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tíd-sceáwere

(n.)
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tíd-sceáwere, es; m.
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An observer of times and seasons, an astrologem Tídsceáwere horoscopus (horoscopus astrologus, qui horas, maxime natales, inquirit vel considerat, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 18

Linked entries: tíd-ymbwlátend dægmǽl-sceáwere

byrgen-song

(n.)
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An epitaph, a dirge Byriensang epitaphion, i. carmen mortuorum, An. Ox. 902: 2, 20

efen-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-byrde, adj.
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Of equal birth Hé genam him gemeccan efenbyrde his cynne he took a wife of as good family as his own, Hml. S. 33, 3

hunig-bǽre

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Substitute: of -flowers, containing honey Huni bǽrum ciǽfran helmum melligeris caltarum frondibus, An. Ox. 93. fig. honied, mellifluous Hunibǽre mellifluam (dogmatum dulcedinem), An. Ox. 2153

nídwræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nídwræclíce, adv.
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As if acting under compulsion, as if forcibly driven Þá ongan ic nýdwræclíce gemang þám folce wið þæs folces þringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 404

wær

(n.)

the sea

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Kmbl. 537; An. 269. Hú ðú wǽgflotan, wære bestémdan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, 974; An. 487

smillan

(v.)
Grammar
smillan, p. de

to cause to crack as a whip, ⬩ To crack as a whip ⬩ to crack ⬩ to cause to crack

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to cause to crack as a whip, etc. intrans. To crack as a whip Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp crepantibus flevit sub ferulis, Germ. 388, 7

Linked entry: smyllende

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Add: with idea of pity, to be sorry for Tó besárgienne doletura, An. Ox. 5266. Besárgiendes conpatientis, 903. a person, with dat. Besárgode hé ðǽre sorhfullan méder, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 17. with acc.

Linked entry: sárgian

a-cerrednes

(n.)
Grammar
a-cerrednes, -ness, e; f.

An aversion

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An aversion

æfen-lǽcend

(n.)

an imitator

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an imitator

ærce-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
ærce-diácon, es; m.

An archdeacon

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An archdeacon

forðung

(n.)

an armament

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an armament

fyrd-cræft

(n.)

an expedition

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an expedition

eal-myrca

(n.)

an Ethiopian

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an Ethiopian

gecele

(n.)

an icicle

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an icicle

ge-fáhmon

(n.)

an enemy

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an enemy

ge-frætwodnes

(n.)

an ornament

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an ornament

ge-lymp

(n.)

an accident

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an accident

ge-mal-mægen

(n.)

an assembly

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an assembly

berend

(adj.; part.)

ferox

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ferox (=-ax)

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