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wyrt-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-cyn, wyrt-cynn, es; n.
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A species of plant or vegetable Ǽghwylc wyrt-cyn omne genus holitorum, i. holerum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 29. Wyrtcynn (wyrta cynn, Rush.) nardus pisticus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3: aloes, 19, 39: unguentum, Ps. Th. 132, 2

beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; n. (not m.)
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Substitute: Grace before meat Be ðám ðe tó late tó beódferse cumað (ad mensam veniunt), R. Ben. 67, 19. Sé þe tó his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9. Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode

bétende

(n.; v.; adj.)
Grammar
bétende, bétend, es; m.
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One who repairs (? v. bétan, I (1), burh-bót, ge-bétung) Brosnade burgsteal bétend crungon the buildings were in ruins, those who should have repaired them were dead, Ruin. 28. Substitute:

dirfan

(v.)
Grammar
dirfan, p. de; pp. ed
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To afflict, molest Ús deriað and ðearle dyrfað fela ungelimpa, Wlfst. 91, 18

Linked entries: deorfan dyrfan

drý-man

(n.)
Grammar
drý-man, drý-mann, es; m.
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A magician, sorcerer Hé eóde tó ánum drýmen ... þá gebróhte se drýman þone cnapan tó his deófle, Hml. S. 3, 367. Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, Iamnes and Mambres, 17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. Þurhdrýmanna dydrunge

drync-horn

(n.)
Grammar
drync-horn, drynce-horn, es; n.
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A drinking-horn Ic ann Æþelwerdæ ánæs gerǽnodes drincæhornæs, Cht. Th. 555, 6. Cf. drinc-horn

fald-hríþer

(n.)
Grammar
fald-hríþer, (?), es; n.
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A beast kept in a fold(?) .xvi. oxan, faldréþere, and .III. hund scépa, C. D. B. iii. 367, 35

Linked entry: hríþer

faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ, faroþ, es; m.

oceanwavesshore

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The MS. has oð ꝥ brim faroþæs: in Az. 38 the reading is oð brimflódas) the spacious vault of heaven down to the waters of ocean (i. e. to the horizon), the entire expanse of the sky, Dan. 322.

fen-gemirce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-gemirce, (?), es; n.
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The boundary of marsh-land Þis sint þá fangemerca . . . tó binguuellan æt clibe út on ðone bróc midne, suǽ. . . út on mór . . . þanon andlangæs bróces middesweardes, C. D. B. i. 295, 27

Linked entry: ge-mirce

for-gifend

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifend, (?), es; m.
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One who grants Unnend ł forgefend prestabilis, Rtl. 5, 10

Linked entries: gifend for-gifestre

fird-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
fird-tiber, (?), es; n.
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A sacrifice made when military operations were to be undertaken (?) Hostia, proprie fyrdtimber (-tiber ?) hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon

Linked entry: fyrd-tiber

for-lǽt

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽt, (?), es; m.
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A going away Ferlét transitus, Ps. Spl. 143, 14

Linked entries: -læt fer-lét

ge-bán

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bán, ge-bǽne, es; n.
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Bones Mid his gebána reliquium (gebǽnum, v.l.) apud mortua sua ossa, Gr. D. 86, 11

Linked entries: bán ge-bǽne

hagu-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hagu-þorn, hago-þorn, es; m.
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A hawthorn. Take here <b>haga-þorn</b> in Dict., and add Hagudorn, heagoðorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19

Linked entries: hæg-þorn haga-þorn

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1. His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

hleonaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleonaþ, hleónaþ, es; m.

A shelter

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A shelter Ic mé ánum hér eáðe getimbre hús and hleónaþ, Gú. 222. Substitute:

Linked entry: hlinaþ

hergiend

(n.)
Grammar
hergiend, hergend, es; m.

A plundererrobberspoiler

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A plunderer, robber, spoiler Hergiend and áhíðend grassator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 38. Hergiendurn, rýperum grassatoribus, i. inpugnatoribus, An. Ox. 2712

mynet-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
mynet-ísen, mynet-ísern, es; n.
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A die for stamping coin Feówer síðon man áwende mynetísena (minetíserna, v. l. ) on his dagum, Hml. S. 23, 477. Cf. stemping-ísern

níd-hǽmdere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hǽmdere, níd-hǽmedre, es; m.
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A violator of chastity, an adulterer Nýdhǽmedra stuprorum (Venus stuprorum amatrix, Ald. 62, 19), An. Ox. 7, 304: 8, 240. Nýdhǽmedran, 2, 333. Cf. unriht-hǽmdere

Linked entry: hǽmdere

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m. l. n.
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Add Ne gebyreð . . . tó léfænnæ rúmæs bútan twígen fýt, C. D. ii. 89, 7. Add Interuallum þæt is hwíl oððe rúm, Chrd. 24, 6. Add Gif hé ꝥ rúm and þone ǽmtan hæbbe si locus aut tempus exigerit, Chrd. 105, 18