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þistel-geblǽd

(n.)
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a blister caused by the prick of a thistle Wið þorn-geblǽd, wið þys[tel]geblǽd, Lchdm. iii. 36, 22

un-cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cyn, un-cynn; adj.

Unsuitableunfittingimproper

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Unsuitable, unfitting, improper Ðæm ne is uncynn mæht bið sald cui non inmerito potestas datur, Lk. Skt. p. 3, 3

under-wrítan

(v.)

to subscribesign

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to subscribe, sign Wé ealle mid Cristes ródetácn fæstnedon and underwritan nos omnes subscripsimus, Bd. 4, 17; S. 586, 16

þúsend-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
þúsend-gerím, es; n.

Numeration by thousandscounting with the unit a thousand

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Numeration by thousands, counting with the unit a thousand Ðría ðreóténo ðúsendgerímes thirty-nine thousand, Salm. Kmbl. 582; Sal. 290

un-týned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-týned, adj.

Unfenced

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Gif hé bið untýned..., L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 14

un-scearpness

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

Want of sharpnessdullness

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Want of sharpness, dullness For his ungleáwnesse and for his unscearpnesse propter ingenii tarditatem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 7

Linked entry: scearpness

wudu-bærnet

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bærnet, wudu-bærnett, es; n.

Burning trees in a wood

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Burning trees in a wood Be wudubærnette. Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbaerne, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 16

æt-þringan

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Add: To thrust away, deprive of by violence Hé his feorh him ætþrang ejus animam excussit . Gr. D. 75, 26

cum-líþian

(v.)
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Substitute: To be a guest Þá geond mistlicora hús cumlíðiað qui per diversorum cellas hospitantur, R. Ben. I. 11, 1

cnítan

(v.)
Grammar
cnítan, (?), cnítian(?)
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to dispute Full wamb éþelíce be fæstenum cnítað (-eð?) plenus uenter facile de ieiuniis disputat, Scint. 51, 12. Cf. cneátian

ed-leánung

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On edleánunga in retribuendo Bl. Gl. Add

efen-ceasterwearan

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Efenceasterwaran (efn-, v. l. ), Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 59, 10. Of hyra efenceasterwarum civibus suis, Gr. D. 205, 1. Add

ge-roscian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-roscian, ge-róscian ?; pp. od
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To dry by heat Geroscod parsus (1. passus), Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 60. Geroscade pascsos (1. passes), ii. 116, 31

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

hand-hamer

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Add: a hammer that can be used with one hand, a small hammer Handhamur malleolus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 1

háw

(n.; suffix)
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háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

hafe-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hafe-geat, es; n.
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A gate that has to be raised (?) In tó hafegeæte; of hafegeæte, C. D. iv. 157, 11. Cf. tyrn-geat

healf-híd

(n.)
Grammar
healf-híd, e; f.

A half-hide

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A half-hide Gif hé ne bið bútan tó healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16

Linked entry: híd

heofon-leóht

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Ðæt ofer his reliquias ꝥ heofonleóht (lux caelestis) ealle niht wæs ofer grstondonde, Bd. 3, II; Sch. 235, 9. Add

hwæt-hweganinga

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hweganinga, hwæt-unga; adv.
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Somewhat, a little Gif þú hí hwæthweganinga wiþ fýr ne gemengdest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 10. See next word

Linked entry: -hweganinga