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wirding

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Wyrdincgum maculis, An. Ox. 649. Add

galung

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Add: Galunge incantationum, An. Ox. 4940

hild-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hild-bedd, es; n.

Deathbed

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Kmbl. 2186; An. 1094

hoh-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
hoh-mód, adj.

Having an anxious mind, anxious

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Having an anxious mind, anxious, Lye

átes-hwon

(adv.)
Grammar
átes-hwon, adv.

At allullatenus

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At all; ullatenusH. Z. 31, 19

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Add: beautiful to the eye Swá manega gesceafta and swá micla and swá fægra, Bt. 42; F. 256, 8. of persons Fæger man pulcher homo, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 14. Fæger formosa, An. Ox. 3410.

CUMBOL

(n.)
Grammar
CUMBOL, cumbl , cuml , es; n.

a sign, image, military standard, ensign, banner signum, imago, signum militare, vexillum morbi signum, vulnus

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Kmbl. 2409; An. 1206: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 333 . a sign or evidence of disease, a wound ; morbi signum, vulnus Se lǽce, ðonne he cymþ ðone untruman to sníðanne, ǽrest [MS. æresð] he sceáwaþ ðæt cumbl [cuml MS.

Linked entries: cuml cumul

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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To draw oneself, to draw, go; se conferre, ire Drógon swá wíde swá wegas to lǽgon they went as far as the roads lay before them, Andr. Kmbl. 2465; An. 1234.

hring

(n.)
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Grimm explains fletus intensissimus, quasi circulatim erumpens, And. u. El. p. 130, and this seems to give the meaning though the connection with hring is not very evident

Linked entry: wóp

bonde-land

(n.)
Grammar
bonde-land, es; n.

Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writingtributaria terra

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the alderman Cuthbriht ten 'boude-lands' at Swineshead, with leasow and with meadow, and with all lying thereto, and so that Cuthbriht should give to the abbot fifty pounds for it, and every year one night's entertainment, or thirty shillings in pennies

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes miseryaffliction that comes from punishment

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Wé ðec for þearfum and for þreánýdum árena biddaþ we pray thee for mercy on account of our needs and afflictions, 186, 4; Az. 14: Beo. Th. 1668; B. 832.

west

(adj.)
Grammar
west, []; spve. west[e]mest; adj.
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Westerly, situated in the west Rómána onweald, se is mǽst and westmest, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 19. On ðæm síþmestan onwalde and on ðæm westemestan. Swt. 254, 2. Ðis sindon ðæs landes gemǽra ðe gebyriaþ into ðære westmestan híde, Cod. Dip.

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón ðæt hé ána wacie, ac hé sceal eác his friénd wreccan non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur, Past. 28; Swt. 193, 21. Héht hé mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan, Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106

eáste-weard

(adj.)
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Oð Indéas eástewearde, Met. 16, 18. ¶ used substantively :-- Þæt Babylonicum (ríce) wæs þæt forme and on eáste weardum Babylonium regnum ab oriente, Ors. 2, l; S. 60, 2

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
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Þá; búrþénas ábudon þǽre cwéne þæs cyninges hǽse, ac heó hit forsóc and nolde gehýrsumian him to his willan, 93, 43: Ll. Th. i. 194, 19. a command, law, &c. Gehýrsumie pareat, i. obediat (praecepto) An. Ox. 296.

gleáwnes

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I. 59, 14. a sign, token, distinguishing mark Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum hé wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ hé wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre

wír

(n.)
Grammar
wír, es; m.

Wiremetal thread

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Wire, metal thread; often used apparently in ornamental work, so, an ornament made of wire. Cf. Icel. víra-virki filigree work Beorht seomað (-ad, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4.

feorh-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-gedál, feorg-gedál, es; n.

Life-separationdeathvītæ divortiummors

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Kmbl. 362; An. 181: 2854; An. 1429: Exon. 50 a; Th. 174, 5; Gú. 1173

Linked entry: feorg-gedál

fracoþ-word

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ-word, -wyrde, es; n.
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An abusive word, an insult, bad language Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrdu þára nunnena fracoð-wyrda (-worda, v.l.) hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumelias enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 7

hnípan

(v.)
Grammar
hnípan, (?)

to bow

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An. Ox. 1579) procumberet, caderet Hpt. Gl. 443, 50. Hnípendre (hnipendre = hnipiendre ?) curua An. Ox. 1279. Hnipenre cernua Hpt. Gl. 436, 61

Linked entries: hnipend hnipian hnippan