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talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, <b>. I a.</b>
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for náht taliende parui pendendam, 504. <b>I c.</b> add :-- Sé unryhtlíce talað, sé ðe talað ðæt hé sié unscyldig incassum se innocentes putant, Past. 335, 12. Add

here-geatu

(n.)
Grammar
here-geatu, gen. -geatwe; f.

military equipment heriot

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For the origin and nature of the heriot see Stubbs' Const. Hist. s.v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 98

mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mundthe fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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On Centlande æt ðam mundbryce ( for the offence ), Similar entries v. pund ðam cingce, and þreó ðam arcebiscope, L. C.

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode
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Se abbod, for ðig ðe hé Godes gespelia is (quia uices Christi in monasterio creditur agere), sig hláford geháten ... for ðæs lufe ðe hé spelaþ for the love of him whom he represents, R. Ben. 114, 24. Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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</b> free from what is shameful, of ground used for burial, hallowed, III

a-spíwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spíwan, p. -spáw, pl. -spiwon; pp. -spiwen

To spew outvomit forthevomerevomere

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To spew out, vomit forth; evomere, vomere Aspau = aspáw evomuit, Cot. 78: Peccat. Medic. 5

Linked entry: a-spáw

onweg-gewitenness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-gewitenness, e; f.
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Going forth, departure Æfter his onweggewitenesse ( abscessum ) of Breotene, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 12

weol-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
weol-deáþ, es; m.
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A violent death Hié wældeáð ( death at Grendel's hands ) fornam, Beo. Th. 1395; B. 695

cearm

(n.)
Grammar
cearm, es; m.
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Clamour, noise Se forhta cearm (cyrm, v. l. ) and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst, 186, 18

heáfod-gold

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Ne beóð þǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wlfst. 254, 1. Add

wundig

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Först. 139, 10. Add

geond-scrípan

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Först. 147. Add

nearu-ness

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nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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For manegum nearonessum ic neálǽhte mínum ende crebris angustiis ad exitum propinquans, Gr. D. 243, 19. <b>II a.

ge-sécan

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Ne geséce nán man þone cyng for nánre sprǽce, Ll. Th. i. 266, 9.

ge-wrixl

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Hwílum eágan wépað for þæs ofnes bryne . . . hwílum þá téþ for miclum cyle gryrrað: þis atule gewrixl earmsceape men wendað þǽrinne ( his miseris vicibtis miseri volvuntur ), Dóm.

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Clypunga vocabulorum, i. nominum, 878. articulation Þás syndon healfclypiende gecígede, for ðan ðe hí nabbað fulle clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 6, 3.

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

hǽþen-scipe

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A. 142, 120. a particular form of heathen belief Þá þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his ( Nebuchadnezzar's ) hǽþenscipe, Hml.

eáþ-

(prefix)
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Umlauted forms (íþ-, iéþ-, éþ-, ýþ-) occur, the compounds with which are taken under íþ-

ymb-weorpan

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Sió sunne wæs eall útan ymbworpenu mid þryfealde gyldene hringe, Verc, Forst. 97, 16. Add

fram-lic

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His dǽde beóð framlica (fran-, MS.) opera eius fortia erunt, Archiv cxxviii. 300, 10. Add