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Herefinnas

(n.)
Grammar
Herefinnas, pl.
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The name of some people occupying a district in Mercia Herefinna landes is twelf hnnd hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 21

loddere

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Add: The word occurs in local names Lodderþorn, Loddere-lacu, Loddæræs-sæccing, Lodres-wei, Loddera-beorh, -strǽt. v. C. D. vi. (Index)

lenden-seóc

(adj.)
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lenden-seóc, adj.
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Diseased in the loins Þis ilce deáh wiþ lendenseócum men, Lch. ii. 248, 27. Lendenseóce men mígað blóde and sande, 232, 9

of-earmung

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On ofearmunga and mildheortnesse in miseratione et misericordia, Ps. Rdr. 102, 5. Gemyne ofearmunga (miserationum) þínra and mildheortnesse þínre, 24, 6. Add

ríclíce

(adv.)
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In l. 2 l. imperabatis, and Add Þám ælmihtigan tó lofe, sé þe on écnysse ríxað ríclíce mihtig, Hml. S. 36, 424

sand-corn

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Swá swá þá sandcorn, þá þe beóð be sǽs waroðum sicut arenam, quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Add

sculdor

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Add: sculdra, an Hé dó of mæssehacelan and twyfeldende hí onbútan lecgehim on wynstran sculdran (in sinistra scapula), Angl. xiii. 406, 588

un-álogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álogen, adj.
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Without deception or failure Him is þæt sóþe in heofonum gehealden mid úrum Dryhtne þæt him éce and unálogen bið, Nap. 64

Linked entry: á-leógan

un-seoflende

(adj.)
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not sighing, glad Hwædere gé bióð unsiofiende, hió gecyrreð eft eów on gefeán sed tristitia uestra conuertit in gaudium, Verc. Först. 176

yfelian

(v.)
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Add Þæt mennisce cynn bið á yfeled and á in forwyrd gelǽded omnia mala erunt; interitus generis humani , Verc. Först. 120, 5

dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽlan, <b>;
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</b> In the passage from Exod. 538 insert ríce before dǽlað, and transfer to IV 3. See eftwyrd

up-sprungenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-sprungenness, e; f.

Defecteclipse

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Defect; in reference to the sun, eclipse Eclypsis solis, ðæt is sunnan ásprungennysse (uppsprungennes, MS. B.), Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 10

wamb-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wamb-seóc, adj.

Diseased in the stomach

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Diseased in the stomach Ða wambseócan men þrowiaþ on ðam bæcþearme and on ðam niþerran hrife. Lchdm. ii. 232, 12: 164, 10

web-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
web-hóc, es; m.

Some implement used in weaving, a tenter-hook (?)

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Some implement used in weaving, a tenter-hook (?): Webhóc apidiscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 41: 66, 24: 282, 7: ii. 7, 70

ǽ-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-firmþa, f.

Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse

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Add:the quotation in Dict. under æ-fyrrnþa. Cf. á-feormian

horn-sæl

(n.)
Grammar
horn-sæl, es; n.

A hall having 'horns' in its roof

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A hall having 'horns' in its roof Hornsalu, Andr. Kmbl. 2318; An. 1160 : Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 10; Rä. 4, 8

Linked entry: horn-sele

ofer-hygdig

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdig, -hýdig, es; n.

Pride

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Pride Ðonne hí oferhýdig up áhófan and him wóhgodu worhtan and grófun in sculptilibus suis emulati sunt eum, Ps. Th. 77, 58

Linked entries: -hygdig ofer-hídig

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Se wæs fíftiges fótgemearces lang on legere he was fifty feet long in the place where he lay, Beo. Th. 6078; B. 3043. Leger ðis lectum istum, Rtl. 111, 24. On legir in lectum, 181, 7.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

ge-ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ríman, to -rímenne; p. de; pp. ed [ríman to number]

To number, reckonnumĕrāre

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Ðæm feówer bearn, forþ gerímed, in worold wócon to him four children, numbered forth, were born into the world, Beo. Th. 118; B. 59

sceacan

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Ox. 14, 4. to put into a quaking motion Þurh þæs windes blǽs þe swýðlíce þá heánnyssa þæs roderes seceð mid his þodenum, Angl. 320, 34. add: The passage to which belongs the gloss in Wrt.