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wæter-bóg

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-bóg, (-bóh), es; m.

A bough with moisture in it

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A bough with moisture in it Wæterbóh surculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 16

oferstígend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
oferstígend-líc, adj.

Superlative

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Superlative Sume synd superlativa, ðæt is oferstígendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 63

gódian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 468, 15. the object a thing, material or non-material, to set right, put in good order Gódiað eówre ágene wegas and ealle eówre dǽda, Wlfst. 49, 29.

lencten

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Fæste hé .ii. lengtenu, 210, 27. iii. lengctenu, 194, 12. Lengteno, 192, 5

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 3. Geswell ðe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege Lchdm. ii. 6, 28. His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143. Slægum ictibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, (cf. byri-weard) a city.
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In the earlier MS. of the Chron. the form burg occurs in the passages; in the later the mutated form seems to have made its way into the nominative and accusative

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

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not in harmony, at variance, discordant, not in agreement Ungeþwǽra discordator, discors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 77.

ríht

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In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Sé ꝥ gebéte his dryhtne .c. sciłł. an eald reht, Ll. Th. 38, 6. Add Méda beeástan ee swé ðér mid riahte tó ðém lande limpað, C. D. ii. 75, 20. <b>III a.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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<b>II a.</b> where purpose of sitting is indicated, to sit at meat, in council :-- Monig oft gesæt ríce tó rúne, B. 171. Hé gesæt him sundor æt rúne, Wand. III. Gesæt tó symble Caldéa cyning, Dan. 701.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Cf. platissa flóc id(em) it bubla, i. 65, 70, 71 bubla, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 36. Flód, II, 43

folc-lár

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Voc. ii. 65, 42. In þám folclárum þæs godspelles (in homiliis euangelii), Gr. D. 290, 10: 286, 7. For ' Cot. . . . Lye' substitute

LEÓÞ

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.

A songpoemodelayverses

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Ic geworhte hí eft tó leóþe I made a poetical version of it, Bt. proem; Fox viii, l0. Ðá ic ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde when I had recited these verses, 3, 1; Fox 4, 16. Leóþ odai, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 63.

dihtan

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Th. ii. 372, 5. Benedictus on swefne . . . hí gewissode ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum . . . 'Árǽrað þæt mynster swá swá ic eów on swefne dihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 172, 28. Hé déð be þám þe his willa him dihte, Hml.

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windywindyflatulent

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Th. ii. 388, 9. windy, flatulent. v. wind, II. Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 6. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23. Wiþ windigre áþundenesse, 166, 25 : 188, 22. Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3

eluhtre

(n.)
Grammar
eluhtre, an; f.

The plant lupinelŭpīnus albus

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The plant lupine; lŭpīnus albus, Lin Wyl eluhtran on ealaþ boil lupine in ale, L. M. 1. 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 11: 1. 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 26

háten

(adj.)
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Perhaps for hátene in the passage should be read háte (cf. for case mid glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 216, 1), or hátum ; in either the termination of ísene (?)

áninga

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Þonne byrneð ánunga ł in sceortnisse ( in breui) eorre his, Ps. Rdr. 2, 13. Hrędlíce ł ánunga uelociter, 6, II. Ánunga per singula, Jn. L. 21, 25. Add

of-áxian

(v.)
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Ic bidde þé ꝥ þú lǽte ofáxian gif þis folc hæbbe ǽnige unrihtwísnysse ongeán heora God perquire si est aliqua iniquitas eonim in conspectu Dei eorum, Hml.

ge-coren

(v.; part.)
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ge-coren, pp. of geceósan

Chosenchoicefitgoodbeloveddear

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Gecoren is to ríc godes aptus est regno dei, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 62. Ðú gecorene optime, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 3; 8, 15. Sanctus Iohannes eallum Godes hálgum is gecorenra St. John is more beloved than all God's saints, Blickl. Homl. 167, 26.

Linked entry: -coren

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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In. 50; Th. i. 134, 2. Þinga þé wið God concilia tibi Deum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 17.