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súþ-rador

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-rador, -rodor, es; m.
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The south of the heavens Súþrador australis, Blickl. Gl. Óþþæt seó sunne on súðrodor sǽged weorþeþ postquam Phoebus equos in aperta refudit Olympi, Exon. Th. 207, 14; Ph. 141

Linked entry: súþ-rodor

un-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-réðe, adj.

Not fierce ⬩ gentle

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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25

Linked entry: réðe

wudu-réc

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-réc, es; m.

The smoke from burning wood

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The smoke from burning wood Wuduréc ástáh sweart, Beo. Th. 6280; B. 3144

ác-rind

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Lch. ii. 94, 14. Add

a-réde

Grammar
a-réde, (l. árede)
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cared for. Dele

bén-ríp

Grammar
bén-ríp, v. Seebohm Vill. Comm. s. v.
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Precariae

beorc-rind

(n.)
Grammar
beorc-rind, (berc-), e; f.
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Birch-bark Nim bercrinde, Lch. ii. 332. 9

cwelde-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
cwelde-rǽde, (?) an evening-rider (?), a bat
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Vespertilionem quæl-dæræde, Shrn. 29, 8. [Cf. Icel. kveld evening; kveld-ríða a night*-*hag.]

Linked entry: -rǽde

cwic-rind

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-rind, e; f.
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Rind of quickbeam Nim æpsrinde, cwicrinde, Lch. ii. 332, 8. Cwicrinda hand fulle, 358, 15

ed-rec

Similar entry: ed-roc

ed-ric

Similar entry: ed-roc

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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an urn Embrin bothoma (the m is altered into ni, Corp. Gl. H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

fǽr-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-rǽs, es; m.
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A violent rush Mið férrǽs eóde ꝥ sunor oefistlíce impetu abiit grex per praeceps, Lk. L. 8, 33

Linked entry: fǽr-rǽsende

feónd-rǽs

an onslaught ⬩ assault

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A hostile attack, an onslaught, assault Ic fracoðlíce feóndrǽs gefremede . . . and reáfode beám on bearwe I (Eve) wickedly made onslaught and despoiled the tree in the garden, Gen. 900. Substitute:

fóst-raþ

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For Som. Ben. Lye substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 41

geár-rím

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Add: reckoning by years

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.
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Add: I. skilled, instructed, advised Be gerǽdre consulta An. Ox. 8, 130. Tó þig ꝥ ðá óþre ðe gerǽdran beón and ðe beteran (gelǽrede sýn and gebeterade, v. l.) ðurh his gódan gebysnunga ut eius exemplo alii erudiantur, R. Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed

ge-rec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rec, a tumult.
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In Mt. L. 27, 24 gerec seems a mistake for un-gerec (q. v.) : the Rushworth Gloss has un-gerec (printed ge-reo)

ge-rec

(n.)
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a pinnace (?) Gerec liburnices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 67: 50, 79

ge-rén

Grammar
ge-rén, l. ge-réne,
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and see ge-regne

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