥ hé cóm of þám neáhwuda (ex vicina sylva), Gr. D. 118, ii : 229, 20

ofer-fær

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Fram Abrahame wæs ðá forð oð Móises tíde and Israéla oferfær út of Egyptum v c wintra, Sal. K. 184, 11. Add

on-scendan

(v.)
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to put to shame, confound, mock Þǽr wæs onscynded manna heortena heardnes hominum duritia confunditur, Gr. D. 194, 6. See preceding word

wyrt-gemang

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Wæs sóht hwǽr se lǽce wǽre þe cúþe wyrt-gemang wyrcan cum medicus atque pigmentarius esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 2. Add

wel-þungen

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-þungen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Well-thrivenablegoodproficientexcellent

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Well-thriven, able, good, proficient, excellent Hygd wæs swíðe geong, wís, welþungen Beo. Th. 3858; B. 1927: Menol. Fox 309; Men. 156

Linked entries: -þungen wel-geþungen

on-steppan

(v.)

to walk, go

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to walk, go Ðú onstæpst gradieris, Ps. Spl. 31, 10. Lege on lange hwíle óþ ðæt hé onstæppe, Lchdm. ii. 126, 17

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má ðonne hund-twelftig on ðam rǽde-here, and nigon on ðam féðan there was a very great slaughter made of the Persians, and no more than a hundred and twenty in Alexander's cavalry, and nine

Linked entry: féðu

folc-scearu

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Is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded on þysse folcsceare. An. 684. Wæs gefrége in þǽre folcsceare, geond þá werþeóde wíde lǽded, mǽre morgenspel, El. 968. ¶ in B. 73 Kemble would take folc-scearu = folc-land public land, C.

Linked entry: scearu

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.
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Cf. full; <b>V a</b> Hér wæs geflit and fullíc (wæs geflitfullíc, sæt full, v. ll. ) senoþ, Chr. 785; P. 52, note 2

Linked entry: fallic

ge-ferian

(v.)
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wæs gefered excipitur, An. Ox. 4698. Geferod vectus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 10. Gefered wæs heáfod his in disc allatum est caput ejus in disco, Mt. L. 14, ii. Geferedne delatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 75. Gefæredne, 26, 50. Add

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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Þǽr wæs hlin and ác. [The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M.

preóst-hád

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wæs Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst; sé werede his kenepas on his preóstháde oð ðæt hé wæs biscop, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 26. Se ylca mæssepreóst on preóstháde (in presbyteratus officio) his líf geendode, Gr. D. 66, 1. Add

byfian

(v.)
Grammar
byfian, p. ode; pp. od
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To tremble; tremere Eorþe ondréd oððe byfode and heó geswác oððe heó wæs stille terra tremuit et quievit, Ps. Lamb. 75, 9

ná-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwanon, adv.

From nowhere

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From nowhere Sió his gesǽlþ him náhwonan útane ne com, ac wæs simle on him selfum, Bt. 34. 7; Fox 144, 20

Linked entry: á-hwanon

searu-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-céne, adj.
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Bold in arms or skilfully daring Wæs Dauid æt wíge sóð sigecempa, searocýne man, cásere creaftig, Ps. C. 10. Cf. searu-grim

Linked entry: céne