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sealticge

(n.)
Grammar
sealticge, an; f.
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A dancer Hét Herodes ðæt heáfod beran on disce and sellan ánre sealticgan ( the daughter of Herodias who danced before Herod) hire plegan tó méde, Shrn. 123, 2

Linked entry: salticge

tó-drífan

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Add Seó þiccnys þára woruldcara swíðe áwésteð and tódrífeð ( devastat ) ánra gehwilces bisceopes mód, Gr. D. 41, 8

fóre-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-mǽrlíc, adj.

Eminentpræclārus

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Eminent; præclārus Hú weorþlíc and hú fóremǽrlíc how honourable and how eminent, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 34

fór-mǽrnes

(n.)
Grammar
fór-mǽrnes, -ness, e; f.

Brightnessgloryrenownclārĭtas

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Brightness, glory, renown; clārĭtas Fórmǽrnes and genyht renown and abundance, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 23, note 8

ge-þencan

Grammar
ge-þencan, <b>; IV.</b>
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add: combining and Geþence þára tída and þissa, hwæþre him bet lícien, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 22

big-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
big-swíc, es; m.

Deceit, guilefraus

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Deceit, guile; fraus Bútan brede and bigswíce without fraud and guile, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 7

un-wemness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wemness, e; f.

Purity

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Purity Ðæt ða clǽnan and ða unwemman hira clǽnnysse and hiora unwemnysse forð gehióldan, Homl. Ass. 207, 422

bræclian

(v.)
Grammar
bræclian, p. ode

To cracklerattleresound

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To crackle, rattle, resound Áweóx and bræclade mára swég and hefegra gravior sonitus excrevit, Gr. D. 236, 12

fæsten-tíd

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Freólstída and fæstentída rihtlíce understandan, Wlfst. 113, 2. Transfer the last two passages to riht-fæstentíd, and add

gleng-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gleng-ness, e; f.
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Ornamentation, adornment On úre gold and on úre glengnesse and on úre myclan gestreóne, Verc. Först. 123, 15

lím

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Dele last passage, and ' cola, 20, 24:' in l. 6, and add: — Liim cementum lapidum, Txts. 49, 449

sundorsprǽc

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Þǽs (James and John) Críst genam oftost and Petrum tó his sundersprǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 412, 21. Add

swefel

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Add: — God sende ðá fýr and fúlne swefel him tó and forbærnde hí ealle, Hml. S. 13, 211

fugoloþ

(n.)
Grammar
fugoloþ, es; m?

Bird-catchingfowlingaucŭpium

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Bird-catching, fowling; aucŭpium Búton huntoþe and fugoloþe besides hunting and fowling, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 34

Linked entry: fugeloþ

bettonice

(n.)
Grammar
bettonice, an; f.

The herb betonybetonĭca officinālis

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The herb betony; betonĭca officinālis Genim bettonican and pipor take betony and pepper, Lchdm. i. 380, 24

þreóhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þreóhund-wintre, adj.

Three hundred years old

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Three hundred years old Hé wæs on ðisum lífe þreóhundwintre and fíf-and-sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 23

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hǽle, ; adj.
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

ge-fyrhto

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhto, p. l. ge-fyrhto (-u); indecl.; [ge-fyrht, e]; f., dele passage from Bl. H. (for which see ge-wyrht),
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and add Se cwylra mid gefyrhto genam his swurd and hire heáfod of áslóh, Nar. 48, 22

ge-lǽrednes

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Add: erudition Ásprang hire hlísa and wísdóm and gelǽrednys geond ealle þá ceastre, Hml. S. 33, 29

Parþ-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Parþ-ware, pl.
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The Parthians Hé gelǽrde monige þeóde tó Crýstes geleáfan, Parðwara and Médware and Persware, Shrn. 155, 33