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for-spildan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spildan, p. de; pp. ed [spild destruction]

To bring to naughtdestroyperdĕre

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To bring to naught, destroy; perdĕre Sum sceal on geóguþe, mid Godes meahtum, his earfoþsíþ forspildan one shall in youth, with God's power, bring to naught his hard lot, Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 31; Vy. 59

Linked entry: spildan

hwíl-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
hwíl-stycce, es; n.
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A fragment or short portion of time Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12

or-wearde

(adv.)
Grammar
or-wearde, adv.
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Wit/tout guard, in an unprotected condition Syðdan orwearde ǽnigne dǽl secgas geségon on sele wunian, lǽne licgan after men saw any part (of the dragon's hoard) lying there without its warder. Beo. Th. 6245 ; B. 3127

eáre-lippric

(n.)
Grammar
eáre-lippric, eár-lipric, e; f: eór-lippric, es; n.

A flap of the ear aurĭcŭla

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A flap of the ear; aurĭcŭla In eárlipricum, dat. pl. Mk. Lind. War. 7, 33. Eárliprica, acc. pl. Mk. Rush. War. 7, 33: Jn. Rush. War. 18, 26. Ða eárelipprica, acc. pl. Mk. Lind. War. 14, 47

Linked entry: eór-lippric

ge-trymnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trymnes, -ness, e; f.

An exhortationpersuasiona setting in orderan arrayinghortātus

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An exhortation, persuasion, a setting in order, an arraying; hortātus Mid his getrymnesse ejus hortātu, Bd. 1, 33; S. 498, 35. Gitrymniso ortamenta, Rtl. 56, 4. Fyrdweorodes getrymnes the arraying of a host, Blickl. Homl. 91, 36

searu-wundor

(n.)
Grammar
searu-wundor, es; n.
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A wonderful thing in implements or engines (v. searu, , and cf. searu-píl. The term is applied to Grendel's arm, which had been torn away by Beowulf) Eode scealc monig searowundor seón, Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920

ge-métnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métnes, -ness, e; f.

A finding, discoveryinventio

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A finding, discovery; inventio Se dæg heora þrówunga ge heora líchoman gemétnesse mid árwurþre weorþunge on ðám stówum mǽrsode syndon dies passiōnis vel inventiōnis eōrum congrua illis in lŏcis vĕnĕrātiōne celebrātur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 18

stapa

(n.)
Grammar
stapa, an; m.
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One who steps. a name given to the grasshopper or locust Stapan locuste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 20: 71, 62. v. gærsstapa. [O. H. Ger. houui-staffo locusta.] in cpds. án-, eard-, hǽþ-, hild-, mearc-, mór-stapa

dæg-þerne

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-þerne, adj.
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Day, for use in the day time Gán hí and hí mid dægþernum ( diurnalibus ) tyslian gescýum, Angl. xiii. 383, 259. Tó unscrýdende dægþerne scós ad exuendos diurnales calceos, 392, 390. [Diurnales dicuntur calcei quibus interdiuu] Cf. nihterne

felde

(part.)
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Of þiccum ásodenes wínes þéfele ł felde lento careni defruto (the same passage (Ald. 3, 35) is glossed in Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59 thus: De lento fruto of þiccum felde, de denso campo), An. Ox. 104

fera

Grammar
fera, l. féra,
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Of foera his a socio ejus, Lk. p. 11, 10. Ne wǽrun wé foéran (socii) eora in blódgyte, Mt. R. 23, 30. Foerano sociorum, Lk. p. 4, 18. Ðǽm foerum sociis, Lk. L. 5, 7. and add:

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:

ge-fylgan

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Add: to obtain (with dat.) 'Gif monn mínne noman nemneð in ǽnigre frécennisse . . ., ðonne gefylge sé ðínre mildheortnesse.' Ðá cóm stefn of heofenum . . . 'Swá hwelc swá . . . mínne naman þurh þé gecégð, ic hine gehére,' Shrn. 73, 7

ge-mǽg

Grammar
ge-mǽg, es.
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Substitute: <b>ge-mǽgas, ge-mágas;</b> pl. Take here <b>ge-mágas</b> in Dict. and add Fratres gebróþor, et aliquando ge-mǽgas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 46

ge-mǽnsumung

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Substitute: Administration of the Eucharist, v. ge-mǽnsumian; l a On bǽre mæssan gemǽnsumung ys gearwud in qua missa communicatio prebetur, Angl. xiii. 414, 706. Æfter gemǽn-sumunge ł húselgange post communionem, R. Ben. 1. 69, 6

ge-niþerung

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Add: humiliation Ne áwend þú mannan tó geniþerunge (-nyðerunga, Ps. Spl.) ue auertas hominem in humilitatem, Ps. L. 89, 3. condemnation Þǽre sáwle is micel genyðrung ꝥ mon þá wuldorfæstan Godes weorc bedíglige, Hml. S. 23b, 11

Linked entry: niþerung

hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) Hegstæf clatrum (= ? κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

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híwet

(n.)
Grammar
híwet, híwett, es; n.

Hewingcutting

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Hewing, cutting Tó ðǽm ðæt wé sién geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean ut in templum Dei sine disciplinae percussione disponamur, Past. 253. Hýwyt dolatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 63

Linked entries: hýwyt hiéwet

-líc

(adj.; suffix)
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In the suffix the vowel seems early to have been shortened, though the long i was at any rate occasionally preserved, e. g. Swá swá him þincæ þæt mǽ for Godæ þearflucustþ sí, Cht. Th. 554, 36

platung

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Platung brattea, auri lamina, Hpt. 31, 6, 68. Obrizum, i. aurum optimi coloris smǽte gold, platum (platung ?) (here, and in Hpt. 489, 34 (both glosses of Ald. 48, 28) perhaps platum is Latin), An. Ox. 3534. Add