twisliht
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Forked, branched In ða twislihtran biricean, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 391, 21
un-súr
Not sour
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Not sour Eala forgá and meoloc þicge unsúre, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30
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torhtness
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Först. 108, 4. Add
eall-wihta
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Först. 74, 4. Add
cyne-wirþe
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Först. 141. Add
stefn
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Emb stem, Scint. 140, 17. a body of persons who take their turn at any work (v. fird-stemn), the English military force(?) On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33
ǽrra geóla
the ere or former Yule month ⬩ December
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the ere or former Yule month, December,Menol. Fox 439; Men. 221
ofer-geong
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Cf. forþ-geong
un-áhefendlic
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Forst. 175
wuldor-dreám
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Först. 107, I. Add
á-gímeleásian
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Först. 77, 5. Add
feólan
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Först. 162, 4. Add
ealdor-þegn
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Först. 111, 7. Add
orsorgness
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Hú forht hé sceal beón for ǽlcre orsorgnesse prospera formidanda. Past. 3; Swt. 33, 5: Swt. 35, 1. 2, 8.
þreodian
to deliberate ⬩ take thought ⬩ to deliberate ⬩ hesitate
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Ne þreodode hé fore þrymme ðeódcyninges ǽniges on eorðan, ac him éce geceás líf he did not hesitate before the glory of any king on earth, but (at once) chose life eternal, Apstls. Kmbl. 35; Ap. 18
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wine-leás
Friendless
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, Exon. Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740.
weorþung
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Him wile God miltsian for heora mægena weorþunga, and for eorþlícra manna gebedum, 47, 8. Næs riht on ðære stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for ðære stówe weorþunge, Nar. 30, 3.
drípan
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[From this form drype an infin. dryppan is inferred in the N. E. D. (v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8.
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hopian
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Hit nys nó unnyt ðǽt wé hopien tó Gode forðæm hé ne went swá swá wé dóþ it is not vain for us to have hope in God; for he does not change as we do, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 20.