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wérigian

(v.)
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Ꝥ ilce mód ǽgþer ge mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað, and eác of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað (ex infirmitate lacesscat), Gr. D. 204, 23.

wer-reáf

(n.)
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wer-reáf, es; n.
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Nimon hí heora werreáf (uestimenta) tó Sancte Martinus mæssan and oferslipas tó Eástron and heora gescý on þǽm mónðe Nouembre, Chrd. 48, 27.

bræd

(n.)
Grammar
bræd, bred, es; m. [= brægd, bregd from bregdan
to braid, weave, twist
]

to braid, weave, twistFraud, deceitfraus, dolus

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B.] and bigswíce he did it without fraud and guile, L. Ed. 1;Th. i. 160, 6. Ic spæce drífe bútan bræde and bútan bíswíce I prosecute my suit without fraud and without guile, L. O. 2;Th. i. 178, 13. Bred fucus, fraus, astus, Cot. 10

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riht-lǽce

(n.)
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riht-lǽce, es; m.

A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor

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A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor Se ðe his broces bóte sécþ búton tó Gode sylfum and tó his hálgum and tó rihtlǽcum hé drýhþ deófles wyllan he that seeks a remedy for his malady except from God and from his saints and from regular doctors

swiling

(n.)
Grammar
swiling, and swilling, e; f.

A swilling, washing, gargling, gargle

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Eft óþru swiling . . . súpe wlæc and ðæt geagl swile and þweá his múð, 24, 14-23. Swille ða ceolan . . . sýn ða swillinga hwílum háte, 48, 22

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créda

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Ic gelýfe on God, Fæder ælmihtigne . . . on flǽsces ǽrist and þæt éce líf, Angl. x. 100, 7. Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá hé oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30.

geflit-georn

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Beón úre fét gesceóde mid þǽre sybbe bodunge, and úre stafas sýn on úrum handum tó sleánne þá wyrmas . . . Hwæt synt þá wyrmas búton lýðre men and geflitgeorne, Angl. viii. 323, 31. Add

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lim-lǽw

(n.)
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lim-lǽw, e; f.

mutilation

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Injury to the limbs, mutilation Bendas oððe dyntas ... hwílum lim-lǽwa and hwílum líflǽsta bonds and blows ... at times mutilations of the limbs, and at times deprivation of life, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 27

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burg-staþol

Grammar
burg-staþol, (burh-).
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Substitute: The foundation of the wall of a burg (v. burg, Ia) Nim his lifre, tódǽl and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra and þínra burhstaþola, and þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele. Lch. i. 328, 23

fird-sócn

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attendance in the fird, Hió hit hæbben tó frión ǽlces þinges bútan wealgeworce and brygcgeweorce and ferdsócne, C. D. iii. 255, 18: 256, 17: iv. 363, 6: Cht. E. 242, 17. Take here fyrd- sócn and add:

gealh-mód

(adj.)
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gealh-mód, adj.

Sad in mindgloomytristis anĭmo

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Sad in mind, gloomy; tristis anĭmo Grim and gealhmód grim and gloomy, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 8; Dan. 230

ge-téþed

(adj.)
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ge-téþed, adj.
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Provided with teeth, toothed: — Heardum tóðum and miclum hit wæs gegyred and getéþed duris munitum dentibus, Nar. 21, 1

lýþer-lic

(adj.)
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Ðá áléde ic mínne kynegyrylan, and mé mid uncúþe hrægle and mid lýþerlice gerelan gegerede, Nar. 18, 3. Add

nos-þyrel

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God gesceóp ús twá eágan and twá eáran, twá nosþirlu and twégen weleras, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 16. Add

scealu

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Add Hé hæfð wǽga on handa; and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 7

tó-dwæscan

Grammar
tó-dwæscan, l. -dwǽscan,
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and add Mid his gebedum þæs fýres mægen and strengðe hé tódwǽscte exorando flammas pressit, Gr. D. 48, 14

wróht

Grammar
wróht, <b>. I.</b>
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Þǽr bið gránung and geómrung and micel wróht, Verc. Först. in, 4. Wórhta exctisationes, Ps. L. 140, 4. Add

spilling

(n.)
Grammar
spilling, e; f.

Destructionwasteconfusio, deperdicio

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Destruction, waste Nán þing . . . búton folces geswinc and feós spylling and heora feónda forðbylding, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 37

tó-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-séðan, p. de

To prove

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To prove Drihten, ðú ús sealdest gesceádwísnesse ðæt wé mágon tóséðan and tósceádan good and yfel. Shrn. 167, 3

grǽdig

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Add: having an excessive appetite for food, of persons Consumptor, i. devorator gífre, grǽdig gluto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 2. Grédge ambrones, 100, 12. Grǽdige gúðrincas ( the cannibals ), An. 155. of animals Geoguð myrwe grǽdig, Rä. 39, 2.