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gealdor

(n.)
Grammar
gealdor, es; n.

An incantationa charmloreincantātio

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Sing ðis gealdor sing this charm, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 28 : 3, 24; Lchdm. ii. 322, 6

wang-turf

(n.)
Grammar
wang-turf, gen. -tyrf; f.Turf,
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rf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7

on-drǽdendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drǽdendlíc, adj.

To be feared, terrible

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Ðises godspelles geendung is swíðe ondrǽdendlíc : 'Fela sind gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene,' ii. 82, 3

ge-rádegian

(v.)
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Add: ge-rádigian to arrange a matter Ðis ðe ic tó sibbe and tó gesehtnesse betweoh þám mynstre gerádigod (þe radi god, MS. ) hæbbe (cf. the title of the charter: De aquis et molendinis constitutio regis Eadgari), C. D. B. iii. 417, 5

ge-sund-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund-ful, -full; adj.

Full or quite soundprosperoussuccessfulprospĕrus

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His swíðre hand is gesundfull óþ ðis his right hand is sound to this day, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 85

leác

(n.)
Grammar
leác, lǽc, léc, es; n.

a leek

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.], an alliaceous plant [v. compounds],a leek Ðis léc hoc cepe: ðis leác hoc porrum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 32, 35. Leác ambila, Wrt. Voc. 284, 24: Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 49. Láec, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 8. Leáces heáfod cartilago, 17, 40.

Linked entry: léc

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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Above, besides Ufenan eall ðis insuper, Dom. L. 10, 144: 18, 271. Ufenon eal ðis, 14, 212. Hé ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde, Chart.

for-spillednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]

A spillingwasteperditiondestructionperdĭtio

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A spilling, waste, perdition, destruction; perdĭtio Forhwí wæs ðisse sealfe forspillednes geworden ut quid perdĭtio ista unguenti facta este Mk. Bos. 14, 4.

Linked entry: for-spillendnes

panne

(n.)
Grammar
panne, an; f.
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Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbærned, Past. 21 ; Swt. 165, 3. Of brádre pannan de sartagine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 11. Wyl on pannan, Lchdm. ii. 308, 28.

un-hírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-hírsumness, e; f.

Disobedience

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Gefriða mé wið ðises folces unhýrsumnesse eripies me de contradictionibus populi, Ps. Th. 17, 41. Hé déð unhiérsumnesse Gode, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 32

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8. Gif hwam hwæt yfeles gedón bið, ðæt hé ne mæge hys wynlusta brúcan, Lchdm. i. 330, 13

liþ

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a joint, especially a finger-joint: Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðám disce ánes fingres lið, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 27. Nim. viii. and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32 : 29. Liþo artus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 18.

lustbǽr-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-líce, adv.

pleasureeagernesspleasantly

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Ðá se wísdóm ðis leóþ lustbǽrlíce ásungen hæfde hæc cum philosophia leniter suaviterque cecinisset, 36, 1; Fox 170, 25

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, he -wyrþeþ, -wyrþ

To bebecomehappenfiĕri

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Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34

scydd

(n.)
Grammar
scydd, es; m.
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Ðis synt ða denbæra . . . hudelinga scydd, Cod. Dip Kmbl. ii. 195, 19. On timberslǽd in stǽpa cnolles scydd on hanslǽdes heáfdan, iii. 380, 26. Haec sunt pascua porcorum . . . in communi silua pascuale quod dicitur Palinga Schittas (scyddas ?)

ge-teóh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teóh, gen. -teóges; n.

Mattermaterialpl. instrumentsimplementsutensils

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Matter, material; pl. instruments, implements, utensils Se ðis leóht onwráh and ðæt torhte geteóh tillíce onwráh who this light displayed and the bright matter [the universe] revealed, Exon. 94 a; Th. 352, 32; Reim. 2.

Linked entry: egeþ-getígu

for-weorþenes

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

A coming to nothingperishingruin

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A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus Ðis wæs swíðe gedeorfsum geár hér on lande and þurh orfcwealm and wæstma forweorþenesse this was a very grievous year in the land, both through murrain of cattle and perishing of fruits.

wel-hwá

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wel-hwá, pron.

Every oneevery thing

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Every one, every thing Mé ðás woruldsǽlða welhwæs blindne (altogether blind) on ðis dimme hol forlǽddon Met. 2, 10. Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse welhwam þince eal unforcúþ Exon. Th. 315, 13; Mód. 30 Weódmónað on tún welhwæt bringeþ Menol.

un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsedwith the time of its lease not run out

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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Ealdulf hæfð gerád tó setnesse, ða hwíle ðis land unágán sé as long as the lease of the land runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 22-33.

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. béc, bóce, bóc; d. béc, bóc.

a booka documentregistercataloguea chariera bookvolumeliterary workpages

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Lulla gebohte ðás boec and ðis lond, C. D. ii. 3, 10. a book, volume, literary work, pages; main division of a work Bóc liber vel codex vel volumen, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 75: cartula, ii. 92, 47: 19, 44. From ðǽre dura ðisse béc, Past. 25, 11.