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clǽnsung-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung-drenc, es; m.
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A cleansing-drink, purgative Ne bið áléfed on ðyssum dagum ðæt mon blód lǽte oððe [cl]ǽsnungdrenceas drince, Shrn. 80, 5. v. preceding word

frig-nes

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frig-nes, frige-nes.
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Þú ætíctest on þínre frignysse, hú þá þing man gyldan sceolde addes etiam, quomodo ea reddere debeant, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 67, 18. Add

for-hergung

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Forheriunge (printed sor-) infestatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 43. Hwæt forwearþ . . . on þeóda forhergiunge nationes vastationibus terebantur, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 5. Add

frum-byrd

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Add:[ Swá swá Imme mín móder on mínre firmbirde dage tó forme gife it mé gæf, C. D. iv. 216, 2.] Cf. frum-ácennes

frum-spræc

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frum-spræc, l. -sprǽc,
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and add: First words of a discourse Seofon hálige men ðǽra naman wé áwriton on ðǽre frumsprǽce heora hálgan ðrowunge, Hml. S. 23, 120

ge-sundfullíce

(adv.)
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Hit is Godes wunder þæt þysum cild-geongum cynincge þus gesundfullíce eallu þing underþeódde synt on his cynelicum anwealde, Lch. iii. 436, 9. Add

ge-edlesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-edlesende, (?); adj.
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(ptcpl. ) Reciprocal Geedlæsend tale reciproca (i. iterata) disputatio, An. Ox. 3205. Seó geedlæsend reciproca (ferocitas), 3538. On geedlæsendum in reciprocis (i. iteratis) (conflictibus), 3216

Linked entries: ge-edlæsian ed-lesende

heáfod-haga

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-haga, an ; m.
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A fence running at the head (v. heáfod; 2 a) of a piece of land (?) On ðone ealdan heáfodhagan, C. D. vi. 64, 7

heort-wærc

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Gif him oninnan heard heortwærc sié, þonne him wyxþ wind on þǽre heortan, Lch. ii. 60, 6: iii. 74u 21. Wið heortwærce, 18. Add

lyb-lác

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Add: — Uton forbúgan þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, ꝥ is . . . lyblác and ealle þá unþeáwas þe deóflu on mancynn gebringað, Wlfst. 135, 3

mánful-lic

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Iacób hæfde twá geswustru him tó wífe. . . Ac ꝥ is nú mánfullic ǽnigum menn tó dónne on þám crístendóme. Hml. A. 16, 73. Add

mid-sprecende

(adj.)
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speaking on behalf of Ðú þe wǽre mydsprecende (-sprecend later MS. v. E. S. 49, 350) þám Hǽlende, Nic. 6, 24. v. mid-spreca

módor-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
módor-cynn, es; n.
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Maternal kin Hire módorcynn gǽit tó Heinríce cásere on the mother's side she was descended from the emperor Henry, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 22

norþ-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ-heald, adj.
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Sloping to the north, bent northwards Of þám hwítan treówe on ðæt norðhealde treów; of ðám norðhealdan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 32

rǽdend

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Add: a diviner On gelícnysse wigleres and rǽdendes hé wénð þæt hé nát in similitudine arioli et coniectoris aestimat quod ignorat, Scint. 75, 12

þrǽstness

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽstness, e ; f.
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Contrition Hé oð þone dæg his deáðes on micelre þrǽstnesse wunode usque ad diem mortis in conlritione duravit, Ed. 5, 12 ; Sch. 615, 3

þrostle

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Add: — Sum swýþe sweart and lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc þrostle geháten nigra parvaque avis, quae vulgo merula nominaiur, Gr. D. 100, 19

weorod-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wundrige hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wynsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincað, Hml. S. 34, 105. Add

weoruld-gilp

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Ic ongite ꝥte þá mǽstan márþa ne sint on þysse woruldgilpe video celebritatem gloria non posse contingere, Bt. 33, l ; F. 120, 5. Add

rúde

(n.)

scab

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(?) roughness of the skin, scab Seó rúde or se rúda (se rude, MS.) on ðam men scamma in homine, Wrt, Voc. i. 45, 30

Linked entry: rúte