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grunde-swelge

Grammar
grunde-swelge, Add: <b>gunde-swelge, grund-swelge</b>
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Gundesuilge, gundaesuelgiae, -suelgae senecen, Txts. 97, 1850. Grundeswelge sin(i)tea vel senecion, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 26. Grundeswelige sinitia, 79, 7. Grundeswylie senicia, An. Ox. 56, 379. Grundswylige senecio, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 42

hréman

(v.)
Grammar
hréman, to cry out. v. hríman: <b>hrémig.</b>
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Add:

hreód-writ

Grammar
hreód-writ, Dele, and see <b>hreód; II a.</b>

pang

Grammar
pang, Dele the query, and see <b>þung.</b>

self-wendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
self-wendlíce, under one's own direction, <b>self-wildlíce</b>
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Cf. wealdes

sófte

(adj.)
Grammar
sófte, adj. Add: <b>I a.</b> of weather
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Gyf gemetegud sófte byþ si temperies tranquilla fuerit (it is uncertain whether sófte should be taken as adjective translating tranquilla, or as adverb qualifying gemetegud, which mist tes temperies), Angl. xiii. 397, 462.

þreágung

Grammar
þreágung, II. add: cf. þreágan; <b>I a.</b>
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III. add: — Gif tó ðám yflum cymþ réþu wyrd, þonne cymþ hé tó edleáne his yfla, oððe tó þréunge and tó láre ꝥ hé eft swá ne dó aspera fortuna puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferíur, Bt. 40, l; F. 236, 8

middel-gesculdru

(n.)
Grammar
middel-gesculdru, <b>middel-gescyldru;</b> pl. n.

The part between the shoulders

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Voc. i. 44, 29. Middelgescyldru interscapulum, ii. 49, 49

dréfre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dréfre, adj. l. <b>dréfre,</b> dréfere, es; m.
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A disturber, turbulent person Ne sý hé dréfre (drǽfend, dréfende, v. ll.) non sit turbulentus, R. Ben. 121, 12

gedwol-fær

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-fær, es; n. or <b>-faru</b>, e; f.
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A going astray Gewǽcede on gedwolfære defectos in abductione. Ps. Rdr. p. 291, 36

hærfest-mónaþ

Grammar
hærfest-mónaþ, Add: cf. hærfest; <b>II a.</b>

heáfod-lencten-fæsten

Grammar
heáfod-lencten-fæsten, Dele, and see <b>heáfod;</b>

leáh-tric

Grammar
leáh-tric, l. leahtric, take here <b>leác-tric</b>
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in Dict., and add Be þǽre nunfǽmnan þe bát þone leahtric, Gr. D. 30, 33

oflinnendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
oflinnendlíce, v. un-oflinnendlíce: <b>ófost.</b> l.
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ofost

onfundenness

Grammar
onfundenness, Add: v. á-fundenness; <b>onga.</b>

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, a monetary unit. v. íre: <b>orc</b>
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a cup.Add:

setness

Grammar
setness, Add: v. fram-setness: <b>setnian.</b>

smiþþe

Grammar
smiþþe, Add: v. mynet-smiþþe: <b>smiþu.</b>

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. l. <b>súlung,</b> es; n.

tweógan

Grammar
tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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(d a) with acc. and clause (= acc. and infin.) :-- Þú ne tweóst ná þone ungeswenlican God ꝥ hé is scyppende esse non dubitas creantem Deum, Gr. D. 268, 22

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