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cifes-hád

(n.)
Grammar
cifes-hád, es; m.
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Concubinage On cifesháde in pelicatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 26. Cyfesháde, 87, 6

críst-ness

(n.)
Grammar
críst-ness, (crísten- ?), e; f.
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Christianity Ic eów hálsige . . . for ðǽre crístnesse ðe gé underféngan, Rtl. 114, 16

Linked entry: crísten-ness

eom

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Hú ne iom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú ?, Past. 115, 12. Add

lenden-ece

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-ece, es; m.
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Pain in the loins Wiþ lendenece. Lch. ii. 64, 16, 21 : 234, 29

ofer-flówendlíce

(adv.)
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Add: superabundantly, excessively, immoderately Ic oferflówendlíce sorgiende weóp, Hml. S. 23 b, 548

offrung-hús

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-hús, es; n.
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A house of sacrifice Ic geceás ðás stówe mé tó offrunghúse, Nap. 50

on-borgian

(v.)
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to borrow Ic onborgede xxx mancsa goldes æt Beorhtnóðe, Cht. Crw. 9, 117

Linked entry: borgian

sceaga

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In hǽðleáge sceagan ðǽr hé þynuest is, C. D. iii. 391, 15. Add

salu

(adj.)
Grammar
salu, adj.

Dusky, dark

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Dusky, dark Ic sylfa [eom] salo, Exon. Th. 489, 21; Rä. 48, 11

Linked entries: salness salo salwian

wæter-bóg

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-bóg, (-bóh), es; m.

A bough with moisture in it

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A bough with moisture in it Wæterbóh surculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 16

hálsigend

(n.)
Grammar
hálsigend, es; m.

An exorcist

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An exorcist Exorcista is hálsigend, L. Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6

á-seón

(v.)

to look at

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to look at Nelle ic mýnes Dryhtnes andwlitan áseón, Hml. A. 190, 255

Linked entry: á-siwen

á-spinnan

(v.)

to spin

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to spin Áspunnen is netum est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 15: 83, 22

Linked entry: spinnan

hám

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(I a) In connexion with marriage. v. II. I b β. [Cf. O. H. Ger. heim-bringa domi duca (domi duca dea quae praeessee] :-- Ne hí ne beóþ hám gebróhte neque nubentur, An.

un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long agobefore long

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ic fundige tó ðé of ðisse worulde; nú ic wát ðæt ic sceal ful unfyr[n] faca, Exon. 454, 32; Hy. 4, 42. [Cf. Icel. ú-forn not old.]

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

féþa

a footmana foot-soldiertroopsinfantry

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Ic mid þínum wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande armed with thy weapons I will stand fast in thine army, Bl. H. 225, 34; Jul. 389. Féðan aciem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 15.

heorot

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Tó heortdúne, 430, ii. Tó heorotfelda geate, ii. 215, 34. Tó Heortforda, iii. 462, 6. Tó heorthamme, vi. 120, 22. Fram heortleáge. iii. 406, 22. Heorimere, i. 195, 34. In ðá heortsole, iii. 380, 6. On ðæt heorotsol, ii. 249, 37.

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

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not in harmony, at variance, discordant, not in agreement Ungeþwǽra discordator, discors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 77.

hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fallfall downruerecorruere

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I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 2. On hærfest hrést and fealuwaþ in autumn it falls and fades, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 116; Met. 11, 58. Twegen unþeáwas hreósaþ on ǽnne man duorum vitiorum languor irruit, Past. 62, 1; Swt. 457, 9.

eldung

(n.)
Grammar
eldung, eldcung, elcung, e; f.

Delaymŏra

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Delay; mŏra Hit is eldung and anbíd ðæs héhstan déman it is the delay and waiting of the highest judge, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 17

Linked entries: elcung eldcung