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tapor-æx

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Dele (borrowed from English) in bracket. The word seems Slavonic as to its first part, cf. Russian topor an axe, and to have come from Scandinavia to England

un-áboht

Linked entry: á-bycgan

æf-weard

Similar entry: of-weard

ǽé-sceáda

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and-ǽges

(adv.)
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and-ǽges, Cf. and-íge(?).
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(Against the reading Þæt hire an dæges eágum starede, it may be noted thai on (starian) takes the accusative.)

and-gitol

(adj.)

Similar entry: un-andgitol

and-lang

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Add Innan Lundene fenn; andlang súð on Temese, C. D. iii. 73, 21

and-spurnness

(n.)
Grammar
and-spurnness, offence: — Andspurnisse þrowian scandalizare, Mt. R. 13, 21 : 57. Andspyrnnisse (ondspyrnise, L. )
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scandalum, 26, 31

Linked entry: spurnness

and-weard

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and-weorc

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and-wíg

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Add:(?) Ymb andwíg (an twig, MS.), Exod. 145

and-wreþian

(v.)
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to support Stæf ꝥ hí mægen manna untrumnyssa and-wreðian (sustentent), Chrd. 62, 29

Linked entry: wreþian

wæter-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ádl, e; f.

Dropsy

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Dropsy Se ðe him seó wæterádl, Lchdm. i. 354, 8. Wið wæterádle . . . seó wæterádl út áflóweþ, 364, 19-20, 11

Linked entry: wæter-seócness

wæterælf-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wæterælf-ádl, e; f.

Some form of illness

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Some form of illness Gif mon biþ on wæterælfádle, ðonne beóþ him ða handnæglas wonne and ða eágan teárige, and wile lócian niþer, Lchdm. ii. 350, 21 : 304, 8

wamb-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wamb-ádl, e; f.

Disease of the stomach

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Disease of the stomach Hér sint tácn be wambe coþum and ádlum, and hú mon ða yfelan wǽtan ðære wambe lácnian scyle. Ðonne wambádl tóweard sié, ðonne beóþ ða tácn . . . Lchdm. ii. 216, 19

æf-dæl

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dæl, æf-dæll, -dell, es; n.
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Tó æfdæll (-delle, R.) Lk. L. 19, 37. Substitute:

æf-dýne

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dýne, es; m.

A descent, declivity

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A descent, declivity Æfdýni (ęsdyni, MS.) defexum, decliuium (cf. deuexu[m], declibium, descensum,) (Corp. Gl. Hessels. 41, 140), Hpt. 33, 250, 3

Linked entry: -dýne

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan.

to envy ⬩ to grow envious

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Substitute: to envy Hit þweora manna þeáw is ðæt hí æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽde mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum Gr. D. 117, 4. to grow envious Æfestian libescant Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41. Similar entries v. æf(e)stigian, æf(e)stung, æfeste

æf-gælþ

(n.)
Grammar
æf-gælþ, e; f.

Superstition

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Superstition Efgælþe superstitionis An. Ox. 8, 186. Æfgælþe superstitione 8, 176 : 3233. Æfgælþa, 4021. Ídelum æfgælþum superstitiosa cultura 3933

Linked entry: gælþ

æf-geréfa

(n.)

exactor

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glosses exactor Ðý lǽs se doemere seleð ðec ðǽm æf-groefe (exactori) and se æfgroefa (exactor) sendað ðec in carcern, Lk. L. 12, 58

Linked entry: ge-réfa

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