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wudu-telga

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-telga, an ; m.

A branch of a tree

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A branch of a tree Ne foldan stán, ne wudu-telga, Salm. Kmbl. 844 ; Sal. 421

Linked entry: telga

wyrm-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-geard, es; m.
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An enclosure full of snakes Wyrmgeardas, atol deór monig,... blace nædran, Salm. Kmbl. 940; Sal. 469

Linked entry: wyrm-sele

biren

(adj.)
Grammar
biren, adj.
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Of a bear Byrenre ursinae, An. Ox. 1476. Byrenne ( = -re; byorenne, Hpt. Gl. 508, 43), 4380

be-spanan

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Hé wile áwendan of rihtan geleáfan and be-spanan tó his unlárum, Wlfst. 95, 15. Add

blǽc-pytt

(n.)
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a bleaching-pit (?) On blǽcpit; of blǽcpytte (the æ is accented), C. D. v. 332, 14

bóc-reád

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Of bócreáde ex mineto, 30, 61. For Cot. 75: 176 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 45

búr-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
búr-byrde, adj.
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Of peasant birth Wéron þǽr ðreó wíteþeówe men búrbærde, and ðreó ðeówberde, Cht. Th. 152, 19

cranc-stæf

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Substitute: A crank Crancstæf ( in a list of weaving implements ), Angl. ix. 263, 14. Cf. crencestre

Eáster-freólsdæg

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-freólsdæg, es; m.
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The feast day of the Passover Ǽr þám Eásterfreólsdæge ante diem festum Paschae, Jn. 13, 1

Linked entry: freóls-dæg

folc-gedréfness

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gedréfness, e; f.
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Troubling of peoples Mycel folcgedrefnesse bið ðonne ǽr dómes dæg (cf. Mt. 24, 7), Nap. 23

Linked entry: ge-dréfnes

foreþanc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
foreþanc-full, adj.

prudent ⬩ provident

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Full of forethought, prudent, provident Dó mé rihtwísne and foreþancfulne (justum prudentemque), Solil. H. 14, 6

fót-geswell

(n.)
Grammar
fót-geswell, es; n.
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A swelling of the foot Wið cneówwræce and fótgeswelle, Lch. iii. 70, 27. Cf. fót-swyle

Linked entry: ge-swel

ge-fyrhþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhþe, es; n.
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Wood, wooded country On accan gefyrhðe; of ðan gefyrhðe on ford, C. D. v. 376, 11

Linked entry: fyrhþ

hám-leás

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Add: of a place, without a habitation Andlong paðes tó hámleássceagan, C. D. v. 194, 8

hearp-slege

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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpslege plectro, An. Ox. 52, 1. Add:

ífe

(n.)
Grammar
ífe, (?), an (?) ; f.
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Some kind of plant Rúde ruta, íue iva, brócminte sisymbrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 1-3

Linked entry: iue

Íren-síd

(n.)
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epithet of Edmund Eádmund cing Írensíd wæs geclypod for his snellscipe, Chr. 1057 ; P. 187, 36

Linked entry: -síd

scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, a shell.
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Add: <b>II a.</b> shell of a nut(?). v. hnut-scill(?)

scír-lett

(n.)
Grammar
scír-lett, a piece or
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measure of land On bisceopes scírlett; ofer ƀ. scírlett, Cht. E. 239, 9. Cf. geoc-led

yfel-cwedolian

(v.)
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to speak ill of, curse Bletsigende . . . yfelcwedelginde benedicentes. . . maledicentes , Ps. Rdr. 36, 22. Cf. wearg-cwedolian

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