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be-brecan

To break to pieces

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Dele second passage, for which see be-brúcan, and for the rest substitute: To break to pieces (acc. of object and dat. of part broken) Beám heó bebriceþ telgum she breaks the tree to pieces in its branches (cf. Sia (acc.) Iudeóliudí bénon (dat.) bebrákon

oster-scill

(n.)
Grammar
oster-scill, e; f.
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An oyster-shell Mid ostorscyllum gecnucud and gemenged, Lchdm. i. 338, 16

ge-hǽman

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Add Hé hí genam niédenga and hire mid gehǽmde, Past. 415, 17

stíl-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
stíl-ecg, adj.
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Steel-edged Stíð and stýlecg ( a sword ), Beo. Th. 3070 ; B. 1533

Linked entry: stýl-ecg

un-súr

(adj.)
Grammar
un-súr, adj.

Not sour

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Not sour Eala forgá and meoloc þicge unsúre, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30

Linked entry: súr

an-weald

(adj.)
Grammar
an-weald, adj.
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Powerful Hi wuldrodon þá anwaldan and hergendlican þrynysse, Hml. S. 30, 452

breoton

(adj.)
Grammar
breoton, adj.

Spacious ⬩ ample

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Spacious, ample Fóh hider tó mé burh and breotone bold, Sat. 687

bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
bridlian, l. brídlian,
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Hí heofon mid heora mægenum brídlodan, Bl. H. 161, 18. and add

duguþ-miht

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ-miht, e; f.
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Supreme power Ealdordómas and duguðmihta principatus et potestates, Lch. i. lxviii, 11

duþhamor

Grammar
duþhamor, l. dúþ-hamor,
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Malleoli tyndercyn, id est dýþhomer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 9. and add

ear

Grammar
ear, ocean. l. eár
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and add In eáre (me are, MS.), Dan. 324. Cf. eá water

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

fæst-gongel

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For 'faithful' substitute ' steady-going, ' and for 'faithful soul' substitute ' constant mind. '

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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Plundering Þurh hǽðenra manna gehresp and gestrodu, Nap. 30. See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

ge-cwémlic

Grammar
ge-cwémlic, For pleased read
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pleasing, and add: suitable, fit Gecwémlíce congruam, R. Ben. I. 78, 5

Linked entry: cwém-lic

hǽlnes

Grammar
hǽlnes, <b>; I.</b>
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Add:after ' salvation, ' 1. 2 : nuuc dies salutis, and at end: cf. halignes

hearma-scinnen

(adj.)
Grammar
hearma-scinnen, adj.
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Of ermine On merðene pyleceon and hearmascynnene, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 32

Linked entry: hearma

horsc

Grammar
horsc, quick.
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Dele passage from C. D. iii. 456, 15, and see horsc foul

impian

(v.)
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to imp, graft On længtene eregian and impian, Angl. ix. 262, 7

Linked entry: ge-impian

leód-hwæt

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

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