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full-cúþ

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Take here <b>ful-cúþ,</b> and add: familiar. Cf. seld-cúþ Hé him ealdor gesette ús eallum fulcúðne, Brihtnóð geháten, Cht. Th. 242, 3. Hig wǽron farende þurh án wésten on hiora fulcúðne weg, Shrn. 37, 33

halan

(n.)
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Substitute for '<b>halan</b> . . . afterbirth': <b>hala</b>, an ; m. The after-birth; secundae, secundina (cf. cild-hama secundae, Wlck. Gl. 159, 31 : secundina pellis in qua concipitur infans, 677, 42), and add:

nytweorþ-ness

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Netwearnes commoditas, An. Ox. 8, 68. Gif se hýredes ealdor tó lytele note and nytwyrðnesse (-weorþ-, v. l.) on his heorde angyt quicquid paterfamilias utilitatis minus potuerit invenire, R. Ben. 11, 2. Add

réceleásness

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Án manricynn wunað . . . under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse, gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et nosti, quad non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml.

Syria

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, and add Cóm sum man of þám leódscipe þe is Siria geháten, Hml. Th. i. 400, 7. Férde Achab tógeánes Syrian cynincge, Hml. S. 18, 215: 217. Án ealdormann of Syrian lande, 311. Nicanor genam óðre fyrde of Sirian, 25, 620. (?)

scearpian

(v.)
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scearpian, ode

To scarify,

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To scarify, make an incision in the skin Scearpa him ða scancan, Lchdm. ii. 46, 24: 76, 13: 126, 20. Scearpige and smire mid hátan ele, 130, 7: 284, 8. Ðú scealt ymb .iii. niht scearpian, 264, 1. Scearpigean, iii. 132, 31

Behémas

(n.)
Grammar
Behémas, pl. m: Béme, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The BohemiansBohēmi

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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him Þyringas, and Behémas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42

Linked entry: Béme

hrycg-brædan

(n.)
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hrycg-brædan, [-brǽdan ?]; pl.
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The parts of the back which stand out on the right and left side Smyre ábútan ðane swyran and ábútan ða hrigbræde smear the neck and on either side of the spine, Lchdm. iii. 118, 24

Linked entry: hrycg-rible

hǽle

(adj.)
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hǽle, ; adj.
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Þá woldan hié on ecnesse hǽle and trume wið deófla níþum and helle wíturn, and deáþ geþrowodan for Godes naman, Bl. H. 171, 30

norþ

(adv.)
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norþ, adv.
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Fela hund manna hí námon, and lǽddon norð mid heom, 1064; P. 192, 9. Hit is án hund and syfan and fíftig mila lang súð and norð, Ors. 1, 1; S. 28, 8.

neáh-west

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neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Binnan ánes geáres fyrste næs gemét hǽðengild geond hundteóntig míla-neáwiste ( for a hundred miles round), Hml. Th. i. 562, 27. Add Ic wolde þaet hý mínre neáwiste wilnedon and þíne forhogedon, Wlfst. 255, 17.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.

to swinge, flog, beat, scourge,to chastise, afflict, plague to give a blow with the handwithout the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat upto strike, dashto beat the wingsto wing, soar,a wing, pinionof a bird to soar

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Ða nam Pilatus ðone Hǽlend and swang (flagellavit) hyne. Jn. Skt. 19, 1. Hié hine swungon. Blickl. Homl. 23, 31. Mé weras slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1927; An. 966. Ða deófol hine ( St.

ge-rihtan

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in right order, regulate the actions of Girihte (dirigere) and gihálga and gihalda heorta and lícoma úsra, Rtl. 171, 3.

(n.)
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sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Sǽ marmora, 91, 73. sea (water as opposed to air and earth) On ðæm dæge gewíteþ heofon and eorþe and sǽ, and ealle ða þing ðe on ðǽm syndon, Blickl. Homl. 91, 21.

cnotta

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Add: a knot, fastening Hét hé þone wer gebindan and ǽnne mæssepreóst . . . mid heardum cnottum samod, Hml. S. 29, 214. Unbindan þá fæstan cnottan synna, 10, 47. Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr.

Eáster-wucu

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Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron and ealle þá Eásterwucan ante sanctum Pascha et per totam hebdomadam paschalem, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 18. Add

for-sendan

exilebanishto throw awaycast awaydestroy

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Hét hé hym gebyndan ánne ancran on hys sweoran and hyne forsendan on sǽ, Shrn. 150, 20. fig. to send to destruction, destroy Dauid miclum his ágnes herges pleh and monigne forsende, Past. 36, 8

spadu

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Hé sceal habban . . . spade, scofle, wádspitel, Angl. ix. 263, 5.

cyrm

(n.)

a noise, shout, uproar

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a noise, shout, uproar, Andr. Kmbl. 2313; An. 1158; Scint. 55: Cot. 86

lid-weard

(n.)
Grammar
lid-weard, es; m.
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One who guards a ship Lidweardas on merebáte, Andr. Kmbl. 487; An. 244