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be-stealcian

(v.)
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be-stealcian, p. ode
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To proceed stealthily so at to surprise (cf. deers*-*talking) Hinguar swá swá wulf on lande bestalcode, and þá leóde slóh, Hml. S. 32, 40

be-þridian

(v.)
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On ðǽm ǽrestan gewinne Amilcor wearð from Spénum beþridad and ofslagen Amilcar ab Hispanis in bello occisus est, Ors. 4, 7; 8. 182, 31. Add

cráwan

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Onlícnesse ðǽm kokkum ðe on ðístrum niehtum cráwað, Past. 459, 32. Þonne coccas cráwan forman sýðe, þonne drince hé ǽne, Lch. iii. 6, 5. Add

crimman

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Substitute: To cram, stuff, insert Homes sceafoþan swíðe smale gesceaf, crim on ꝥ dolh innan, Lch. ii. 132, 12. Cram inseruit, immisit, Germ. 401, 22

ealdor-deófol

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-deófol, es; m.
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The prince of the devils Þonne þú gesyxt þone ealdordeófol þe líð on bæc gebunden ... and siððan heó bið gelǽdd tó þám ealdordeófle, Nap. 18

efen-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
efen-wyrcend, es; m.
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10

fæstrǽd-lic

(adj.)
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fæstrǽd-lic, adj.

Constant

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Constant Wénst þú ꝥ on ǽnigum menniscum móde mæge áuht fæstrǽdlices beón búton hwearfunga ullamne humanis rebus inesse constantiam reris?, Bt. 8; F. 26, 3

fore-cýþan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-cýþan, p. de

foretellpredict

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To make known beforehand, foretell, predict Hé gewunað ꝥ hé forecýþeþ on þám swefnum manige sóðe wísan solet multa vera praedicere, Gr. D. 339, 21

fram-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fram-lic, (freom-); adj.
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Stout, bold Hé (Nero) nóht fromlices (freom-, v.l.) ongan on ðǽre cynewísan nihil omnino in re militari ausus est, Bd. 1, 3; Sch. 15, 21

Linked entry: freomlic

full-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
full-weaxen, adj.
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Full-grown Hé ( John ) on wéstene wunode oð þæt hé fullweaxen wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 5. Ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 30

ge-leáfleásness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleásness, e; f.
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Incredulity, want of belief On þám dæge wæs þǽra Judéiscra manna geleáfleásnys gewiten fram mannum and riht geleáfa ásprang onmang Godes gelaðunge, Wlfst. 294, 2

ge-reócan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reócan, to smoke (trans.),
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fumigate, steam Wyrc beþinge . . . hǽt stánas swíþe háte . . . hé sitte on stóle ofer þǽre beþinge ꝥ heó hine mæge tela gereócan, Lch. ii. 340, 8

ge-sibsumlíce

(adv.)
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Heó begeat on hire geweald . . . gesybsum-líce (contrast the capture of Derby, P. 101, 29) þá burh æt Ligraceastre, Chr. 918; P. 105, 22. Add

gewin-stów

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Add: v. ge-win; 1 a Gewinstówe scammatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 67. On gewinstówe scammate (cum mundi scammate certant, Ald. 190, 23), 95, 9

híw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
híw-ness, (?), e; f.

Beautyfairness

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Beauty, fairness Sindon óðre wíf ... heora líc bið on marmorstánes hwítnysse (híwnesse, v. l.) aliae sunt mulieres ... specioso corpore quasi marmore candido, Nar. 38, 10

in-betýnedness

(n.)
Grammar
in-betýnedness, e; f.
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Inclusion, shutting in, confinement Hé wæs manig gǽr ána belocen in þám nearwestan scræfe ... on þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse, Gr. D. 210, 27: 212, 5

Linked entry: be-týnedness

lifer-ádl

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Liferádl ypaticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 40. Hwæt him sié tó forgánne on liferádle, Lch. ii. 210, 13. Wyrtdrencas wið eallum liferádlum, 212, 23. Add

nǽm

(n.)
Grammar
nǽm, e ; f.
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A taking, acceptance Be ælmessena nǽme de elemosinis accipiendis Chrd. 49, 3. On þǽre nǽme cyrcan ǽhte in accipiendis ecclesiasticis sumplibus 12, 7. Cf. nám

norþ-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ-lang, adj.
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Having its length extending northwards, running north and south Tó ðon norðlangan gráfette, C. D. v. 195, 6. On ðone norðlangan hlinc, iii. 135, 24

ofer-geþyld

(n.)
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what is intolerable ? On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24

Linked entry: ge-þyldo