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tín-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
tín-bebod, es; n.
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A decalogue Ténbebodes decalogi, An. Ox. ii. 108

un-gefæd

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefæd, es; n.
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Indiscretion Hit is gewuna on manegum preóst-híredum ꝥ mid miclum ungesceáde and ungefade (inrationabiliter atque indiscrete) sume þá preóstas þe woruldwelan habbað . . . scolon máran and creáslicran fódan habban on mynstre, Chrd. 13, 14

Linked entry: ge-fæd

un-gefóg

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefóg, es; n.
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Excess Weámóde láreówas þurh hetolnysse heora réðscipes gehwyrfaíf þǽre láre gemet tó ungefóge þǽre wælhreównysse (ad immanitaiem crudelitatis), Chrd. 70. 16

ribb-spácan

(n.)
Grammar
ribb-spácan, pl. n.

Rib-spokes ⬩ the brisket

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Rib-spokes, the brisket (?) [cf. Icel. bring-spelir 'breast-rails,' the brisket or part where the lower ribs are joined with the cartilago ensiformis] Ribbspácan radiolus, Wrt. i. 283. 47

ribb

(n.)
Grammar
ribb, es; n.

A rib

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A rib Ribb costa, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 17. Rib, ii. 105, 29. Ðá genam hé án ribb of his sídan and gefilde mid flǽsce ðǽr ðǽr ðæt ribb wæs. And geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen, Gen. 2, 21-22. Hæfde fela ribba, Exon. Th. 415, 9; Rä. 33, 8. Rib reáfiaþ réðe

rýne

(n.)
Grammar
rýne, es; n.

A mystery, mysterious saying

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A mystery, mysterious saying In rýne in misterio, Lk. Skt. p. 3,3 . Tó wuttanne clǽne rýne ł ásægdnise (mysterium ) ríces Godes, Lind. 8, 10. Rýne ongietan reádan goldes guman galdorcwide gleáwe beþuncan let men understand the mysterious speech of the

Linked entry: ge-rýne

sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity

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seed, what is sown, that part of a plant which propagates Senepes sǽd granum sinapis, Mk. Skt. 4, 31. Ðæt treów sceolde sǽde eft onfón the tree should again bear seed, Cd. Th. 251, 12; Dan. 562: 252, 24; Dan. 583. Ealle treówu ðe habbaþ sǽd on him silfon

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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referring to the body, pain, suffering, soreness Mé sár gehrán, wærc in gewód, Exon. Th. 163, 28; Gú. 1000. Sár gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst, Andr. Kmbl. 2494; An. 1245. Mid sáre geswenced, mid mislícum ecum and tyddernessum, Blickl. Homl. 59, 7. On

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

up-hús

(n.)
Grammar
up-hús, es; n.

An upper chamber

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An upper chamber Uphúses cenaculi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 67

up-heald

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

Upholding ⬩ support ⬩ maintenance

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Upholding, support, maintenance Ic eom ðæs mynstres mund and upheald, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 232, 7

út-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
út-gefeoht, es; n.

Foreign war

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Foreign war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte ut Brittones, quiescentibus ad tempus exteris bellis, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 11

út-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
út-gemǽre, es; n.

An extreme boundary

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An extreme boundary Of eorðan útgemǽrum a finibus terrae, Ps. Th. 60, 1. Óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru ad terminos orbis terrae, 71, 8

út-land

(n.)
Grammar
út-land, es; n.

a foreign country ⬩ out-lying land

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a foreign country Hé ðíne gemǽru gemiclade, ðú on útlandum áhtest sibbe qui posuit fines tuos pacem, Ps. Th. 147, 3. out-lying land.

út-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
út-scyte, es; n.

An out-shoot ⬩ outlet ⬩ place where a stream or road runs into another

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An out-shoot, outlet, place where a stream or road runs into another Be bróce óð Pippelriðiges útscyte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 330, 20. 'Faraþ tó wega útscytum' ... Útscytas ðara wega sind áteorung woruldlícera weorca, Homl. Th. i. 526, 11-14

út-wǽpnedmann

(n.)
Grammar
út-wǽpnedmann, es; n.

A stranger ⬩ outsider

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A stranger, outsider Hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes ceápiaþ externorum sibi virorum amicitiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18

Linked entries: wǽpned-mann út

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss

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wád-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wád-sǽd, es; n.

Woad-seed

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Woad-seed Línséd sáwan, wádsǽd eác swá, Anglia ix. 262, 11

wæfer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-hús, es; n.

A theatre ⬩ amphitheatre

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A theatre, amphitheatre Hé lǽdde hí tó ðam wæferhúse, ðǽr ða deór wunodon, beran and león, ðe hí ábítan sceoldon, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 49

wǽg-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-deór, es; n.

A sea-beast

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A sea-beast Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 2i; Cri. 988