searu-píl
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An implement with a point Mín heáfod is homere geþuren, searopíla wund, sworfen feóle, Exon. Th. 497, 17; Rä. 87, 2
smolte
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Quietly, mildly Ðonne smolte (cf. smylte, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 17) blǽwþ súþan and westan wind under wolcnum, Met. 6, 8
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sweord-slege
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A sword-stroke, stroke with a sword:?-Hyre sáwl wearð álǽded of líce þurh sweordslege, Exon. Th. 282, 30; Jul. 671
tó-wyrd
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Occasion Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tówyrde heora gedáles wiþ Brittas quaerentes occasionem divortii, Bd. 1, 15 ; S. 483, 37
tyge-hóc
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A hook to pull with, the word occurs in a list of implements Scafan, sage, cimbíren, tigehóc, Anglia ix. 263, 2
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un-dómlíce
With bad judgement ⬩ indiscreetly
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With bad judgement, indiscreetly Hyrde oþþe unbindan undómlíce ondrǽde oþþe gewríþan pastor vel absoluere indiscrete timeat uel ligare, Scint. 202, 14
un-gewirded
Uninjured
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Uninjured Ne mæg him bitres wiht sceððan, ac gescylded á wunaþ ungewyrded þenden woruld stondeþ, Exon. Th. 210, 5; Ph. 181
Linked entry: ge-wirdan
weall-hát
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Boiling hot, red-hot Ácéle ðú wealhát ísen ðonne hit furþum sié of fýre átogen on wíne, Lchdm. ii. 256, 15
wæter-slæd
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A valley with water in it On wæterslædes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 11. On ðæt wæterslæd, iii. 394, 17
drif
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Cf. with passage from Chronicle William of Malmesbury's statement that a contagious fever destroyed more than half the people
drincere
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Add: drunkard, wine-bibber Drinceras, ꝥ synd þá þe druncennysse lufiað ebriosi, Hml. S. 17, 41: Hml. Th. ii. 330, 26
fleardere
wantonly
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One who acts with (wicked) folly, wantonly Warnige hé eác ꝥ hé þurh geþafunge ne wurðe þǽra fleardera geféra, Nap. 23
for-styltan
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To be overcome with astonishment Forstyltun (forestyldton, L.) obstupuerunt, Mk. R. 5, 42: (forstyldton, L.), 10, 24: (forestylton, L.), 16, 5
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riht-gemet
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correct measure Wite se ealdor ꝥ hé hæbbe ealoð his rihtgemet habeat de ceruisa quantum de uino debuerat, Chrd. 15, 22
wiþer-rǽde
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Ꝥ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 72. Add
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Hié wíf tó Denum feredon lǽddon tó leódum they bore her to Denmark, Beo. Th. 2322; B. 1159. Wǽron æþelingas eft tó leódum fúse tó farenne the nobles were eager to go back to their people, 3613; B. 1804.
seonu
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Wið sina sáre, i. 84, 10. Wið ðara sina bifunge, 104, 27. Sina togung, 136, 9. Syna, 136, 19. Sina getog, 356, 3. Seonowum beslítan, Exon. Th. 371, 9; Seel. 73. Seonwum (synum, Soul Kmbl. 123), 370, 20; Seel. 62.
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hǽr
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Se eádiga wæs blíðe on andwlitan mid hwítum hǽrum the blessed man was cheerful in aspect, with white hair, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 20. Mid olfendes hǽrum gescrýd clothed with camel's hair, i. 330, 2 : Mt. Kmbl. 3, 4.
Linked entry: hér