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norþ-heald

(adj.)
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norþ-heald, adj.
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Sloping to the north, bent northwards Of þám hwítan treówe on ðæt norðhealde treów; of ðám norðhealdan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 32

Norþmandisc

(adj.)
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Norþmandisc, adj.
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Norman Æfter Norðmandiscere lage, Ll. Th. i. 489, 11

norþ-weard

(adv.)
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norþ-weard, adv.
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Þonne se dæg langað þonne gǽð seó sunne norðweard . . . Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

not-wirþe

(adj.)
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not-wirþe, adj.
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Useful Notwurðe hé bið utilis erit, Archiv cxxix. 18, 13

nú-hwílum

(adv.)
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nú-hwílum, adv.
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Nowadays, at present Þá þingeras þingiaþ núhwílum þǽm ðe lǽssan þearfe áhton nunc contra faciunt oratores. Bt. 38, 7; F. 208, 26. Cf. ǽr-, geó-hwílum

nyht-sum

(adj.)
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nyht-sum, adj.
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Abundant Nihtsumere wynne opulenti luxus, An. Ox. 322. Nihtsume abundantes, Ps. L. 71, 12. Þá nihtsumestan spryttinga uberrima plantaria, An. Ox. 1129

nyten-lic

(adj.)
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nyten-lic, adj.
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Ignorant Cúðberhtus, ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, arn swá swá him his nytenlice yld tihte plegende mid his efenealdum: ac God wolde stýran þǽre nytennesse Cúðberhtes þurh mynegunge gelimplices láreówes, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3

Linked entry: nyten

nytt

(adj.)
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nytt, adj.
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Ǽfre hé mæig findan on ðám hé mæig nyt beón, Angl. ix. 261, 2. Hié mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton inutiles facti sunt, Nar. 15, 27. Hí (friends) beóð mé on sumum ðingum nytte, and ic eác heom, Solil. H. 40, 5. Ic ǽlcne mínra freónda lufige swá

of-ǽte

(adj.)
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of-ǽte, (?); adj.
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Fat, given to eat too much Fór ofǽte (oferǽte ?) porcaster obesus, i. pinguis, An. Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o

ofdúne-onwend

(adj.)
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ofdúne-onwend, adj.
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Turned downwards Hé hangode ofdúneonwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 28

ofer-féþre

(adj.)
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ofer-féþre, adj.
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Overloaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre meliora plura quam grauia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373

ofer-geswincfull

(adj.)
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ofer-geswincfull, adj.
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Excessively laborious or troublesome Þis wæs on eallon þingan swíðe hefigtýme geár, and ofergeswincfull on ungewederan, þá man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1098 ; P. 234, 2

Linked entry: ge-swincfull

ofer-hlúde

(adv.)
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ofer-hlúde, adv.
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Over-loudly Ne sceal man sealmas ofstlíce singan, ne oferhlúde psalmi non cursim, ane in excelsis uocibus recitentur, Chrd. 57, 13

Linked entry: hlúde

ofer-hygd

(adj.)
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ofer-hygd, adj.
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Þá oferhýdigan (superbi) beóð tintregode mid þám oferhigdum (superbis), Gr. D. 316, 5. Cf. ofer-mód; adj. (and sbst.). Add

ofer-hygdlic

(adj.)
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ofer-hygdlic, adj.
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Proud, arrogant, presumptuous Wé gehýrdon and ongeáton þá oferhygdlican gedyrstignesse þæs elreordgan kyninges, Nar. 19, 11

ofer-mód

(adj.)
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ofer-mód, adj.
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Ofermód coturnus (cf. coturnum, superbum, Corp. Gl. H. 36, 714), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 5. Wé witon ðæt hé nǽre eáðmód, gif hé underfénge ðone ealdordóm . . . búton ege; and eft hé wǽre ofermód, gif hé wiðcwǽde ðæt hé nǽre underðídd his Scippende, Past. 51,

ofer-neód

(adj.)
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ofer-neód, adj.
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Very necessary Þeáw oferneód mos pernecessarius, Angl. xiii. 377, 176. See next word

Linked entry: -neód

ofer-sewenlic

(adj.)
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ofer-sewenlic, adj.
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Contemptible Ðá ungedyrstegan wénað ðæt ðæt swíðe forsewenlic (ofersiwenlic, v. l.) sié ðætte hié dóð pusillanimes vehementer despecta putant esse, quae faciunt, Past. 208, 11

ofer-tæl

(adj.)
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ofer-tæl, adj.
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That estimates too highly (?), superstitious Warna symle ofertæle andgyt caue semper superstitiosam intelligentiam, Scint. 218, 10

ofer-welig

(adj.)
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ofer-welig, adj.
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Exceedingly rich Ðá forlegeran and þá godwracan and þá ofe[r]welgan, Nap. 50