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án-genga

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Sum módig fearr wearð ángencga and þǽre heorde dráfe oferhogode, 502, 11. Hwí se fearr ángenga his heorde forsáwe, 17. Add

cáf-scipe

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Se man hýwað hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, þe náh on his heortan ǽnigne cáfscype, Wlfst. 53, 16

endlyfta

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Se endleofta (-lyfta, v. l.) undecimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 282, 19. Sió endlefte tíd dæges, Nar. 11, 16. On þám endleoftan dæge Crístes úpstiges, Hml. Th. i. 298, 5. Embe þá endlyftan (ællefta, L. R.) tíde, Mt. 20, 6: Bl. H. 93, 6. Add

exe

(n.)
Grammar
exe, an: ex (?), e; f.

The brain

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Se drænc is gód wið heáfodecce and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge, wið seóndre exe, Lch. iii. 70, 21

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folc-toga

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Se folctoga (Nebuchadnezzar), Dan. 656. Þæs folctogan (Holofernes') bed. Jud. 47. Þám folctogan, Jul. 225. of a spiritual leader Dryhtnes cempa, from folctoga (Guthlac), Gú. 874

heáfod-leahter

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S. 16, 267: Hml. A. 76, 101. Cf. heáfod-synn; heáfod-mægen

hofer

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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and add:

streám

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Efne swilce seó eá on hyre næfde nǽnne wæteres streám ac si ille fluminis alveus aquam minime kaberet, Gr. D. 15, 31. Hé gelóme út on þone striém (streám, v. l. ) eóde, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 632, 18. v. gyte-, mid-, mylen-streám. Add

swǽtan

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add: — Úre líchama is eorðe, and hé oft ðeáh swǽt, Hex. 22, 24. add Se stán cymð of eorðan, and hé swǽt swáþeáh, Hex. 22, 22. Hí gangende gemétton ꝥ stánclif swætende and wǽtende qui euntes rupem montis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 9

úp-weardes

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D. 286, 21. with the face turned upwards, cf. úp-riht Se líchama þæs abbudes læg úpweardes abbatis corpus supinum jacebat, Gr. D. 226, 21

un-wiþerweard

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþerweard, adj.

Not aversenot in opposition

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, Past. 47; Swt. 361, 20

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weax-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-berende,

bearing a wax candle

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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc.

welwillendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
welwillendlíce, adv.

Benevolentlykindly

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Wolde se heofenlíca lǽce ðæt geswell heora heortan welwyllendlíce gelácnian Homl. Th. i. 338, 23: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 64: Wulfst. 295, 2

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æ-gilde

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, adv. l. ǽ-gilde; adj.,

Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid :-- Gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde (-gilde, v. l. ) ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl ðe hé ǽr áhte áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wlfst. 162, 8. and add

Linked entry: or-gilde

fylleþ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
fylleþ-flód, es; m. n.

Spring-tide, high tide at full (or new) moon

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On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða and swá oft wanað. Fylleþflód bið nemned on Læden malina, and se népflód ledo, Shrn. 63, 30

Linked entries: flód fylleþ

Windles-óra

(n.)
Grammar
Windles-óra, an; m.

Windsor

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Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27. Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6: 178, 19

gest-líðnes

(n.)
Grammar
gest-líðnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitablenesshospitalityhospĭtālĭtas

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On gestlíðnysse in hospitality, 1, 7; S. 476, 37: 477, 16: 1, 27; S. 489, 26

á-smorian

(v.)
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Ne mæg se man éþelíce éþian ac biþ ásmorod, Lch. ii. 46, 11. Mid ðǽre wilnunge ðisse worlde bið ásmorod (suffocatum) ðæt sǽd Godes worda, Past. 67, 22, Ðǽr hine ongeáton Adam and Eua þǽr hí ásmorede wǽron mid deópum ðeóstrum, Shrn. 68, 13. Add

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, m.
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Þá burg seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem auctorem originis suae, 4, 5 ; S. 168, II. of position, rank, &c. a superior, a noble Bituín ældrum inter primores Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 42. Betweón ieldrum, 45, 55. Betweoh yldrum, 49, 1

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offerto deny, renounce, abjure

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Ne yld ðú ðæt ðú ðám myclan godum mid ús onsecge diis magnis sacrificare ne differas, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 36. Se ðe godgeldum onsæcge ofer God ánne, L. Alf. 32; Th. i. 52, 12. Gif ðú onsecgan nelt sóðum godum, Exon. Th. 253, 3; Jul. 174.