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gelpan

(v.)

to boastglōriāri

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to boast; glōriāri Gif hwá ðæs gelpþ if any one boast of it, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 19, MS. Bod

stór-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
stór-sticca, an ; m.
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An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer (?) .i. silfren stórcylle mid silfrenum stórsticcan, Chart. Th. 429, 35

un-onwendendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-onwendendlíc, adj.

Unchangeableimmutable

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Unchangeable, immutable God ána unanwendendlíc wuniaþ se immobilem conservat, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 9 note: Met. 20, 17: 24, 43

Linked entry: un-anwendenlíc

un-tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tídlíce, adv.

Unseasonablyat a wrong time

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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27

Linked entry: tídlíce

un-getrum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getrum, adj.

Infirm

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MS.) ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 36

Linked entry: ge-trum

ungemet-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-gímen, ungemet-gímenn, e; f.

Excessive care

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Excessive care Se réþa rén, sumes ymbhogan ungemetgémen (cf. se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 19), Met. 7, 28

Linked entry: gímen

un-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽrlíc, adj.

Ignoble

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Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29

wyrt-gælstre

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gælstre, an; f.
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A woman who uses herbs for charms Mǽden yfeldǽda and wyrtgælstre ( malefica et herbaria ), Lchdm. iii. 186, 11. Cf. previous word

Linked entry: gælstre

á-grísan

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Ondrǽde man dómdæg and for helle ágríse, Wlfst. 75, 6. Ágrýse, 179, 16. v. a-grise in N. E. D. Add

be-swælan

Grammar
be-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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Ic wæs grimlíce beswǽled for þám micclan byrne, Hml. S. 23 b, 574. and add

cneord-lǽcan

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For 'M. H. 14 a substitute Seó lár ne mihte þám cneorðlǽcendum cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende, Hml. S. 3, 27

creópung

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For Cot. 144 substitute Criópungae, cr[i]úpungae, cr[i]ópunge obreptione, Txts. 80, 696. Creópunge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 16

fore-stæppung

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For 'Som. Ben. Lye.' substitute

Linked entry: stæppung

gilp

Grammar
gilp, powder.
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For Cot. 181 substitute Gilp scobem (the passage is : Cuspide vexilli scrobem sulcare, Ald. 153, 31), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 23

heáfod-slæge

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; and for 'Cot. 50; Lye' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 58

Linked entry: slege

idig

(adj.)
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Perhaps for to þas idge should be read tóþas grǽdige. If idge be an independent word the vowel should be long

leóþ-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-wís, (?); adj.
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plega (for celeurna see gladung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20

Linked entry: lewis

ofer-heling

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-heling, e; f.
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covering, veiling Oferhelung obductus, Scint. 223, 4, 5. a covering Reáf... for nédbehéfe oferhelincge uestis . . . propter necessarium tegumentum, Scint. 144, 1

Linked entry: heling

starian

(v.)
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In l. 7 for an l. andǽges. Add

weorold-bisegu

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For þiǽm manigfealdum weoruldbisgum þe hine oft ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman bisgodon, Bt. proem.; F. viii. 5. Add