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biter-wyrde

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Bitter of speech, given to bitter words, Ꝥ gé ne beón tó biterwyrde, ne bealufulle on móde, Hml. A. 48, 576. Substitute: and add

cú-wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
cú-wearm, adj.
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Warm from the cow (of milk) Scene fulne cú-wearmre meolce, Lch. ii. 354, 2. Mid cúwearmum [meolcum], 15. On cúwearme meolce, 358, 24

Linked entry: wearm

eorþ-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-brycg, e; f.
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A bridge made by placing poles across a stream and laying earth and sods on them Of eorthbrycge, C. D. B. iii. 223, 24

Linked entry: brycg

ge-cennes

(n.)
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þone dæg his gerecenesse (gecænenisse, gecígednesse, gecígnesse, v.ll.) of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 8. (?)

Linked entry: ge-cænenis

þridda

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þridda, I.
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add: one in every three: — Ælfstán aƀƀ begeat . . . ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne on Sandwíc, C. D. iv. 56, 30

ofer-ýð

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ýð, e; f.

An excessive wave, wave of a tempestuous sea

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An excessive wave, wave of a tempestuous sea Ná selleþ on écnysse oferýðe rihtwíse non dabit in aeternum fluctuationem justo, Ps. Spl. 54, 25

heáfod-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beorg, es; m.
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Ǽrest on heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan . . . swá tó herpaðe; andlang herpaðes tó Imman beorge ; of Imman beorge eft on heáfodbeorge, 300, 7-22

wǽt

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽt, adj.

wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisturewet, moist, having moisturewet, rainy

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Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne, 10, 27: 246, 3. of weather, wet, rainy Lengtentíma ys wǽt, Anglia viii. 299, 27. Of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 5

cleowen

(n.)

a clewball

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a clew, ball of thread or yarn, ball, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt. Voc. 59, 37: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 17; Ph. 226

for-cwysan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cwysan, p. de; pp. ed

To shake violentlyconquassāre

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To shake violently; conquassāre He for-cwysde heáfda on eorþan manigra he shook violently the heads of many in the earth, Ps. Spl. 109, 7

gár-beám

(n.)
Grammar
gár-beám, es; m.

The wood or handle of a javelina spear-shaftcuspĭdis hasta

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The wood or handle of a javelin, a spear-shaft; cuspĭdis hasta Gárbeámes feng a spear-shaft's grasp, Cd. 155; Th. 193, 14; Exod. 246

hús-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hús-stede, es; m.
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The site of a building Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, Herb. 52, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 25; 85, i; Lchdm. i. 188, 12

mæsse-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-ǽfen, es; m.

The eve of a festival

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The eve of a festival, e.g. Christmas Eve On sc̃e Michaeles mæsseǽfan. Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 13. Fæstaþ ðæra háligra martyra mæsseǽfenas. Wulfst. 136, 19

mód-swíð

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-swíð, adj.

Strong of mind or soul

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Strong of mind or soul Wec ðú in mé módswíðne geþanc crea in me spiritum rectum, Ps. C. 50, 89; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 89

pín-hnutu

(n.)
Grammar
pín-hnutu, gen. dat. -hnyte ; pl. -hnyte ; f.
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A pine-nut, fir-cone Seó eorþe stent on gelícnesse ánre pínnhnyte, Lchdm.iii. 258, 6. Genim of pín-hnyte .xx. geclǽnsodra cyrnela, ii. 180, 19

Linked entry: hnutu

strang-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-mód, adj.
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Of strong mind, confident, resolute God ða unstrangan ðyses middangeardes geceás, ðæt ða strangmódan, ðe on ágenum mihtum truwiaþ, gescende wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 28

stán-ceastel

(n.)
Grammar
stán-ceastel, -cistel, es; m.
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A chestnut-tree Ðonon súðrihte wið ðara stánceastla, and ðonne of ðǽm stánceastlum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 172, 16. On ðane stáncistel, iii. 434, 33

Linked entries: ceastel cistel

þurh-lócung

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-lócung, e; f.

A looking through or over, a preliminary examination(?) of a bookprohemium

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A looking through or over, a preliminary examination(?) of a book; but the word glosses prohemium Ðurhlócung prohemium, forespǽc praefatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 38

word-oræft

(n.)
Grammar
word-oræft, es; m.

The art of speakingwriting

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The art of speaking or writing Wordcræftes wís a good speaker, Elen. Kmbl. 1180; El. 592. Ic wordcræft wæf I composed poetry, 2473; El. 1238

ymb-cyrf

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-cyrf, es; m.
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Kmbl. p. 12, 11: 16, 13. a cutting off Of ymbcyrf liomana de abscisiane membrorum, Mk. Skt. p. 4, 9