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rǽfan

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Dele the passage given; the reading is gerǽpte. v. Bt. S. 112, 1, and add

sǽ-deór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-deór, n. (not m.).
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Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáð and þá hyre ne sceðedon, Shrn. 133, 11. Add

setl-hrægl

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Hé geann Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw. 23, 15. Add

stig

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In l. 3 for suestrina substitute ustrina ubi porci ustulantur, dele last passage, and add: (?)

þæslíce

(adv.)
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In l, 3 for 47 l. 147 and Add Þæs[líce] congruenter, An. Ox. 1715

un-geswenced

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geswenced, adj.
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Unwearied, unceasing Dǽr bið seó éce hǽl and syó éce lufu swíþe ungeswæncedu, Nap. 65

Linked entry: swencan

un-rím

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rím, adj. ¶
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Se ingang begiten bið mid ælmesdǽdum and óþrum unrím gódum, Hml. S. 33, 241. Add

un-tódǽlendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽlendlic, adj.
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Indivisible God is ánfeald and untðdǽlendlic (simplex indivisumque natura), Bt. 33, I ; S. 74, 31

Linked entry: tó-dǽlendlic

ed-wendan

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Add: to return, come back Gást gewítende and ná edwendende ( rediens ), Ps. Rdr. 77, 39

elcora

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Dó tó drence nǽdran ..., and þonne hié ælcra drincan willen ..., Lch. ii. 202, 17. Add

salu-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
salu-neb, adj.

Dark-faced

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Dark-faced Se wonna þegn, sweart and saloneb, Exon. Th. 433, 9; Rä. 50, 9

sceáf-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
sceáf-mǽlum, adv.

In sheaves or bundle:

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In sheaves or bundle: Gadriaþ ǽrest ðone coccel, and bindaþ sceáfmǽlum, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 30

æfter-boren

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Æfterbora (l. -en) postumus, An. Ox. 17, 34. Dele [ = æfter-genga, q. v.], and add

crungon

(v.)
Grammar
crungon, pp. crungen

yielded, perished

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yielded, perished, p. pl. and pp. of cringan Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 17; Ruin. 26

or-firme

(adj.)
Grammar
or-firme, adj.

Uncleanly, squalid

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Uncleanly, squalid Hí wǽron fúlíce and orfyrme on heora beardum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 22

Linked entries: -firme or-feormness or-firm

spanning

(n.)
Grammar
spanning, e; f.

Spanning ⬩ bend ⬩ span

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Spanning, bend, span Eln vel spanning betwiox þuman and scitefingre Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 53

forðmest

(adv.)
Grammar
forðmest, adv.

First

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First Cueð tó ðǽm apostolum and biscopum æfter him forðmest, Mt. L. 10, 8 note

frum-dysig

(n.)
Grammar
frum-dysig, es; n.

First folly

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First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26

Linked entry: dysig

scip-flota

(n.)
Grammar
scip-flota, an; m.

A sailor

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A sailor Hettend crungun Sceotta leóda and scipflotan (the Danes), Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 11

scír-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
scír-, (scir- ?)ecg; adj.

Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge

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Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge Swurd scearp and scírecg, Lchdm. i. 390, 7

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