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þeorf-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
þeorf-hláf, es; m.
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A loaf of unleavened bread Hí ǽton þeorfhláfas, Jos. 5, 11

under-burh

(n.)

a suburb

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a suburb Of Gomorra underburgum de suburbanis Gomorrhae, Deut. 32, 32

þúsend-híwe

(adj.)
Grammar
þúsend-híwe, adj.

Of a thousand shapes

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Of a thousand shapes Þúsendhíwe milleformes, Coll. Monast, Th. 32, 29

un-gefrǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefrǽge, adj.

Unheard of

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Unheard of Ungefrǽge inauditum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 66: 80, 60

Linked entry: ge-frǽge

burge

Grammar
burge, (?), an = burg
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Of ðám burhgan geate, C.D. iii. 36, 18. Cf. burg-geat

cwén-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
cwén-hirde, es; m.
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A keeper of women, eunuch Cuoenhiordo eunuchi, Mt. L. 19, 12

ciric-hyll

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hyll, a hill near a church (?) or on which a church stands (?) [Churchill occurs several times in England as a local name; cf. Icel. Kirkju-fell.]
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Of cirichylle . . . on cirichylle, C. D. B. ii. 394, 30, 39

deáþsynnig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþsynnig-ness, e; f.
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Guiltiness of death Deáðsynnignise ł [deáþ-?] scyldignise reatum, Rtl. 42, 33

Linked entry: deáþscyldig-ness

ellen-asce

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-asce, an; f.

Elder-ash

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Elder-ash Wyrc him leáge of ellenahsan, Lch, ii. 338, 25

Linked entry: asce

ge-swyrf

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Add: — Geswyrfes of seolfre syx peninga gewǽge, Lch. i. 336, 8

in-gewitness

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Of his ingewitnesse de scientia ejus, Gr. D. 95, 22. Add

hwearf

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
hwearf, adj.
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For and hwearf l. andhwearf, pp. of andhweorfan to oppose

lyft-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
lyft-lic, adj.
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Of the atmosphere, v. lyft; Se lyftlica heofon, Nap. 50, 2

súsl-stede

(n.)
Grammar
súsl-stede, es; m.
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A place of torment, hell Súselstede gehennam, An. Ox. 56, 184

þurh-beorht

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Of þurhbeorhtre (i. meolchwýttre) whítnysse lacteo candore. Germ. 389, 70. Add

weale-spinel

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Of wolcspinle calamistro, An. Ox. 26, 70-v. ge-wealcian. Add

á-efesian

(v.)
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to shear Ic of áefesige detondeo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 157, 16

saluwig-feðera

(adj.)
Grammar
saluwig-feðera, adj.

Of dusky plumage

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Of dusky plumage [Hrefn] salwigfeðera, Cd. Th. 87, 13; Gen. 1448

wæfer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wæfer-líc, adj.

Of a theatre

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Of a theatre Wæferlíce glencgu theatrales pompas, Hpt. Gl. 407, 42

Linked entry: wafor-líc

wæter-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-hálgung, e; f.

Blessing or hallowing of water ;

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Blessing or hallowing of water ; aquae benedictio Waeterhálguncge, Rtl. 117, 1