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éwes

(n.)
Grammar
éwes, a sheep's, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 6: also eówes in
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MSS. G, H; gen. of éwe, es; f. m

Linked entry: eówes

burg-

(prefix)
Grammar
burg-, = beorg- a hill, in some compounds, as in burg-stal, q. v.

Linked entries: wille tún ræced strǽt leód wígend

mapul-treów

(n.)
Grammar
mapul-treów, (it is made masc. in the following)
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In ðonne mapultré .. from ðam mapoltré, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 381, 1-2

Linked entry: mapulder

tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
tweohsn, tweoxn occurs in the place name Tweoxneám
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= between streams Ðone hám æt Winburnan and æt Tweoxneám ( Christchurch, in Hampshire ), Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 27

eges líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eges líce, adv. [eges líce in likeness of fear=]

Fearfully ⬩ terrĭbĭlĭter

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Worpaþ hine deófol on dómdæge egeslíce the devil shall fearfully cast him down in the day of doom, Salm. Kmbl. 52; Sal. 26

á-spýlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-spýlian, l. -spylian (but -swylian?)
Similar entries
v. swilian
in Dict.), and dele the cognates.

hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

a-níhst

(adv.)
Grammar
a-níhst, adv. [a = on in, ad; níhst ultimus]

At last ⬩ in the last place ⬩ ad ultimum ⬩ ultimo

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At last, in the last place; ad ultimum, ultimo Ne wǽron ðæt gesíða ða sǽmestan, ðeáh ðe ic hý aníhst nemnan sceolde they were not the worst of comrades, though I should name them last, Exon. 86b; Th. 326, 9; Wid. 126

Linked entry: a-néhst

wérigian

(v.)
Grammar
wérigian, In l. 3 for lacesscat l.
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lassescat

-þrowen

(suffix)
Grammar
-þrowen, in á-þrowen, read á-dropen.

rysel-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
rysel-wærc, pain in the abdomen (cf. hrysel
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abdomen, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 20) Wiþ wambe wærce and ryselwærce, Lch. ii. 318, 15

geán-slege

Grammar
geán-slege, v. gegn-slege in Dict.

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INNOÞ

(n.)
Grammar
INNOÞ, innaþ, es; m. f.

the inside ⬩ stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ bowels ⬩ the breast ⬩ heart

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On innoþas his in interiora ejus, Ps. Spl. M. 108, 17. Ðæt sár hwyrfde on hire in-noþas converso ad interanea dolore, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 26. Innaþo viscera, Rtl. 13, 33

tún-cyrice

(n.)
Grammar
tún-cyrice, an; f, A church in a tún
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(q. v. ) Habbe hé þat lond fré his day and his wíues, and after here bothere day meó þe túnkirke, and men fré . . . þat lond schal intó túnkirke . . . and þó men fré, Chart. Th. 572, 20-33. Intó ðe túnkirke on Mardingford, 593, 2

feówerþa-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
feówerþa-fæder, [MS. feówerþe-fæder]; indecl. in sing.

A great-great-grandfather ⬩ ăbăvus

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A great-great-grandfather; ăbăvus, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 12; Wrt. Voc. 51, 57

eáh-

(prefix)
Grammar
eáh-, eye-, = eág-, in compounds, q. v.

Linked entry: mist

bí-gengere

(n.)
Grammar
bí-gengere, (big-, q.v. in Dict.)

a worshipper

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a worshipper Fram bisceopum and Godes biggencgerum a praesulibus et cultoribus Deo decretae Christianae religionis, C. D. B. i. 154, 13

Linked entry: -gengere

be-wáwan

Grammar
be-wáwan, v. bi-wáwan in Dict.

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full

(n.)
Grammar
full, a cup with liquor in it.
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Bæd hé þone bisceop blætsian his ful; hé nolde, and se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge, Hml. S. 12, 70. Hé gesénode án wínes ful, and onsende sumum were, Shrn. 126, 17. Ðreó full gódes wínes, Lch. i. 196, 13. [Þe ilke þat halt þene nap, he hine drinkeð up

hand-gemǽne

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
hand-gemǽne, in the phrase handgemǽne beón (cf.
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Germ. handgemein werden to fight hand lo hand) Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs handgemǽne there for a time it was for the two of us hand-to-hand fighting, B. 2137

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