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sídan

(adv.)
Grammar
sídan, adv.
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From a wide area Of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23. Cf. next word

sin-here

(n.)
Grammar
sin-here, gen. -her(i)ges ; m.
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936

sweord-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-wund, adj.
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Wounded with the sword:?-Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfág and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Wald. 7; Vald. 1, 5

sundor-wundor

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wundor, es; n.
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-Mé fród wita sægde sundorwundra fela, Exon. Th. 313, 19; Mód. 2

teárig-hleór

(adj.)
Grammar
teárig-hleór, adj.

Having the cheeks wet with tears

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Having the cheeks wet with tears Ic ( Hagar ) sceal teárighleór on wéstenne witodes bídan, Cd. Th. 137, 16; Gen. 2274

þúsend-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
þúsend-gerím, es; n.

Numeration by thousandscounting with the unit a thousand

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Numeration by thousands, counting with the unit a thousand Ðría ðreóténo ðúsendgerímes thirty-nine thousand, Salm. Kmbl. 582; Sal. 290

be-siftan

(v.)
Grammar
be-siftan, p. te
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To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155

decan-hád

(n.)
Grammar
decan-hád, es; m.
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Dignity of a dean (decan, q. v. ) Ofor heora wican heora decanhádes super decanias suas, R. Ben. I. 54, 2

fílian

(v.)
Grammar
fílian, p. ode

To file

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To file, rub with a file Fíliende fricans (lima . . . fricans informe metallum, Aid. 252, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, jo

Linked entry: fíliende

fird-wíte

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Take here fyrd-wíte, and add

geolo-reád

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Add: red with a tinge of yellow Þæt giolureáde lutea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 8. Þá giolureádan crocata, 20, 19

ge-rest

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Mið ðý uére cynig in his gireste dum esset rex in accubitu suo, Rtl. 4, 11. v. wind-gerest? Add:

gíslþu

(n.)
Grammar
gíslþu, (?); f.
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v. gíslian) Gísldu obsedatu (as if connected with obses and dare? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 25

gneáþ

Grammar
gneáþ, Add: <b>, gneád</b>
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Hí cwǽdon ꝥ him gneáðe wǽre heora wist and scrúd, Hml. S. 31, 1296. v. gníþe, and two following words

hand-hamer

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Add: a hammer that can be used with one hand, a small hammer Handhamur malleolus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 1

gold-fyld

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fyld, adj.
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Gilt, covered with gold-leaf Goldfyld fel petala (furva, Ald. 142, 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 48. See next word

Linked entry: -fyld

hwæt-hweganinga

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hweganinga, hwæt-unga; adv.
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Somewhat, a little Gif þú hí hwæthweganinga wiþ fýr ne gemengdest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 10. See next word

Linked entry: -hweganinga

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, The gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 46 is:
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Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning

wilde-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wilde-cyn, wilde-cynn, es; n.

A wild species

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A wild species Wildecynnes hors equifer (cf. hic equiferus a wyld hors, 187, col. l). Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 4

hand-worht

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-worht, adj.

Hand-wrought, made with hands

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Hand-wrought, made with hands Ic tówurpe ðis handworhte tempel ego dissoluam templum hoc manu factum, Mk. Skt. 14, 58

Linked entry: -worht