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sib-æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
sib-æðeling, es; m.
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Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708

ge-ceasterwaran

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ceasterwaran, pl.
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Wé geácsodon his geceasterwaran beón Godes englas, Wlfst. 2, 2

lent

(n.)
Grammar
lent, a lentil.
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[Take thou to thee . . . bene and lent tu sume tibi. . . fabam et lentem, Wick. Ezech. 4, 9.]

nunn-mynster

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Þæt hé hine tó ðám befæste ꝥ hé móste beón lǽce þæs nunmynstres (on þám nunmynstre, v. l.) ut eum sanandum monasterio commendaret, Gr. D. 37, 27. Add

sǽ-draca

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-draca, an; m.

A sea-dragon, sea-serpent

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Gesáwon æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellíce sǽdracan, sund cunnian, Beo. Th. 2856; B. 1426

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Hreðer [hreder, MS.] innan weóll beorn breóstsefa, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 9; Cri. 539: 46 b; Th. 158, 15; Gú. 910: Beo. Th. 4233; B. 2113.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

a-dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dwæscan, p. ede, te; pp. ed, t; v. a. [a, dwæscan to quench]

To quenchput outstaunchappeaseextinguere

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Ben. 50, 10

Linked entry: on-dwæscan

án-wilnes

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Ben. 15, 13. Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92. Forlǽt þíne ánwylnysse, 8, 114: Hml.

for-sewennes

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Ben. 54, 14. For þæs dæges forsegnesse ad contemtum diei, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 4. God gewrecð his forsewennysse (-segennesse, -segenesse) God punishes contempt of himself, Hml. A. 58, 170: 62, 256. Add

freó-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
freó-sceatt, es; m.
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Ben. 138, 21

Linked entry: freó

ge-þwǽrnes

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Ben. 128, 12. Of irsunge wyxt seofung, and of ðǽre geþwǽrnesse lufu, Prov. K. 23

heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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Ben. I. 93, 3. Cf. heáfod-bolster

lof-georn

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Ben. 18, 18. Ná hé lof-georn ( but the Latin has prodigus) ne sý, 55, 3

á-wácian

(v.)
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Ben. 44, 22. Ðá wundra sind swíðe áwácode, for ðon ðe hí sind swíðe gewunelice, Hml. Th. i. 184, 25. Add

Linked entry: wácian

atol-lic

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Ben. I. 10, 6. Add

styrung

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1. add: convulsive movement of a person Heó ongann mid swá fela styrungum beón onstyred coepit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. quaking, shaking of an inanimate body Beóð eorðan styrunga erunt terrae motus, Mt. 24, 7. <b>II c.

hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
hlæst, es; n.

Burden, freight, lading

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Hwá ðæm hlæste onféng who received that freight, Beo. Th. 104; B. 52: Cd. 71; Th. 85, 29; Gen. 1422. Hlæst beran to bear a burden, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 23; Rä. 2, 15. Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum ego ascendo navem cum mercibus meis, Coll.

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces,cut in two,cut upto cut off

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Þeáh ðe se beám beó tócoruen, H. R. 105, 15. to cut off Tócearf him ða eárelipprica amputavit illi auricula, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 47. Til he wyste who couþe uche kyndam tokerve, Allit. Pms. 88, 1700

mægþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ-bót, e; f.

The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman

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The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes let the fine to be paid by an unmarried woman be the same as that by a free man (for the same offence), L. Ethb. 74 j Th. i. 20, 9.

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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Be westan Sealwuda ge be eástan, ge eác be norþan Temese, 894; P. 87, 17: Bl. H. 15, 4: 21, 10. Hié beóð úpáhafene and eác beóð onbærnde ... ge eác beoð besmitene, 25, 7.