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snoflig

(adj.)
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snoflig, adj.

Full of snivel, having a cold in the head

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Full of snivel, having a cold in the head Hiemps ys winter, hé byþ ceald and wǽt. . . Swá byþ se ealda man ceald and snoflig flegmata ðæt byþ hraca oððe geposu, deriaþ ðam ealdan and ðam unhálan Anglia viii. 299, 36

tín-wintre

(adj.)
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tín-wintre, adj.

Ten years old

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Ðá ða hé týnwintre on ylde wæs, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 28

open

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) wæs open ealdgewinn, El. 647.

abbod-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
abbod-ríce, abbot-ríce, es; n.

The rule of an abbotan abbacy abbatia

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The rule of an abbot, an abbacy; abbatia On his tíme wæx ðæt abbodríce swíðe ríce in his time the abbacy waxed very rich, Chr. 656; Ing. 41, 1. On ðis abbotríce in this abbacy, Chr. 675; Ing. 51, 12

Linked entries: abbad-ríce ríce

ælcor

(adv.)
Grammar
ælcor, adv.

Elsewherebesidesotherwisealiaspræternisialiter

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Elsewhere, besides, otherwise; alias, præter, nisi, aliter Forðon ðam bisceope ne wæs alýfed ælcor bútan on myran rídan non enim licuerat pontificem sacrorum præter in equa equitare, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 7. Ælcor alias, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 67

Linked entries: ælcra elcor

án-genga

(n.)
Grammar
án-genga, -gengea, an; m. [án unus, solus; gengan ire]

A lone-goera solitarysolivagussolitarius

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A lone-goer, a solitary; solivagus, solitarius Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga the lone-goer will eat my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 902; B. 449. Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165

be-cýpan

(v.)
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be-cýpan, ic -cýpe, ðú -cýpest, -cýpst, he -cýpeþ, cýpþ, pl. -cýpaþ; p. ic, he -cýpte, ðú -cýptest, pl. -cýpton ; pp. -cýped, -cýpt

To sellvendere

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Iosep becýped wæs venundatus est Ioseph, Ps. Spl. 104, 16 : Mt. Bos. 10, 29

Linked entry: be-ceápian

fǽr-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-scyte, es; m.

A sudden or pernicious shotimprōvīsus

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A sudden or pernicious shot; imprōvīsus vel fātālis jactus We fæste sculon wið ðam fǽrscyte wearde healdan we should firmly hold ward against that sudden shot, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 4; Cri. 766: 35 a; Th. 113, 13; Gú. 157

fám-bláwende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fám-bláwende, def. se -bláwenda; part.

Foam-blowing, emitting foamspūmam efflans

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Foam-blowing, emitting foam; spūmam efflans Se légfámbláwenda seáþ and se fúla ðone ðú gesáwe, ðæt wæs helle tintreges múþ pŭteus ille flammĭvŏmus ac pūtĭdus quem vīdisti, ipsum est os gehennæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 12, note, MS. T

for-démednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-démednes, -ness, e; f.

Condemnationproscriptioncondemnātioproscriptio

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Condemnation, proscription; condemnātio, proscriptio Þurh tyn winter full Godes cyricena bærnesse, and unsceað*-*ðiendra fordémednesse, and slege háligra martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs per décem annos, incendiis ecclēsiārum, proscriptiōnĭbus innŏcentum

fór-werd

(n.)
Grammar
fór-werd, e; f.

A fore-wardprecautioncontractagreementpræcautiopactum

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A fore-ward, precaution, contract, agreement; præcautio, pactum Hér swutelaþ ymb ða fórwerda ðe Wulfric and se arcebisceop geworhton here is made known concerning the agreements which Wulfric and the archbishop made, Cod.

be-þearfaþ

he needs, wantsopus habet

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he needs, wants; opus habet Hwæt helpeþ vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]? quid prodest homini? Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 26

Linked entry: þearfian

weorold-irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-irmþ, weorold-irmþu; f.
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Hí héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hé hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36

á-hwettan

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His mód wæs mid þǽm bismre áhwet hac contumelia quasi cote ad virtutem usus est, 6, 30; S. 280, 14. Add

Linked entry: hwettan

be-werigend

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be-werigend, -wergend

a protector

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Paulus wæs bewerigend þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 388, 32: Hml. S. 7, 127. Ðæt gé sýn beweriendras Crtstes landáre, C. D. iii. 350, 27. Add

beorhtlíce

(adv.)

splendidlyclearly

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Ic wæs blind bám eágum, nú ic beorhtlíce leóhtes brúce, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7

cǽg-bora

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Sc̃s Heremus wæs cǽgbora in Róme, Shrn. 121, 23. [Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251

faðu

(n.)
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Sc̃e Emeliana wæs sc̃e Gregorius faðe, Shrn. 48, 6. Faðu oððe módrige, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 14. Be Tassillan mínre faðan de Tharsilla amita mea, Gr. D. 286, 8. Dele e ; f. : and add

fleswian

(v.)
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Another various reading is fleose-wade. For 'To mutter, whisper' substitute: