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efen-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
efen-þegen, es; m.
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A fellow-servant Efneþegn conservus, Mt. L. 18, 29. Efneðegnas conservi, 31. Énne of his efneðegnum, 28

éste

(adj.)
Grammar
éste, liberal.
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Gif þú lidwérigum lárna þínra éste (est, MS.) wyrðest, An. 483. Oestum devotis, Rtl. 9, 13. Add

feoh-georn

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Leófan men, beorgað eów wið deófles lára . . . ne beón gé tó feohgeorne, Wlfst. 40, 17 note.. Add

feónd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
feónd-mann, es; m.

An enemy

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fyónd monn) ðis dyde inimicus homo hoc fecit, Mt. L. 13, 28

cynn-recceniss

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Crístes cynnreccenise ( generatio ) suǽ wæs, Mt. L. 1, 18. Bóc cynnrecenisse liber generationis, p. 9, 13. Add

for-gifenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-gifenlíce, adv.

Easily

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Easily, without hardship from burdensome claims Tyro and Sydone bið forgifenlícor (remissius) þonne eów, Mt. 11, 22

ge-sprengan

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Pealman beón gesprengede (gespringede, MS.) mid geblesudum wætere palmae aspergantur benedicta aqua, Angl. xiii. 409, 622. Add

ge-brytsen

(n.)
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a fragment Twelf wylian fulle þǽra gebrytsena (bryt-sena, v. l. ), Mt. 14, 20: Jn. 6, 13

Linked entry: brytsen

munt-geóf

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Add:, -giú On Mauricius mynstre, þæt is on Muntgiú swá men farað tó Róme, Wlfst. 152, 9

ofer-writen

(n.)
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what is written above, a superscription Of oferwritenum ex superscriptionibus, Mt. p. 12, 2. Cf. ofer-áwritten

þeóstrian

(v.)
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Add:, þreóstrian (v. áþrióstraþ, Mt. R. 24, 29). add His seón swýðe þeóstrodon, Hml. S. 31, 588

will-spryng

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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác . . . tó wylspringum, Hml. S. 17, 131. Add

crib

Grammar
crib, cribb.
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Add: a couch Ne ástíge ic on bed mínes crybbes ( in lectum strati mei ), Chrd. 31, 3

réðen

(adj.)
Grammar
réðen, (?); adj.

Wild

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Wild Ðæt hé hine gereordode mid ðám réðenum (MS. U. réðum) nýtenum, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 102

Sadducéas

(n.)
Grammar
Sadducéas, pl.

The Sadducees

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The Sadducees Eodun tó him Fariséas and Sadducéas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 16, 1. Sadducéa Sadducaeorum, 16, 6

winter-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
winter-dæg, es; m.

A winter-day

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A winter-day Ðú ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 4: Met. 4, 20

wíf-hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hearpe, (?), an; f.

A woman's harp

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MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4

Linked entry: hearpe

ofer-sáwan

(v.)

to oversow

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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25

Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan

soru

(n.)
Grammar
soru, (?), e; f.

A particle of dust ⬩ bit of straw ⬩ dross

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A particle of dust, bit of straw Sore (stréu, Rush.) festucam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 3, 4

tó-namian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-namian, p. ode

To surname

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To surname Simon ðone getónomade (getornomade, MS.) stán Simonem quem cognominauit Petrum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 14

Linked entry: tó-nama

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