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un-swǽslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swǽslíc, adj.

Unpleasant ⬩ ungentle

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Unpleasant, ungentle Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, Judth. Thw. 22, 17; Jud. 65

Linked entry: swǽs-líc

word-loca

(n.)
Grammar
word-loca, an; m.

The storehouse of words

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The storehouse of words Ongan hé reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 470

burg-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
burg-biscop, es; m.
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The bishop of a city Hé fulluht underféng æt þám burhbiscope, H.R. 15, 16

fore-þingere

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Hé wæs getreówe on neóde and strang fore*-*þingere, Hml. S. 5, 6. Add

fore-déman

(v.)

to pre-judge

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to pre-judge Ne hé ne foredéme nec prejudicet, R. Ben. I. 105, 6

Linked entry: déman

fore-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-fleón, p. -fleáh

To flee away

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To flee away Hé foreflǽh from ðǽm profugit ab eis, Mk. L. 14, 52

Linked entry: fleón

hát-hirtan

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Hé hiene ne háthierte, Past. 297, 6. Add: —

hyspend

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Add: A mocker, reviler Hé geeáðméd hyspend humi-liabit calumniatorem, Ps. Rdr. 71, 4

leóþ-lic

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Hé mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Add

leás-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-ferhþ, leás-fyrhþ; adj.
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Næs hé ofermód ne níðig ne leásferhþ (-fyrhþ, v. l. ), Nap. 41

Linked entry: ferhþ

ofer-hogian

(v.)
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Sé þe oferhogie ꝥ hé Godes bodan hlyste, Ll. Th. i. 374, 32. Add

sǽ-ostre

(n.)
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a sea-oyster Hé nǽnine óþerne mete ne þigeþ búton sǽostrum, Nar. 78, 23

Linked entry: ostre

seofonhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
seofonhund-wintre, adj.
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Seven hundred years old Hé wæs seofonhundwintre and seofon-and-hundseofontigwintre, Gen. 5, 31

þanc-full

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add: clever, ingenious Sceaþa þancful hé bið latro ingeniosus erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5

un-áwemmende

(adj.)
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Hé gesette unáwemmendne (immaculatam) weg mínne. Ps. L. 17, 33

Linked entry: á-wemman

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.
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Indubitably, unhesitatingly Untweógendlíce (incunctanter) hé mæg beón ongyten sóð martyr, Gr. D. 231, 21

wel-getýd

(adj.)
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354

biddan

Grammar
biddan, <b>; II a</b> 2.
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Hé bæd þone hálgan wer sumne dǽl eles, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Add

bismerian

(v.)
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He arn ... bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 26

Saracenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Saracenisc, adj.

Saracen

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Saracen Hé gegaderode of ðám Saraceniscum swíðe micele fyrde, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 25

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