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þurh-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-fére, adj.

That may be passed through or overpassableperviouspenetrale

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That may be passed through or over, passable, pervious Geat þurhfére porta pervia, Hymn. Surt. 112, 9. The neuter used substantivally translates penetrale : -- On þurhférun in penetralibus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 26

Linked entry: þurh-fær

weorold-spédig

(adj.)
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weorold-spédig, adj.
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Rich in this world's goods, wealthy Se ðe wilnaþ ðæt wolde on ðam angienne his lífes woroldspédig (woruld-, Cott. MSS.) weorðan qui in principio hereditari festinant, Past. 44; Swt. 333, 2

Linked entry: spédig

á-déman

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Ðæt is seó stów on ðǽre syndon tó ádémanne and tó clǽnsianne monna sáula ipse est locus in quo examinandae et castigandae sunt animae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 4. Add

brim

(n.)
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brim, es; n. (not m.),
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Monnum bið ðonne (in June) gewunelic ðæt hí líðað on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88, 2. Ofer sǽs brim, Bl. H. 143, 6. dele passages from An. 496, Edw. 12, and add

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. de
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To build, fence (?) Onbúton ðone croft ðe Wynstán bylde; on ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6. Tó werbolde án fóðer gyrdo, oððe . viii. geocu byld, 451, 1

clǽn-ness

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Clǽnnys pudor, An. Ox. 5176. Clǽnnysse pudoris, 4176: celibatus, 9, 19. Clǽnnysse, geþincþe propositi, i. gradus, 3451. On clǽnnysse in proposito, i. gradu, 2565. Heortan clǽnnesse cordis munditiam, 40, 8. Add

fóran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-dæg, foran-dæg, es; m.
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The early part of the day Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín (omnis homo primum bonum uinum ponit, Jn. 2, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 70, 26: Nap. 23. Substitute:

freónd-spéd

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Bið þæt ǽghwylcum men sélre þæt hé hine gehealde on his freódóme gesundne, þeáh þe hé his freóndspédum treówige, þænne hé scyle æfter þám bendum þæs freódómes ceápian, Nap. 26. Add

for-hogung

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Forhogung contemptus, i. contemptio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 81. Of forhogunge ex contemptu, Kent. Gl. 1167: Angl. xiii. 440, 1067: Scint. 203, 13. On forhogunge subsannationem, Ps. Spl. 43, 15. Add

gearwe

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gearwe, yarrow.
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Geruuae, geruę, millefolium, Txts. 76, 623. Gearuuae, 639. Gearewe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 1. Seó reáde gearuwe, Lch. iii. 24, 2. Wyl on meolcum þá reádan gearwan, ii. 354, 9. Add

fullwian

(v.)
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Take here <b>fullian</b> in Dict., and add Ic þé fullwie on mínne Godfæder, Shrn. 106, 13. Ðá ongan hé fullwian ðá óðre cnihtas, 78, 28

Linked entry: fullian

for-sworcenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sworcenness, e; f.
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Obscurity, darkness On forsworcennesse sweartes þrosmes and ðæs weallendan pices, Wlfst. 139, 1. Næfð mín niht náne forsworcennysse, Hml. Th. i. 428, 30. Forsworcennyssa obscura, Hy. S. 23, 31: 37, 4

Linked entry: -sworcenness

glíw-gamen

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-gamen, es; n.
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Musical entertainment, music Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele cithara et lyra et tympanum et tibia et vinum in conviviis vestris (Is. 5, 12), Wlfst. 46, 16

grornian

(v.)
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Grornodon murmurabant, Ps. Vos. 105, 25. [Nénig man hine geseah swíðe grorniende ac hé á heofonlice blisse ber on his onseóne, Angl. x. 147, 256.] [O. Sax. grornón.] Cf. gnornian. Add

hæc-geat

(n.)
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hæc-geat, es; n.
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A hatch-gate (hatch-gate a wicket; a floodgate, N. E. D. : a gate at the junction of parishes or manors, D. D. ) On ðæt hæcget, C. D. v. 376, 14

Linked entries: geat hæc

herepæþ-ford

(n.)
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a ford where a herepæþ crosses a stream Andlong bróces on herpaþford, C. D. iii. 436, 30. as a local name: Hae sunt uillulae eorum . . . Herpoþford, C. D. iv. 164, 27

hreóh-full

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For citation substitute Kł. Januarius gif hé byþ on Mónandæg, þonne biþ . . . windig sumor, and hreóhfull geár (cf. estas uentuosa et tempestuosa, 12) biþ, Archiv cxx. 297, 46. See next word

hwearftlian

(v.)
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Add: to wander about, be tossed about on the sea Hwearftlige versor (v. hwearfian ; ), An. Ox. 2, 500. Ic hwearwlie (= hwearftlie) er[r]o, 23, 57. Hwearft (= hwearftlað) errat, 26, 37

ídel-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-gilp, es; n. m ?
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Vain glory, arrogance Hí befeallað on ídelgielp. . . Is betere ðæt mon lǽte sume hwíle weaxan ðæt ídelgielp inanis gloriae lentalione fatigantur . . Tolerandum est, ut. . interim arrogantia crescat, Past. 457, 19-23

neoþor

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Niðerer inferius, Hpt. Gl. 420, 10. Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan swá gefæstned ꝥ heó nǽfre ne býhð náþor ne ufor ne nyðor (neoðor, nyþror, v.ll.), Lch. iii. 254, 18. Add