líf-wynn
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A pleasure or joy of life Hé lytle hwíle lífwynna breác a little while he enjoyed the pleasures of life, Beo. Th. 4201; B. 2097: Exon. 19 b; Th. 50, 27; Cri. 807: Elen. Kmbl. 2535; El. 1269
steornede
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25
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á-hátian
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Sé cymð of þám swíðe ácólodan magan oþþe of þám tó swíðe áhátodan, Lch. ii. 60, 19
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ciric-ǽ
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church-marriage, the relation of the priest to the church on account of his orders Ꝥ syndon þá ǽwbrecan þe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan and ꝥ ábrǽcan . . . Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 14, 23
eorþ-hele
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A covering of the ground(?) Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:
hassuc
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. ¶ as part of a compound :-- Innon hæssucmór; of hæssuc-mór, C. D. iii. 384, 18. Cf. Ab illo loco usque ad hássukes more, 387, 3
hyrdel
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. ¶ of the bone-frame of an animal :-- Ostige ribba hyrdlas squamigeras costarum crates, An. Ox. 2466. Add:
wulf-haga
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M. 20, 15 (v. wulf; ) for need of protection) On ðone wulf-hagan midne; of ðám wulfhagan, C. D. iii. 78, 22. Tó ðæn ealdan wulthagan, vi. 9, 10
mangung
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Of mínra yldrena gestreóne mé becóm þis feoh on handa, and of þyssere ylcan byrig mangunge ic mé ꝥ feoh gerǽhte, Hml. S. 23, 670. Áworpan hí woruldþénunga and mancgunga secularia officia negotique abjiciant, Chrd. 76, 35. Add
wæl-cræft
A deadly power ⬩ power which causes death
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A deadly power, power which causes death Ðonne mín hláford wile láfe þicgan ðara ðe hé of lífe hét wælcræf[tum] áwrecan (of those whom he has ordered to be slain), Exon. Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11
Wiht-ware
The people of the Isle of Wight
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The people of the Isle of Wight Cantware and Wihtware (-wara, v. l.), Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I. Hé bróhte Wiht-warum (-an, v. l.) fulwiht ǽrest, 661; Th. i. 54, col. I. v. preceding word
breahtum-hwæt
Swift as the twinkling of an eye ⬩ celer ut oculi nictus
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Swift as the twinkling of an eye; celer ut oculi nictus Dec lígetta hérgen, bláce, breahtum-hwate may the lightnings praise thee, pale, swift as the twinkling of an eye, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107
gird
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., and add: of material. a long thin bough of a tree or stem of a plant whether growing or cut off Tóh gęrd, tóch gerd lentum vimen, Txts. 75, 1207. Tóh gerd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 74. Gerd virgultum, 123, 66. On gerde hysopo, Jn. L. R. 19, 29.
hlifian
To stand out prominently, ⬩ tower up, ⬩ to be raised high
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Se beorhta beág eádigra gehwam hlifaþ ofer heáfde the bright crown rises o'er the head of each blessed one, Exon. 64 b; Th. 238, 14; Ph. 604.
æchir
an ear of corn
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an ear of corn, Mt. Rush. Stv. 12, 1
amore
A kind of bird ⬩ avis quædam ⬩ scorellus
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A kind of bird; avis quædam, scorellus, Cot. 160
áþ-brice
A breaking of an oath ⬩ perjury ⬩ perjurium
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A breaking of an oath, perjury; perjurium, Wulf. 8
átor-cræft
Poison-craft ⬩ the art of poisoning ⬩ sorcery ⬩ veneficium
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Poison-craft, the art of poisoning, sorcery; veneficium,Lye
be-lændan
to deprive of land
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to deprive of land Chr. 1112; Th. 369, 39
berig-drenc
Drink made of mulberries ⬩ diamoron
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Drink made of mulberries; diamoron, Wrt. Voc. 20, 23