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wæter-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-gelád, es; m.

>A water-way, an aqueduct

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>A water-way, an aqueduct Wætergeláda aquae ductuum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 16

Linked entry: ge-lád

gúþ-frec

(adj.)
Grammar
gúþ-frec, adj.

Bold in war

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Bold in war Gúþfrec guma man bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2235; An. 1119

breág

(n.)

an eye-lid

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an eye-lid Breága palpebrarum, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100

brég

(n.)

an eye-lid,

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an eye-lid, Ps. Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18

on-cunness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cunness, e; f.

An accusation(?), excuse(?)

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An accusation(?), excuse(?) Tó ácunnenne on-cunnisse ad excusandas excusationes, Ps. Surt. 140, 4

Linked entry: cunness

holm-weard

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weard, es; m.

One who keeps guard at sea, ⬩ a sea-warder

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One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder, Andr. Kmbl. 718; An. 359

swǽsung

(n.)
Grammar
swǽsung, e; f.

A making pleasant, an alleviation, a mitigation

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A making pleasant, an alleviation, a mitigation Swǽsunga fomenta Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 7

swefen-reccere

(n.)
Grammar
swefen-reccere, es; m.

An interpreter of dreams, a diviner, soothsayer ⬩ conjector

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An interpreter of dreams, a diviner, soothsayer Swefnreccere conjectorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 40

Linked entry: swefen-racu

scip-férend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-férend, es; m.

A sailor

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A sailor Wǽron hié on gescirplan scipférendum onlíce, eálíðendum, Andr. Kmbl. 500; An. 250

Linked entries: ferend scip-farend

screádung-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
screádung-ísen, es; n.

An instrument for pruning or trimming

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An instrument for pruning or trimming Wíngeardes screádungísen sarculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 11

Linked entry: screádung

seonu-dolh

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-dolh, es; n.

A wound of a sinew

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A wound of a sinew Benna weallaþ, seonodolg swátige. Andr. Kmbl. 2811; An. 1408

wíg-bora

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bora, an; m.

An image-bearer

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An image-bearer Wícbora (wióbora, Anglia xiii. 35, 214) signifer Hpt. Gl. 495, 71

wíg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-strǽt, e ; f.

A high-road ⬩ public road

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A high-road, public road An ðara wístrǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 89, 4

burg-waru

(n.)

the inhabitants of a city as in a body,

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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096

gecwed-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
gecwed-fæsten, es; n.

An appointed fast

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An appointed fast Ǽfæstenu and gecwed-fæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 62

wyrt-eceddrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-eceddrenc, es; m.

An acid potion made with herbs

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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11

Linked entry: eced-drenc

streám-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
streám-wilm, es; m.

The boiling of the waters, surge ⬩ aestus

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The boiling of the waters, surge; aestus Streámwelm hwíleþ, Andr. Kmbl. 990; An. 495

bǽre

(n.)
Grammar
bǽre, es; n.

Gesture ⬩ movement

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Gesture, movement Bǽrum gestibus, An. Ox. 45. Styllum bǽrum quietis lapsibus, Germ. 400, 487

feónd-lic

hostile ⬩ diabolic ⬩ devilish ⬩ outrageous

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Add: hostile Feóndlic emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 12. Genumen fram ðám mannum ðæs feóndlican weredes (hostilis exercitus), Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 455, 18. Seó wan þurh geleáfan wið þá feóndlican ealdras, Hml. S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances

ge-dræg

Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag.

What is drawn together ⬩ a concourse, an assembly, ⬩ a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly

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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic ælda