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ge-píled

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-píled, adj.
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Þá wurdon forð áborene ísene clútas . . . and leádene swipa and óðre gepílede swipa, Hml. Th. i. 424, 20. Mid gepíledum swipun swingende, 426, 22: 432, 14

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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The form híged, which occurs Cod. Dipl.

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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Add: watchful care, taking charge, taking care that a thing be not damaged þám mynstre fore wæs mid geornlicre heordnysse monasterio solerti custodia praefuit, Gr. D. 52, 15.

ge-sweorcan

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L. 105 : Wlfst. 137, 9. of dark passions, sadness Ic geþencan ne mæg for hwan módsefa mín ne gesweorce, Wand. 59. fear Wé férað gesworcene mid ege and mid fyrhðu, Verc.

húslian

(v.)
Grammar
húslian, p. ode

To housel

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To housel, to administer the sacrament Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðam dagum forðan ðe hý nǽfre ne mæssodon ne menn ne húslodon they might well have wives in those days for they never celebrated mass nor administered the Eucharist to men, L. Ælfc.

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Now there must always be in Iona an abbot and not a bishop, and to him all the bishops of the Scots must be subject, for Columba was abbot, not bishop, Chr. 565 ; Erl. 18, 1-8.

hreóh

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(For forms with w see hreóh storm, hreóh-nes; ) rough of weather, sea, &c., tempestuous Sió hlúde ýd on ðǽre hreón sǽ procella saeviens, Past. 437, 16.

æwul

(n.)

A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fisha WEELnassa

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A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish, a WEEL; nassa, Ælfc. Gl. 102 ; Som. 77, 85; Wrt. Voc. 56, 9

blód-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
blód-wanian, p. ode; pp. od [wanian to diminish]
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To diminish blood; sanguinem minuere Nys ná gód móna blódwanian it is not a good moon for diminishing blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 16

cweldeht

(adj.)
Grammar
cweldeht, adj. [cweld = cwyld destruction, -eht = -iht adj. termination, q. v.]

Mortified corruptionis plenus

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Mortified; corruptionis plenus Wið wyrmǽtum líce and cweldehtum for a worm-eaten and mortified body, L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 4

eár-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
eár-wærc, es; n.

Ear-ache, a pain in the earauris dŏlor

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Ear-ache, a pain in the ear; auris dŏlor Wið eár-wærce for ear-ache, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 7

lenden-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-reáf, es; n.

an apron

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A covering for the loins, an apron Lenden-, síd-reáf lumbare vel renale, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 112; Wrt. Voc. 40, 22

leóþ-sang

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-sang, es; m.

A songpoem

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For his leóþsongum cujus carminibus, S. 596, 36

ofer-gemet

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ofer-gemet, es; n.
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tó úrum múþe for giéfernesse ofergemet ( per immoderatum usum ), Past. 43, 5; Swt. 313, 14

ge-sceap-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap-hwíl, e; f.
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The time appointed by fate for dying To gescæphwíle at the appointed time, Beo. Th. 52; B. 26. v. Grm. D. M. 817

riht-racu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-racu, e; f.
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A correct account Ðá lýfde hé ðæt hé móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace, Chart. Th. 170, 4

sǽ-cir

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-cir, sǽ-cirr
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the retreat of the sea (when the waves drew back and left a passage for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196, 13; Exod. 291

sund-reced

(n.)
Grammar
sund-reced, es; n.
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A sea-house, a term for the ark Ðú ( Noah ) seofone genim on ðæt sundreced túdra gehwylces, Cd. Th. 80, 28; Gen. 1335

wafung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wafung-stów, e; f.
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A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre On plegstówe oððe on wafungstówe, Lchdm. iii. 206, 16. v. wæfer-, stów, and preceding word

Linked entry: wæfer-stów

wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.
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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216