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hors-camb

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Hé sceal habban horscamb and sceára, Angl. ix. 263, 8. Add

melu-hédern

(n.)
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a meal-storehouse Man sceal habban . . . meluhúdern. Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hédd-ern

bildu

(n.)
Grammar
bildu, (-o); indecl.: bild, e; f.

Boldness ⬩ confidence

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Ðæt hié habbað ðá arodnesse and ðá bieldo (bældo, v. l.) ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti, Past. 41, 17. Hé hæfde mid him myccle bælde (fiduciam) híwcúþnesse, Gr. D. 140, 7. Baeldo, Rtl. 89, 3.

Linked entries: byld bældu

blæc-horn

(n.)
Grammar
blæc-horn, es; n.

An ink-horn

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An ink-horn Ðónne þú blechorn habban wille, Tech, ii. 128, 18

meox-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
meox-scofl, e; f.
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3

sin-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sin-sorh, (g), e ; f.

Continual trouble

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Continual trouble Habban breostceare, sinsorgna gedreag, Exon. Th. 444, 10; Kl. 45

fligel

(n.)
Grammar
fligel, es; m.

A flail

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A flail Man sceal habban tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 8

un-gewitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewitfull, adj.

foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses

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Welan and weorþscipes hí willniaþ, and ðonne hí hine habbaþ, ðonne wénap hí swá ungewitfulle ðæt hí habban ða sóþan gesǽlþa, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 30. mad, insane, not in one's senses Ða wódðrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð furor insanorum

Linked entry: ge-witfull

hiw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-líc, adj.

Having good form or colour, ⬩ shapely; ⬩ formosus

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Having good form or colour, shapely; formosus Ansíne hiwlíce hine habban fultum getácnaþ to see one's self with a handsome face betokens support, Lchdm. iii. 204, 8. Reáf hiwlíc habban blisse getácnaþ to have a handsome robe betokens bliss, 212, 6.

drenc-fæt

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Add: drence-fæt Gyf þú lytel drencefæt habban wylle, Tech. ii. 125, 12

hunig-binn

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-binn, e; f.
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A receptacle for honey Man sceal habban . . . hýfa, hunigbinna, Angl. ix. 264, 15

Linked entry: bin

sáwel-gescot

(n.)

soul-scot

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soul-scot Ðat sáwulgesceot sceulon ða canonicas habban, Chart. Th. 609, 14, 29

wull-camb

(n.)
Grammar
wull-camb, es; m.

A wool-comb

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A wool-comb Hé sceal fela towtóla habban,... wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 13

Linked entry: camb

ǽl-hýd

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl-hýd, (?), e; f.

An eel-skin

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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hýd

cimb-íren

(n.)
Grammar
cimb-íren, es; n.
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Hé sceal habban . . . cimbíren, tigehóc, Angl. ix. 263, 2

fýr-tang

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-tang, e; f.

Fire-tongs

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Fire-tongs Hé sceal fela andlómena tó húsan habban . . . fýrtange, Angl. ix. 263, 9

pipor-horn

(n.)
Grammar
pipor-horn, es; m.
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A horn for holding pepper Man sceal habban ... sealtfæt ... piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19

ofer-flówness

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Add: Habban oferflównessa accipere, stipendia superflua, See preceding word (last passage)

mete-awul

(n.)
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Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

riht-meterfers

(n.)
Grammar
riht-meterfers, es ; n.

Correct hexameter verse

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Correct hexameter verse Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twentig tíman Anglia viii. 314, 10

Linked entry: meter-fers