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súsl

(n.)
Grammar
súsl, es; n.: e; f.
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Th. 10, 8; Cri. 149

Linked entry: helle-súsl

clyfian

(v.)
Grammar
clyfian, clyfigan; ode; od

To cleave, adhereadhærere

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To cleave, adhere; adhærere Ðæt feax ðe on ðam cambe clyfige somnige let her collect the hair that cleaveth to the comb, Med. ex Quadr. l, 7; Lchdm. i. 332, 21, MS. B

on-wríðan

(v.)

to unwrap, to release from a covering

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to unwrap, to release from a covering Seó hét heáfod onwríðan she bade take the head (of Holofernes) from the bag in which it had been put, Judth. Thw. 24, 5; Jud. 173

BOTM

(n.)
Grammar
BOTM, es; m.

A BOTTOMfundus

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Satan on botme [ðære helle] stód Satan stood at the bottom [of hell], Cd. 229; Th. 310, 5; Sat. 721: 18; Th. 21, 27; Gen. 330: 19; Th. 23, 18; Gen. 361. Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506

Linked entry: bodan

gyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gyrn, es; n.

Griefafflictiontroubleevilcalamityinjury

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Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon for that the children greviously paid, 61 b;Th. 226, 23. Wíta unrím grimra gyrna torments numberless, grim troubles, 68 a; Th. 252, 34; Jul. 173: 39 a; Th. 129, 7; Gú. 417

Linked entry: gyr

gold-blóma

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S. with the sense 'bloom', 'blossom'; and the occurrence of hordfæte and gewelegade in the passage seems to suggest that with goldblóma is connected the idea of 'wealth', 'treasure'. In favour of 'marigold' it may be said that both O. Sax. and O. H.

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Th. i. 578, 7.

in-líhtan

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Ne inlíhteð (on-, v. l. irradiat) se wítedômes gást þá mód þára wítegæna, Gr. D. 146, 7. Add

ellen-þríst

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-þríst, adj.

Bold in courage, bold audax

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Bold in courage, bold; audax Ða idesa ellenþríste the bold women. Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 22; Jud. 133

gál-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-mód, adj.

Light-mindedlicentiouslibīdĭnōsæ mentislascīvus

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Light-minded, licentious; libīdĭnōsæ mentis, lascīvus Se galmóda the licentious [Holofernes], Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 12; Jud. 256

plihtere

(n.)
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one that watches in the prow of a ship Pliclitere (plihtere ?) ł ancremen proreta, Hpt. Gl. 406, 55. (?)

Súþhámtún-scír

(n.)
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[Þe nywe forest þat ys in Souþhamtescyre, R. Glouc. 375, 9.]

flot-herge

Grammar
flot-herge, l. -here,
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Se flothere (the Danes that had killed Edmund) férde eft té scipe, Hml. S. 32, 130. and add

oferlíce

(adv.)
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Hí lǽtað þæt man gýman ne ðurfe ná oferlíce swýðe þæs þe béc beódað, Wlfst. 55, 19. Add

mearc-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-wæd, es; n.

Boundary-waterthe water by the shore

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Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds

Linked entry: mearc-pæð

feoh-gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsere, es; m.

A miserpĕcūniæ ăvārus

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that the first miser should have been in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 110; Met. 8, 55. Ðæm feohgítsere to the miser, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 26

Linked entry: gítsere

bán-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
bán-fæt, g. -fætes; pl. nom. acc. -fatu; n.

The bone vesselthe bodyossium vascorpus

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The bone vessel, the body; ossium vas, corpus, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 23; Ph. 229

Linked entry: fæt

will-flód

(n.)
Grammar
will-flód, es; n. m.

The waters of the deluge

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The waters of the deluge Willflód ongan lytli-gan, Cd. Th. 85, lo; Gen. 1412

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Thw. 22, 34; Jud. 91. Se þióden, Met. 11, 80. Þegnas þrymfæste þeóden heredon, Cd. Th. 2, 7; Gen. 15. to Christ Lífes ceápode þeóden moncynne, Exon. Th. 68, 1; Cri. 1097.

glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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Th. 4177; B. 2085. Glóf mantium? Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 118; Wrt. Voc. 25, 58. Wilfriþ cwæþ ðæt he forléte his twá glófan on ðam scipe Wilfrid said that he had left his two gloves in the ship, Guthl, 11; Gdwin. 54, 14, 9, title.