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heofon-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-fýr, es; n.

Lightning

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Lightning, Be ðám muntum . . . þá ðe heáh standað . . . heó beóð genehhe mid heofenfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262. 15

Linked entry: fýr

heáh-hlútor

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-hlútor, adj.
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Of great purity Heáhhlútrum móde and bilewitum simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24 : Sch. 491, 10

Linked entry: hlutor

hion

Grammar
hion, l. hión,
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Gif ꝥ úterre bán bið þyrel, Ll. Th. i. 92, 15. and add:

lifer-wærc

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Be sex þingum þe þone liferwærc wyrceað, 198, 9

ofer-cymmend

(n.)
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one coming upon another, an assailant Gif bið strongra him se ofercymmend (superueniens), Lk. L. 11, 22

ofer-gitolness

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Nales in ende ofergetelnes bið þearfena non in finem oblivio erit pauperum, Ps. Vos. 9, 19. Add

of-þinen

Grammar
of-þinen, too moist (?)
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Substitute : <b>of-pínan</b> to get or be too moist. r. þínan

seócan

(v.)
Grammar
seócan, p. <b>seác.</b>
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To be ill Þysum cnihte seócendum (aegrotanti) and forneáh tó his ænde gelǽddum, Gr. D. 338, 24

þrístlíce

(adv.)
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., temere) be þissere wísan reccan, Gr. D. 332, 12. Add

un-wæstmberende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberende, adj.
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Not bearing fruit, barren, sterile Þonne syððan bið sió hreównes and þǽra teára mægen unwæstmberende. Nap. 66

Linked entry: wæstm-berende

ǽg-hwæþer

Grammar
ǽg-hwæþer, <b>. I b.</b>
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For ǽghwæþerum ðyssum mánum (þyssa mána, v.l. quo utroque scelere ], Bd. 2, 5 ; Sch. 133, ii. Add

riht-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
riht-tíma, an; m.

A right, proper time

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A right, proper time Ǽlc wuht from Gode wiste his rihttíman, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 8

Linked entry: riht-tíd

winter-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
winter-dæg, es; m.

A winter-day

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A winter-day Ðú ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 4: Met. 4, 20

brýden wah

(n.)

a broad wall ⬩ a wall

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a broad wall, Bd. Whelc. l, 8; p. 48, 27. Similar entries v. bréden, wah a wall

ge-ágnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ágnung, e ; f.

Acquisition

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Acquisition Ðet mæg tó sóðe seggan Ælfsige be ðére geágnunga ðísses landes, C. D. ii. 304, 5

Linked entry: ágnung

cneódan

(v.)
Grammar
cneódan, he cneódeþ; p. cneád, pl. cnudon; pp. cnoden

To give ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ cognominare

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To give; trĭbuĕre, cognominare He naman cneódeþ he gives a name Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 24

crisp

(adj.)
Grammar
crisp, adj.

CRISP ⬩ curly ⬩ crispus

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CRISP, curly; crispus He hæfde crispe loccas he had curly locks Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 30

Linked entry: cirps-loccas

smalian

(v.)
Grammar
smalian, p. ode

To become small, slender, etc. ⬩ minoro

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Fram mettum smaligan to get slender by diet Lchdm. ii. 282, 29

soru

(n.)
Grammar
soru, (?), e; f.

A particle of dust ⬩ bit of straw ⬩ dross

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A particle of dust, bit of straw Sore (stréu, Rush.) festucam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 3, 4

ge-þrang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrang, es; n.

A throng ⬩ crowd ⬩ tumult ⬩ turba ⬩ tumultus

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Th. 140, 36; By. 299

Linked entry: þrang

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