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drync-leán

Grammar
drync-leán, drynce-leán.
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Take here drince-leán, and add Drynceleán, Ll. Th. i. 422, note 1. The word occurs under the heading: De officiis domino debitis

hirstan

(v.)

to fry

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Take here hyrstan in Dict., and add

stíle

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In l. 2 dele 'stete acerra . . . 56', and for the true reading here cf. Fæte oððe glédfæte acerra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 68

wæl-grim

Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm.
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Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add

béc-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽde, an; f.
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Reading of books Heó inne heora leornunge and heora béc-rǽdon beeódon illi intus lectioni uacabant , Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 7 n

Linked entry: rǽde

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue he lived exactly as drones do in the hive, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 20

Linked entries: híf héf

mæssian

(v.)
Grammar
mæssian, p. ode

To say mass

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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne mæssaþ hwæt on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14.

mist

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Add: a cloud of minute particles of water, vapour of water, cloud hét his cnapan háwian tó ðǽre sǽ gif ǽnig mist árise of ðám mycclum brymme. Hml. S. 18, 146.

á-swindan

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Þú 3 gedést þæt áswint on his móde tabescere fecisti animam ejus, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Hraðe se líchama áswint, gif him bið oftogen his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Áswindeð se níðfulla tó náhtlicum ðingum, Hex. 46, 27. Hý áswindaþ contabescunt, Wrt.

Linked entries: ǽ-swind swindan

gamol-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gamol-feax, adj.

With hoary locksgrey-hairedcānus

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With hoary locks, grey-haired; cānus Gamolfeax hæleþ a hoary-headed hero, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo. Th. 1220; B. 608

mann-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-bǽre, adj.

Productive of men

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Productive of men Ic tówurpe ðás burh and tó yrþlande áwende, swá ðæt heó biþ cornbǽre swíðor ðonne mannbǽre, Homl. Th. i. 450, 12

ge-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnígan, p. -hnáh, -hnág, pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen

To bowbow the headinclinareinclinare se

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To bow, bow the head; inclinare, inclinare se Heán sceal gehnígan the humble shall bow, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 28; Gn. Ex 118

un-geþwǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlíce, adv.

Ungentlycrossly

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Ungently, crossly Ðá andswarode heó hire ungeþwǽrlíce: 'Ðeáh ðe God ðínne wer æt ðé genáme, hwæt sceal ic ðæs dón?' Homl. Ass. 121, 153

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlíce

for-þrycednes

Grammar
for-þrycednes, for-þryccednes.
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Take here <b>for-þriccednes</b> in Dict., and add Geberg from ferðrycednisse refugium a pressura, Ps. Srt. 31, 7

hrine-ness

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Add: hrinen-ness Heó tó hrinennesse (hrinenesse, v. l.) þǽre drihtenlican handa árás ad tactum manus dominicae surrexit, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 21

lufiend-lic

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Heó wæs swíþe lufigendlic eallum onlóciendum omnium oculis gratiosa et amabilis videbatur, Hml. A. 95, 98. Lufiendlices ( omne quicquid) delectabile, An. Ox. 334. Add

wagung

(n.)
Grammar
wagung, e; f.

Shaking, looseness.

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Wið tóþa sáre and wagunge, genim ðás ylcan wyrte, syle etan fæstendum, heó ða téþ getrymeþ, Lchdm. i. 210, 11: 334, 6

brytan

(v.)

to break

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to break, Herb. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 72, note 8, B: 13, 1; Lchdm. i. 104, 20: 32, l; Lchdm. i. 130, note 12

Linked entry: a-brytan

ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27

Linked entry: -wéd

breóst-gehygd

Grammar
breóst-gehygd, (-hýd)

thoughtmind

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Gif gé hýrað mé breóstgehygdum (with purpose of heart), 2316. Wé þé biddað geornlíce breóstgehygdum, Cri. 262. his béna bebeád breóst-gehigdum verba precantia clamat, Dóm. L. 60.