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ed-leániend

(n.)
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ed-leániend, es; m.
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One who rewards, recompenses, remunerates Se ordfruma and edleániend þæs écan lífes auctor ac retributor vitae, Gr. D. 286, 6. Edleáni[ende] remuneratore, i. largitore, An. Ox. 2549

Linked entry: -leániend

gold-fyll

(n.)
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gold-leaf, gold-foil Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge goldfylle (-felle [ in a later MS. ], 476, 58) gelíc glitonaþ Fénix, E. S. viii. 478, 61. (?)

Linked entry: gold-fell

ge-tynglíce

(adv.)
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ge-tynglíce, ge-tyngelíce.
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Take here ge-tingelíce in Dict., and add Getynglíce eloquenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 24. Mænifealdlíce, getingcelíce affatim (cum innumera beatae virginitatis exempla affatim exuberent), An. Ox. 1689

heáh-gestreón

(n.)
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heáh-gestreón, es; n.
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Treasure of great value, costly treasure Þá þe firena lange lǽstað, hýdað heáhgestreón, Sal. 317. Hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod, heáhgestreóna, B. 2302. Ceól gehladenne heáhgestreónum, An. 362

hinder-scipe

fraudknaveryguiletreachery

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Evil craft, fraud, knavery, guile, treachery Feóndlices hinderscypes spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 378. Ongrán feóndes hinderscipe scyld geleáfan contra hostis nequitiam scutum fidei. Hy. S. 135, 25. Substitute:

molcen

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Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt swá hreáw, geþwere þonne and þicge, and gemenge ǽr wiþ flétan, and nán óþer molcen þicge, Lch. ii. 264, 26. Add

on-hyriend

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Andig, . . . onhyriend zelotypus, An. Ox. 364. Onhiriend, Hpt. Gl. 415, 1. His þæs clǽnan lífes onhergend (-hyrgend, v. l.) imitatores suos in virtutibus, Gr. D. 23, 2. Add

rówett

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Add: rowing Earma rówette lacertorum remigio, An. Ox. 5459. Wé ne mid segle ne mid rówette (róunesse, v. l. ) ówiht fremian mihton, Bd. 5, 1; Sch. 551, 16

stellan

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Þá þára gásta gehwylc his ácsunge synderlíce gerehton, . . . þá stelde (stælde, v. l.) þǽr án forð in heora middle (unus in medium prosiliit), Gr. D. 189, 13. Add

strǽt

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Add An cyninges stréte, C. D. ii. 67, 2. Add Út on strǽte gán in plateis ire, Chrd. 61, 5. Fænn strǽtena lutum platearum, Ps. L. 17, 43

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

týn

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Hí man tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón, Chrd. 19, 18. Týn heora láreówas hí erudiantur a magistris, 58, 4. Týd[e] cati, An. Ox. 56, 159. Add

un-sidelíce

(adv.)
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un-sidelíce, adv.
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Indecorously, in an unseemly manner Gif hwylc bróðor . . . intó cyrcan unǽwfæstlíce and prútlíce oððe unsydelíce ( incomposite ) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 34. [O.H.Ger. un-situlího in abusione.] See next word

Linked entry: sídelíce

á-scuniendlic

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Ásceonigendlic ł gehyspendlic abominabilis, Ps. L. 13, 1. Slipor ł ásceonigendlic lubricum, 34, 6. Áscuniendlica intestabilis, Germ. 393, 77. Þá áscuniendlican inepta, i. abjecta, An. Ox. 1900. Add

á-teorodness

(n.)
Grammar
á-teorodness, á-teorodnessee; f.

Exhaustioncoming to an end

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Exhaustion, coming to an end Þá hálgan scínað and on þǽre beorhtnysse hí beóð ǽfre wunigende búton áteorodnysse (the brightness will never be exhausted), Hml. A. 44, 495

drohtaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]

Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio

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Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society; condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio Is se drohtaþ strang ðam ðe lagoláde cunnaþ severe is the way of life for him who trieth a sea-journey, Andr. Kmbl. 626; An. 313: 2770; An. 1387: Exon

Linked entry: droht

manig-feald

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add: — Eów tíhþ swíþe manigfeald gedwola (multiplex error), Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 90, 8. Eárhringas of mænigfealdan gimcyinne geworhte, Nar. 26, 32. Þæne mænifealdan cræft multiformem machinam, An. Ox. 119. Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque

CEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
CEÓL, ciól, es; m.

KEELa shipcarina, celox, navis

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The KEEL of a ship, a ship; carina, celox, navis Ðe brontne ceól ofer lagustrǽte lǽoan cwómon who came leading a high keel over the water-street, Beo. Th. 482; B. 238. Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that

Linked entry: ciól

bí-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bí-geng, (big-).

practiceexercisedoingcultivationtillageobservanceworship

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Add: and e ; f. (? v. An. Ox. 2283 infra.) practice, exercise, doing Líf mid gódra weorca bigenge frætwian, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 5. Bígencge, Hml. Th. ii. 48, 28. Biggenge, R. Ben. 3, 7. For lárlicere bígenge propter gymnicum (philosophiae) stadium, An.

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Add: to betroth Ic beweddode (desponsavi) eów anum were, -ꝥ gé án clǽne mǽden gearcion Críste, Hml. A. 30, 139: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 14. Beweddede subarravit (me annulo), An. Ox. 4293 : subarraret (nuptiali dote), 4553. Ic wolde Críste þ é beweddian, Hml