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háls

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In l. after 'forgeaf' add: gefreóde and gefreoðade folc under wolcnum, and at end: v. mund-heáls: <b>háls-bóc</b>. v. heáls-bóc: <b>halscod</b>

heofon-ware

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Take here the plural forms given under heofon-waru in Dict., and add

ofer-lyftlic

(adj.)
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ofer-lyftlic, adj.
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That is above the air (lyft) (applied to the second heaven) Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode, ꝥ is, se lyftlica heofon and se oferlyftlica . . . sió durn ðæs oferlyftlican heofones is nemned Elioth, Nap. 50

Linked entry: lyft-lic

un-gníþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gníþelíce, adv.
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In no mean manner or degree Hé his ꝥ ǽfæste líf leofde swýþe ungnéþelîce (unheánlîce, v.l., non mediocriter), Gr. D. 43, 26. He scan ungnéþelíce ( non mediocriter) mid þý worde þǽre hálgan láre, 175, I

Linked entry: gníþelíce

hinderling

(n.)
Grammar
hinderling, es; m.

A mean, base, ⬩ contemptible person

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A mean, base, contemptible person Occidentales Saxonici, scilicet execastre, habent in proverbio summi despectus, quod summa ira commotus, unus vocat alterum hinderling, i. ab omni honestate dejectum, L. Ed. C. 35; Th. i. 459, 36

sweoloþa

(n.)
Grammar
sweoloþa, an; m.

Heat, burning

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Heat, burning Hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé inswoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in media aestatis caumate sudaverit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30. Mid hǽtan and mid swoluðan ardore et aestu, Deut. 28, 22

scericge

(n.)
Grammar
scericge, an; f.

An actress

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An actress Sc̃a Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger.scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11

scíd

(n.)
Grammar
scíd, es; n.

A shide ⬩ shingle ⬩ a piece of wood split thin ⬩ a billet

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.), shingle, a piece of wood split thin, a billet Scíd scindula (in a list de igne), Wrt. Voc! i. 284, 15: 66, 41. Scídum scindulis, ii. 120, 12: 80, 21

scip-wealh

(n.)
Grammar
scip-wealh, gen. -weales; m.

A servant whose service is connected with ships

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A servant whose service is connected with ships Ðæt land is sum inland, sum hit is ðán scipwealan tó gafole gesett (the land in question lies by the Severn), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 19

scip-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
scip-wíse, an; f.

The fashion or form of a ship

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The fashion or form of a ship On scipwísan geworht made in the fashion of a ship. Nar. 11, 20. Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3

Scón-ég

(n.)

Skaane

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The name occurs in Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 35

sealt-wille

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wille, -welle, an; f.

A salt spring or well ⬩ Saltwell

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A salt spring or well; hence Saltwell In saltwyllan; of saltwyllan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 70, 24. Ða saltwælla ł of sæltwælla a saliua (translator seems to have read salina), Mt. Kmbl. P. 1. 5

seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
seóðan, (? cf. seód, á-seódan?)

to put in a bag ⬩ wrap up

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to put in a bag, wrap up Bewind ðone æppel on weolcreádum godwebbe, and seóð eft mid sceáte óðres godwebbes, and beheald ðæt ðes lǽcedóm ne hríne ne wæteres ne eorþan, Lchdm. i. 332, 5

Linked entries: a-séðan syde

þeáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáwlíce, adv.

In accordance with good manners, ⬩ properly

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In accordance with good manners, properly Gáþ þeáwlíce ... and standaþ þeáwlíce incedite morigerate ... et state disciplinabiliter, Coll. Monast. Th. 36, 1-5. Ðá hé ðæt hæfde ðeáwlíce (rite)gesett, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 37

wíflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wíflíce, adv.

Like a woman

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Ðú wunodest æfter ðínum were wíflíce on clǽnnysse after your husband's death you continued in womanly purity, Homl. Ass. 114, 392

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów , es; þeówa, an; m.

A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium

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In. 7; Th. i. 107, 16; and cf. Wulfst. 158, 14. Gif se frigea on Sunnandæg wyrce, þolie his freótes, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 6.

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15. Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ...

wyrms

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrms, es; n. m.

Corrupt matter

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Wið eárena sáre ... gif ðǽr wyrms inne bið, hyt ðæt út áwyrpð, Lchdm. i. 354, 16. Wyrms (worms, v.l.), 358, 16. Sáh út wyrms (of ðam geswelle), Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64. Hé áscræp ðone wyrms of his líce, Homl.

Linked entries: worms wyrsm

hróf

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</b> in phrases that denote entering, or being in, a house, chamber :--- Hrófe tigillo (in proprii domatis tigillo conflagrasse memoratur, Ald. 38, 22), An. Ox. 2, 110. Biðon tuoege in hrófe ánum, Lk. L. R. 17, 34.

ceáp-man

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-man, cýp-man, cýpe-man;-mannes; -men; -men; -manna; -mannum; m. A

CHAPMAN, merchant, market-man ⬩ mercator, negotiator, nundinator

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In. 25; Th. i. 118, 12, note 32: Obs. Lun. § 14; Lchdm. iii. 190, 23. Ða cýpmen binnon ðam temple getácnodon unrihtwíse láreówas on Godes gelaðunge the chapmen within the temple betokened unrighteous teachers in God's church, Homl.