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ge-settan

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Add: <b>II a.</b> to put a thing in a certain position. to put as representative, put for On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, Hml. Th.

cwémnys

(n.)
Grammar
cwémnys, cwémnyss, f.

A satisfaction, an appeasing, a mitigation satisfactio

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A satisfaction, an appeasing, a mitigation ; satisfactio Cwémnys uncysta satisfactio vitiorum, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 495, 32

dolg-sealf

(n.)

a wound salve, poultice for a wound

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a wound salve, poultice for a wound, L. M. cont. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 8, 26, 29

éh-þyrl

(n.)

eye-hole, a window

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eye-hole, a window Ðú wircst éhþirl thou makest a window, Gen. 6, 16: Jos. 2, 18

flóde

(n.)
Grammar
flóde, an; f.

A place where anything flowsa channelsinkguttercloācalăcūna

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A place where anything flows, a channel, sink, gutter; cloāca, lăcūna, Cot. 44: 193, Som. Ben. Lye

for-screncend

(n.)
Grammar
for-screncend, es; m. [part. of forscrencan]

A supplantersupplantātor

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A supplanter; supplantātor Iacob is gecweden, forscrencend Jacob is interpreted, a supplanter, Homl. Th. i. 198, 21

Linked entry: screncend

fyrm

(n.)
Grammar
fyrm, e; f

A feastĕpŭlæ

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A feast; ĕpŭlæ Ða Philistei micele fyrme geworhton the Philistines made a great feast, Jud. 16, 25

hróf-stán

(n.)
Grammar
hróf-stán, es; m.
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A roof-stone, stone forming part of a roof Of ðám hrófstáne, Homl. Th. i. 508, 33

mearc-díc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-díc, e; f.

A ditch which serves as a boundary

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A ditch which serves as a boundary On ða ealdan mercdíc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 7

níd-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
níd-mǽg, es; m.

A near kinsmana cousin

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A near kinsman, a cousin Iohannes úres Dritenes nýdmǽg, L. Ælfc. P. 9; Th. ii. 366, 37

rand-hæbbend

(n.)
Grammar
rand-hæbbend, es; m.
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One who has a shield, a warrior Óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre rondhæbbendra, Beo. Th. 1726; B. 861

blód-seax

(n.)
Grammar
blód-seax, blód-sex, es; n.

A blood-knife, a lancetphlebotomus

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A blood-knife, a lancet; phlebotomus = φλεβoτόμoν, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 91; Wrt. Voc. 22, 9

Linked entry: blód-æx

stód-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
stód-þeóf, es ; m.
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One who steals from a stud, a horse-stealer, L. Alf. pol. 9 ; Th. i. 68, 5

sulh-handla

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-handla, an; m.
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One who holds the handle of a plough, a ploughman Sulhandla stivarius, arator, Hpt. Gl. 461, 71

Linked entry: -handla

sundor-freóls

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-freóls, es; m.
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A special immunity, a privilege:?-On ðissum sunderfreólse priuilegio, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 349, 26. Ðysne e

folc-egsa

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Terror felt by a people or that which causes terror in a people. For 'Folk-terror' substitute:

first-hróf

(n.)
Grammar
first-hróf, es; m.

a ceiling

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The ridge-pole of a roof; a ceiling (? v. first; I) On fyrsthrófe tigillo, An. Ox. 2812

Linked entries: hróf first

flíming

(n.)
Grammar
flíming, es; m.

A fugitivean exileoutlaw

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A fugitive, a banished person, an exile, outlaw Flými[u]g profugus i. expulsus. An. Ox. 2965

sýl-beám

(n.)
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36

wæter-geblǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-geblǽd,

a blister with water in it(?); ora blister made by boiling water(?),

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a blister with water in it(?); or a blister made by boiling water(?), Lchdm. iii. 36, 21