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wirgende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
wirgende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Given to cursing

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Given to cursing Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie, ðæt hé mid yfelum wordum tó wyriende (wyrgende v. l.) weorðe, Wulfst. 70, 18

ymb-beran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren
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Ymbbeara glosses circumferre, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 55

wuldorfæstlícness

(n.)
Grammar
wuldorfæstlícness, e; f.

Glortousnessglory

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Glortousness, glory Sý ðú gebletsod, Drihten God, ðe æteówdest ðá wuldorfæstlícuysse ðe ðú ondrǽdendum gyfest. Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 603

bere-brytta

(n.)
Grammar
bere-brytta, an; m.
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The guardian of a granary Be berebryttan (-e,MS. ). Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot on hærfæste æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2

deórwyrþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deórwyrþ-lic, (-wi(e)rþ-); adj.
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Mid þínum deórwyrðlicostan blóde praetioso sanguine, Hymn. ad Mat. 20

feówertíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
feówertíne-wintre, adj.
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Fourteen years old Feówertýnewintre man hine sylfne mæg þeówne gedón quatuordecim annorum homini licet se servum facere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 27

for-lange

(adv.)
Grammar
for-lange, (? for lange); adv.

Long ago

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Forelong, Mt. L. 11, 21. Forelonge dudum, Rtl. 194, 1

ge-notian

(v.)
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to note, mark Of oferwritenum ðás in foruuard fore genotad infindes ex superscriptionibus quas in fronte notatas invenies, Mt. p. 12, 2

ge-dréfedlic

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Substitute: of darkness, thick, dense Þýsbernes swá gedréfedlic þæt hit man gefélan mihte tenebrae crassitudine palpabiles, Ors. I. J; S. 38, 14

gedwild-mann

(n.)
Grammar
gedwild-mann, es; m.
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A heretic Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictales (= Nyctages, haeretici qui superfluas existimabant sacras vigilias), Nap. 60, 21. Cf. gedwol-mann

hloccettan

Grammar
hloccettan, (?)

groansigh

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to utter a sound, groan, sigh Ic loccele (roketto, R.) deiglo eructabo abscondita, Mt. L. 13, 35. Loceteð eructavit p. 9, 7

Linked entries: loccettan hloccettung

hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

mete-þing

(n.)
Grammar
mete-þing, es; n.
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An operation connected with cooking Hí man geornlíce tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón and tó ǽlcum meteþingum. clǽngeorne, Chrd. 19, 19

nytt

(n.)
Grammar
nytt, es; n.
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What is useful, advantageous, profitable Ic nát hwes ic bydde, hweðer ic bydde nyttes þe unnittes sylfum, Solil. H. 13, 18

ongeán-weardes

(prep.)
Grammar
ongeán-weardes, prep.
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(adv. ) Towards Ic ne mæg ongeánweardes þé gewenden, Hml. S. 23 b, 206. Teoligende his cneówu tó bígenne hire ongeánweardes, 686

riht-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
riht-þeów, riht-þeówa
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a lawful slave Sæge ꝥ ic þín rihtþeówa (-þeów, v. l.) sý servum me juris tui esse profitere, Gr. D. 180, 6

Linked entry: þeów

un-wís

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Add: mad, insane Hé wénde ꝥ hé sprǽke on unwís, þá hé bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I

up-sprungenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-sprungenness, e; f.

Defecteclipse

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Defect; in reference to the sun, eclipse Eclypsis solis, ðæt is sunnan ásprungennysse (uppsprungennes, MS. B.), Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 10

wæl-rún

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-rún, e; f.

The secret of approaching slaughter

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The secret of approaching slaughter Fyrdleóð ágól wulf on walde, wælrúne ne máð (proclaimed the coming carnage), Elen. Kmbl. 56; El. 28

æf-dýne

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dýne, es; m.

A descent, declivity

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A descent, declivity Æfdýni (ęsdyni, MS.) defexum, decliuium (cf. deuexu[m], declibium, descensum,) (Corp. Gl. Hessels. 41, 140), Hpt. 33, 250, 3

Linked entry: -dýne