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þeów-líc

(adj.)
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Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 1 MS. W

þerscel-flór

(n.)
Grammar
þerscel-flór, e; f.
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A threshing-floor Hé áfeormaþ his þyrscelflóre ( aream suam ), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 12

Linked entry: þirsce-flór

under-lǽded

subductus ⬩ sublatus

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Lind, 5, 11: sublatus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 10

un-ádrysendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysendlíc, adj.

Unquenchable ⬩ inextinguishable

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Unquenchable, inextinguishable Unádrysendlíc inextinguibilis, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 43: Rush. 9, 45

un-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
un-þeccan, p. -þehte

To uncover

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To uncover Hiá unðehton ðæt hús nudauerunt tectum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 4

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force, the inhabitants of a place. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru, Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 22: Hierosolim-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66

Linked entry: wara

án-lípum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-lípum, adv.
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Singly Ingunnun ánlépum cweþan, Mt. R. 26, 22. v. án-lápum in Dict

Linked entries: án-lápum -lípum

eorþ-byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-byrgen, eorþ-byrgenn, e; f.

A grave

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A grave Eorðbyrgenna wurdon opene monumenta aperta sunt (Mt. 27, 52), Nap. 20

fore-beódan

(v.)

to announce ⬩ preach

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v. forebodian) bið praedicabitur, Mt. L. 24, 14

Linked entry: beódan

ge-hlihhan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlihhan, p. ge-hlóh, pl. ge-hlógun
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Mt. L. 9, 24

Linked entry: hlihhan

icge

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In B. 1107 the MS. has icge = andiége (?). Cf. Goth. and-augjo openly

swíþ-sprecende

(adj.)
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verbose, speaking too much Swýðspecende verbosa (swýðspecen verbositas, MS.), An. Ox. 56, 140. (?)

wil-cuma

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Wilcuman lâ, mîne hláfordas bene veniant, domini mei, Gr. D. 276, 23. Add

declínian

(v.)
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Swá swá wé ǽr declínodon mea ancilla, Ælf. Gr. Z. 102. 18. Add

saltian

(v.)
Grammar
saltian, ode

To dance

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To dance Gé ne saltudun (sealtedon, MS. A. ) non saltastis, Lk. Skt. 7,32

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, adj.

Provided with supper

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éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26

ǽring

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On ǽring mane, Mk. L. 13, 35. On ǽringe diluculo, 1, 35. Add

hana

(n.)
Grammar
hana, an; m.

A cock

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A cock Se hana creów gallus cantavit, Mk. Skt. 14, 68, 30, 72

Linked entry: hona

heáhdeór-hunta

(n.)
Grammar
heáhdeór-hunta, an; m.

A stag-huntsman

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A stag-huntsman Mínon heáhdeórhunton to my stag-huntsman, Chart. Th. 561, 24

heard-wendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
heard-wendlíce, adv.

Severely, strictly

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Severely, strictly Heardwendlíce [MS. B. heardlíce] districtius, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 40

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