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ge-dwelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dwelian, -dweligan.

to deceivelead astrayto err

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to deceive, lead astray Ðæt his me nán man gedweligan mæg that no man can seduce me from it, Bt. 23, 3; Fox 126, 18. Ne weorðe ic ðínra dóma gedweled ǽfre judicia tua non sum oblitus, Ps.

stirne

(adj.)
Grammar
stirne, adj.
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Stern, hard, austere, rigorous, severe Ic wát ðæt ðú eart swíðe styrne mann scio quia homo durus es (Mt. 25, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 552, 31. Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3.

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telge

(n.)
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On xiiii nihte mónan is gód ǽlc telge tó anginnanne, Lchdnr, iii. 178, 31.

wræc-síþian

(v.)
Grammar
wræc-síþian, p. ode

To betravel in a foreign country, to be in exile

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To be or travel in a foreign country, to be in exile Ic wræcsíðige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19. Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22.

yfel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-líc, adj.
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Bad, foul, rotten. v. yfel, II. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13.

blótan

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Ger. plózta libuit: Icel. blóta is strong and weak]

fiþer-scíte

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Voc. ii. 93, 68. Fiþerscýtes quadrati, An. Ox. 1702. On fiþerscítum dǽle in quadratapagina, 1589. On þám fyðerscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 14. Take here feper-scótte, -scíte,. fýþer-scíte in Dict., and add

ge-neát-scólu

(n.)
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Ne þorftan þá þegnas in þám þýstran hám, seó geneátscolu . . . tó þám frumgáre . . . wénan, þæt hý in wínsele beágas þégon. Jul. 675-687

ge-tawa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tawa, pl. f.
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Th. ii. 404, 3

hand-full

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Lch. ii. 38, 10

hærfest-lic

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On hærfæstlice (árfæstlice, MS. ) tíde (in autumnali tempore, i. e. August 20), fíf dagum ǽr Sc̃e Bartholomeus mæssan (August 25), Guth.

wépan

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I ; F. 4, 4

wíde

Grammar
wíde, <b>.
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III.</b> add Tóferdon þá apostolas wíde landes geond ealle þás world, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 6. <b>IVa.

æsc

ash-treea ship

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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.

hearm-loca

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

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison Wræcstówe under hearmlocan gefóran they reached their place of exile in hell, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 19; Gen. 91.

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean.In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus) Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 12. Wendelsǽ mare Nostrum 12, 14: 26, 28: 8, 23.

ÆLF

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLF, es; m.

An ELFgeniusincubus

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An ELF ; genius, incubus Wið ælfe gníd myrran on win against an elf rub myrrh in wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm, ii. 296, 9. Ylfe, pl. nom. m. Beo. Th. 224; B. 112

and-weardnes

(n.)
Grammar
and-weardnes, -ness, and-weardnys, and-wardnys, -nyss, e; f.

Presentnesspresencepresent timepræsentiapræsens tempuspræsens

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Presentness, presence, present time; præsentia, præsens tempus, præsens Wæs ic swýðe for his andweardnesse afyrhted ejus præsentia eram exterritus, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 42. On andweardnysse in prcesenti, I. I; S. 474, 1

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gǽr-getal

(n.)
Grammar
gǽr-getal, es; n. [gǽr = geár a year; getæl, getel a number]

A tale of yearsnumber of yearsannōrum sĕries

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A tale of years, number of years; annōrum sĕries Hit cymþ æfter fiftigum wintra his gǽrgetales it comes after fifty winters of his number of years, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 284, 22

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lim-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
lim-mǽlum, adv.
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Limb-meal (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44