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leód-hwæt

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In the passage l. leódhwata, and add: cf. brego-róf, cyning-beald

los-wist

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This word is taken out of its order between los and lose

morþ-wyrhta

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Ðider ( to hell ) sculan mánsworan and morð-wyrhtan, Wlfst. 26, 16. Add

ofdúne-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-weardes, adv.
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Downwards Underféng hine seó ýþ and teáh ofdúneweardes, Gr. D. 114, 33

tó-bǽd

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Substitute: tó-bǽdan to exalt, and add Tóbǽd laudat, An. Ox. 1919

þyle

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Add: See Vigfusson and Powell's Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. p. 24

ymb-licgan

Grammar
ymb-licgan, <b>. II.</b>
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Wæter wǽt and ceald wangas ymbelicgað, eorðe ælgréno, Met. 20, 77. Add

bleoh

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In ll. 2, 3 for bleoge efenlǽce. l. bleó geefenlǽce, and add:

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
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After dǽdbéterum insert: (poenitentibus), and for Nap. 16 l. Chrd. 80, 24

wǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtian, p.ode

To become wet:

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To become wet: Ðániaþ and wǽtigaþ madescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 39

gaf

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
gaf, adj.
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Dele, and Similar entries see gaf-sprǽc: -gaf; n. See ge-gaf

heals-mægeþ

(n.)
Grammar
heals-mægeþ, e; f.

A virgin embraced and beloved

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A virgin embraced and beloved, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 6; Gen. 2155

Linked entries: mægþ heals-gebedda

freós

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Gehlódon him tó húðe hordwearda gestreón, feá (feó?) and freós, Dan. 66. (?)

full-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
full-mægen, es; n.

Great power ⬩ authority

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Great power, authority Heofonwara fulmægen and heora hláfordes þrym, Wlfst. 186, 14

slæcorness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcorness, e; f.

Slackness ⬩ laziness ⬩ remissness

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Slackness, laziness, remissness Ic ondette sleacornesse and slápornesse, Anglia xi. 98, 40

Aríus

(n.)
Grammar
Aríus, [ = 'Aρειοs], Arrius; g. ii; acc. um; m.

A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336

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A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336 Ðá cwæþ Arrius ðæt Crist, Godes Sunu, ne mihte ná beón his Fæder gelíc, ne swá mihtig swá he; and cwæþ, ðæt se Fæder wǽre ǽr se Sunu, and nam býsne be

Linked entries: Arrian Arrius

in-segel

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Add: a seal attached to a document as evidence of authenticity, Shrn. 176, 10 (in Dict.). Seó sprǽc wearð ðám cynge cúð. Ðá ðá him seó talu cúð wæs, ðá sende hé gewrit and his insegl tó ðám arcebisceope, C.D. iv. 266, 19. a seal placed on a lock, receptacle

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate

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To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate Ic hlýde strepo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 63. Ic hlýde garrulo, 36; Som. 38, 29. Se tympano biþ geworht of drygum felle and ðæt fell hlýt ðonne hit mon sliehþ in tympano sicca et percussa pellis resonat

habban

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habban, A.
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For I and IV substitute: to have, hold in or with the hand (lit. or fig. ) Hé hafað in hondum heofon and eorðan, Gú. 619. Hine se mǽg Higeláces hæfde be houda, B. 814. Wit hæfdon swurd nacod on handa, 539. Þá mǽdenu hæfden hí sylfe be handa heom betweónum

cytere

(n.)
Grammar
cytere, an; f. A harp; cithăra = κιθάρα
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Arís saltére and cytere exsurge, psaltērium et cithăra, Ps. Spl. C. 56, 11

Linked entry: citere