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helpend-lic

To be released

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To be released. Helpendlicum soluendis, i. liberandis hominibus, Germ. 402, 68. For 'auxiliary' substitute:

lyge

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Lyges mendacii, Bd. l, 14; Sch. 38, 20: 3, 19; Sch. 278, 19. Add

norþ-efes

(n.)
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a northern margin Be ðám wege oð ðá norðefes, C. D. v. 221, 2

Linked entry: efes

steórleás-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
steórleás-lic, adj.
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Undisciplined In gýmeleáslicum wordum be steórleáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne, Gr. D. 289, 10

þeód-land

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Vos. 114, 9: Bl. H. 209, 17. Add

þúsend-getæl

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Millesimus se Sé bið æftemyst on ðúsend-getele, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 4. Add

wacor

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Sið wiþerweardnes biþ untǽlu and wracu (wacru? v.l.), Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Add

Angel-folc

(n.)
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English folk Angelfolcum (-folce, v.l.) populis Anglorum, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, ii : 21

sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádwíslíce, adv.

With discretion, rationally

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With discretion, rationally Gif ðú him sceádwíslíce æfter spyrast, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 3

weás-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
weás-gelimp, es; n.

What happens by chance, accident, chance

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What happens by chance, accident, chance Mid weásgelimpe fortuitu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 35

Hagustaldes

(n.)
Grammar
Hagustaldes, eá, eé, hám

Hexham

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Hexham, Chr. 681m : 685 : 766: 780 : 789 : 806 : Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 30

gagol

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Mid gealge móde oferswíþed lasciuo superatus animo, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 8. Add

brég

(n.)

an eye-lid,

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Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18

ofer-hygdigian

(v.)

to be proud

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to be proud Ðonne oferhygdgaþ se árleása dum superbit impius, Ps. Surt. 9, 23

Linked entry: -hygdigian

on-timberness

(n.)
Grammar
on-timberness, e; f.

Instruction

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Instruction Tó ontimbernesse ðæra æfterfyligendra ad instructionem sequentium, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 16

smylte

(adv.)
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smylte, adv.

Quietly, mildly, gently

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Quietly, mildly, gently Ðonne smylte bláweþ súþan-westan wind Bt. 9; Fox 26, 17

ge-tehhod

(v.; part.)

determined ⬩ decreed

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determined, decreed, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 30 = ge-teohhod; pp. of ge-teohhian

tó-swengan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swengan, p. de

To dash asunder ⬩ dispel by a stroke ⬩ drive apart.

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To dash asunder, dispel by a stroke, drive apart. Similar entries v. tó-swápan

fræppigan

(v.)

to be afraid of ⬩ to accuse

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to be afraid of, to accuse Téldon ł fræppigdon verebuntur, Mt. L. 21, 37

Sealh-wudu

(n.)

Selwood

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Selwood Be eástan Sealwyda, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 9. Sealwuda, 894; Erl. 92, 19