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lim-lǽweo

(adj.)
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lim-lǽweo, adj.
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Maimed or injured in the limbs Gif limlǽweo (other MS.

Linked entry: lim-lǽw

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

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Becwom ofer gársecges [begong] morgen mæretorht [or mǽretorht splendidly bright, cf. O. H. Ger. mári-mihil], Cd. 160; Th. 199, 29; Exod. 346

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

steóp-

(prefix)
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The form seems to have been used in the first instance in combination with words denoting children, to mark loss of parents, and then to have been combined with father, mother to express the relation of one who married the mother or father of an orphan

stán-æx

(n.)
Grammar
stán-æx, e; f.
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A stone axe; or(?) an implement for working stone [Halliwell gives stone-ax a stone-worker's axe] Stánæx bipennis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 60. Stánex, 84, 68.

Linked entry: stán-bill

twi-snæcce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-snæcce, -snæce, -snece; adj.
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Snekke or latche clitorium, pessulum, Prompt. Parv. 461. Snekk obex, obecula, Cath. Ang. 346 and see note. Sneck a latch; a piece of land jutting into an adjoining field, Halliwell's Dict. See also Jamieson's Dictionary sneck.) v. next word

Linked entry: þri-snæcce

þiffe

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Parv. 490; or þífele(?). The passage glossed is lento careni defruto, in which the first word is glossed by of þiccum, but in the margin by of þiccum þéfele. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59 de lento fruto of þiccum felde), Hpt. Gl. 408, 50

un-forwandodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forwandodlíc, adj.

Undeterred by fear or shamefearlessfree

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Undeterred by fear or shame, fearless, free Ðæt hé wiðstande mid his sprǽce ðám unryhtwillendum ðe ðyses middangeardes waldaþ mid freóre and unforwandodlícre stefne voce libera hujus mundi potestatibus contraire, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 23.

Linked entry: -wandodlíc

blóstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
blóstm-bǽre, adj.

Floweryblooming

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Flowery, blooming (lit. or fig.) Blóstmbǽre floriferum, blóstmbǽres florigeri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 53, 54. Blóst(m)bǽre florulenta, florida (tellus), An. Ox. 812. Ðeós blóstmbǽre stów locus iste florifer, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 31.

eorþ-burh

Grammar
eorþ-burh, -byr(i)g.
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Dele 'or burying-place; humatio,' and add:

ge-scrif

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Substitute: What is prescribed, decreed, or appointed, a judgement, edict Þæt gescrif censuram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 01. Gebennum oððe gescrifum edictis (cf. edictis, i. decretis gebannum, An.

ge-swingan

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cf. ge-swencan ; 1. 3; or-swingde?), R. ) vapulabit, 12, 47. Geswungen flagellato, Kent. Gl. 713: tortus, An. Ox. 46, 48: cesum, i. percussum, 10

ge-wérgian

(v.)
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S. 30, 35 : 31, 1418. of mental or spiritual weariness Hé gewérgað his heortan suíðe hearde mid ðý gesuince dnro cor labore fatigatur, Past. 239. 13. Geþanc metta on ídelnysse gewéregud ( lassata ) ne forspilð gebedes streacðe, Scint. 50, 11

hlosnian

(v.)

to listen

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Tó hircniendum oððe hlosnendum attonitis, 2, 47. to listen as an eavesdropper or spy Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, Hml. S. 23, 136

smyltness

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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551.

weá-gesíþ

(n.)
Grammar
weá-gesíþ, es; m.

A companion in misery or in wickedness

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A companion in misery or in wickedness Tó ðam symle sittan eodon ealle his (Holofernes' )weágesíþas, Judth. Thw. 21, 13 ; Jud. 16. Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4.

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; n.

(?) Boiled or mulled wine

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Boiled or mulled wine Defrutum, i. vinum medo geswét vel weall (cf. gesoden wín defrutum vinum, i. 27, 62. Coerin defrutum, cyren oððe áwylled wín dulcisapa, ii. 25, 10, 69. Ásodenes wínes careni, Hpt. Gl. 408, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 24.

bróc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m? [bróc, p. of bracan]

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jadecaballus, equus vilior

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An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,

hǽð-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
hǽð-stapa, an; m.

A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country

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A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country Ðeáh ðe hǽðstapa hundum geswenced heorot holtwudu séce although the heath-wanderer, the hart by the hounds wearied, seek that wood, Beo.Th. 2740; B. 1368.

ofer-holt

(n.)

a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them

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Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157

ofer-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sǽlþ, e; f.

Pleasure or happiness that exceeds due bounds

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Pleasure or happiness that exceeds due bounds: — Gif ðú wilnast ðæt ðú wel mǽge ðæt sóðe leóht sweotole oncnáwan ðú for-lǽtan scealt ídle ofersǽlþa unnytne gefeán (cf. gif ðú wilnige ðæt sóðe leóht oncnáwan áfyr fram ðé ða yfelan sǽlþa and ða unnettan