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gilp-líce

(adv.)
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Add: arrogantly Gilplíce arroganter Wrt. Voc. ii. l, 21. Gylplíce jactanter Scint. 35, 4, 5 : An. Ox. 954

hríseht

Grammar
hríseht, l. hríseht(e), and for 'Cot. 186, Lye'
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substitute Ðý hrísehtan, þá hǽrihtan setosa (vervecum vellera ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 27 (cf. bushy as an n

hóre

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Add: — Leás fyrnhicge, hóre prostituta pellax, i. meretrix quae prostat, i. mendax, An. Ox. 2940. Hórena meretricum, 3329

ísern-óre

(n.)
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an ironstone quarry ísernðre ferri fodina, in quo loco ferrumfoditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, ll. Cf. ísen-græf

leóþ-cræft

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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add

medumlic-ness

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Substitute: Mediocrity, insignificance, littleness Gehwǽdnys, medemlicnys ealdordóme underwreoþod ( nostra) mediocritas i. paruitas auctoritate subnixa, An. Ox. 259, 6

-módness

(suffix)
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-módness, v.
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án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness

on-hígian

(v.)
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to attack, assault, proceed with violence against Onhígede grassaretur, An. Ox. 3438. Onhígiende grassatrix, 2209. Onhígiendre ingruenti, 4952

óret-feld

(n.)
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a battle-field Óretfelda schammate (mundi scammate certant, Aid. 190, 23), An. Ox. 17, 50. Cf. óret-stów

plihtere

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For 'Pliclitere . . . 55' substitute Plihtere, ancremen proreta, An. Ox. 30: 7, 10. Plihttere, 5, 7. Plyhtre, 8, 4

þencend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þencend-lic, adj.
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Reflecting, thoughtful Þæt án ymb þencendlice beón þæt wé þý éð oncnáwan and ongytan magon, Verc. Först. 174

un-gebearde

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Ungebierde effebo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 18. Swá ungebyrdun hysse ut effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 7, 247. Add

Linked entries: un-gebierde un-gebyrd

sand-hliþ

(n.)

a sand-hill by the sea

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a sand-hill by the sea Gewát him ofer sandhleoþu tó sǽs faruþe, Andr. Kmbl. 471; An. 236

ǽmettigness

(n.)
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ǽmettigness, e; f.

Emptiness; an open space

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Emptiness; an open space Ádrifen fram ðǽre heortan ǽmtignesse ab ipso cordis ostio repulsa, Gr. D. 35, 17

cost

(adj.)
Grammar
cost, adj. [costian to tempt, try, prove]

Triedproved probatus

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Tried, proved; probatus Cempan coste cyning weorþodon the tried champions glorified the king Andr. Kmbl. 2111; An. 1057

ge-þyldelíc

(adj.)
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ge-þyldelíc, adj.

Patient

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Patient Crist us onstealde geþyldelíce bysene Christ has set us an example of patience, Blickl. Homl. 75, 29

stæf-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-rǽw, e; f.

A letter-rowan alphabetan alphabet

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A letter-row, an alphabet Mid stæfrǽwe endebyrdnesse tósceádene alphabeti ordine distinctum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 40

á-steorfan

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Ástorfene obeuntem, i. morientem, An. Ox. 3661. Swá unclǽne men ꝥ hí ástorfen ǽton, Shrn. 74, 26. Add

Linked entry: steorfan

aac

(n.)
Grammar
aac, e; f.

An oak

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An oak Aac-tún Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, Cod. Dipl. 75 ; A. D. 727; Kmbl. i. 90, 19

Linked entry: Ác-tún

ágen-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-spræc, e; f. [ágen own, spræc speech]

One's own tonguean idiomthe peculiarity of a languageidioma

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One's own tongue, an idiom, the peculiarity of a language; idioma, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 41