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bord-stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
bord-stæþ, es; pl. nom. acc. -staðu; n. [stæþ a shore, bank]

The sea-shore ⬩ litus

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The sea-shore; litus Eágorstreámas beóton bordstaðu [bordstæðu MS.] the ocean-streams beat the sea-shores, Andr. Kmbl. 883; An. 442

sundor-wine

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wine, es; m.
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A special friend, an intimate friend:?-Ne áswíc sundorwine, ac á symle geheald rihtum gerisnum, Exon. Th. 301, 34; Fä. 29

þrýþ-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ-bearn, es; n.

A mighty youth

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A mighty youth Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann, þrýðbearn hæleð, ðé gelícne, steóran ofer stæfnan, Andr. Kmbl. 987; An. 494

æt-faran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-faran, p. -fór
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To go away, make off Án fox þone scóh geiæhte and ætfaran (-en, MS.) þóhte. Shrn. 14, 23. Cf. oþ-faran

andgitfullíce

(adv.)
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Andgytfullice liquido, i. clare ł perspicue, An. Ox. 1518. Angytfullíce, 83. Andgytful[líce] sensatim, 56, 121. Andgitfullícost, Past. 7, 24. Add

copp

(n.)
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a top, summit Coppe helmes cono (.i. summitate, Hpt. Gl. 443, 22) (sublimi) uerticis, An. Ox. 1563. Coppe cono, 32, 6

diht

(n.)
Grammar
diht, e; f.
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A saying, dictum, oracle Dihta oððe saga presagia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 46. Dihta oraculorum, An. Ox. 7, 81: 8, 96

ed-lesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-lesende, adj.
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Reciprocal Edlæsendum reciproco, An. Ox. 1885. Sume noman synd diuidua, þá getácniað tódál mid edlesendre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 13, 13

eorþ-styren

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-styren, eorþ-styrenn, e; f.

An earthquake

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An earthquake Gewordenre eorðstyrene facto terrae motu, Gr. D. 182, 20. For eorðstyrenum heó (Rome) byð geswenced, Gr. D. 134, 1

feormend

(n.)
Grammar
feormend, es; m.

An entertainer

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An entertainer Sum sceal on féðe on feorwegas nýde gongan and his nest beran . . . áh hé feormendra lyt lifgendra, Vy. 30

ge-gaderscipe

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For 'Hpt. . . . 416' substitute Gegæderscype jugalitas, i. matrimonium, An. Ox. 1360: 1373. Gegæderscipes conjugii, 221. Ǽwlices gegæderscipes legitime jugalitatis, 583: 5030

Linked entry: gader-scype

ge-glengendlic

(adv.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-glengendlíce;</b> adv. Delicately, elegantly Geglencendlíce glencan delicate (i. pompose) componere, An. Ox. 1202

hand-spor

(n.)
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Substitute hand-sporu, an ; f. A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986

hergiend

(n.)
Grammar
hergiend, hergend, es; m.

A plunderer ⬩ robber ⬩ spoiler

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A plunderer, robber, spoiler Hergiend and áhíðend grassator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 38. Hergiendurn, rýperum grassatoribus, i. inpugnatoribus, An. Ox. 2712

híred-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
híred-geréfa, an; m.
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An officer of a king's court Geréfa consul, undergeréfa proconsul, híredgeréfa exconsul, ánwalda monarces, burhgeréfa praetor, Wülck. Gl. 110, 4-9

of-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?); adj.
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Fat, given to eat too much Fór ofǽte (oferǽte ?) porcaster obesus, i. pinguis, An. Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o

stíþness

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Add Beátendes hameres stíþnes (rigida) tundentis mallei durities, An. Ox. 482. Add Stíþnes acerbitas (poenarum), 4816. Stíþnesse austeritate, i. crudelitate, 661

teran

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Geseah hé ꝥ án wulf genam ꝥ cild; þá tær hé his loccas heófende, Hml. S. 30, 180: Jud. 281. Add

-wríþan

(suffix)
Grammar
-wríþan, <b>.
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III.</b> add Wríþende astringentes, i. alligantes (ferreis nexibus collum cum suris asiringentes, Aid. 45, 9), An. Ox. 3288

up-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
up-gemynd, es; n.

Mindfulness of what is above ⬩ thought directed heavenward

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Mindfulness of what is above, thought directed heavenward Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, éce upgemynd engla blisse, Andr. Kmbl. 2129; An. 1066