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un-weder

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Gif þá unwedru his ne forwyrnað si sterilitas impedimentum non fecerit temporis, Chrd. 15, 16. Add

á-wár

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Þæt wé óðrum mannum forgifon, gif hí áwár ús geǽbiligdon, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 33. Add

selen

(n.)
Grammar
selen, sellen, sylen, e ; f.
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a gift Ic ðé nú áfyrre fram mínre selene ðe ic ðé forgeaf, Wulfst. 258, 14. Seó góde antswaru sý ouer ða sélestan selene sermo bonus super datum optimum, R. Ben. 55, 9. Sylena donaria, Germ. 394, 343.

Linked entry: sylen

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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S. 8, 110. to live, not to die of an injury Gif wulf orf tóslíte and hit for þan deád beó . . . gif hit ályfað, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 27.

Linked entry: á-lifian

riht-hamscyld

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Gif man rihthamscyld þurhstinð . . . Gif feaxfang geweorð, Ll. Th. i. 12, 1-3, [In the note to these laws a passage from the Lex Saxonum is quoted giving two articles: I. 6. Si gladio uestem seu scutum alterius incideret . . . 7.

Linked entries: hám ham-scyld

ofer-hebban

(v.)

to pass by, neglect, omitpraeterire, transire

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to pass by, neglect, omit Gif hit (the holding a gemót) hwá oferhebbe (-habbe, MS. B.) béte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, L. Ed. 11; Th. i. 164, 23. Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 33.

on-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
on-hǽle, adj.

Secret, hidden

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Gif mec onhǽle án onfindeþ, ðǽr ic wíc búge (cf. gif ic mǽgburge mót míne gelǽdan on dégolne weg, 397, 15-17), 396, 19; Rä. 16, 7. Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, eardas onhǽle earmra gǽsta, 121, 7; Gú. 268: 123, 13; Gú. 322.

ge-weald

Grammar
ge-weald, <b>; I 7.</b>
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Add Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt, áh ꝥ corn geweald, ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere on moldan?, Hml.

þurh-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wund, adj.

Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through

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Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through Gif mon biþ on hrif wund, geselle him mon .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múðe .xx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96, 11. [Cf.

sár-lic

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Add Him þúhte sárlic, gif hé ne gehulpe þám ástýptan wífe (him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire sárlican dreórinysse, v. l.) dolor ne orbatae mulieri non subveniret, Gr. D. 18, 13.

geond-leccan

(v.)
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to moisten thoroughly, irrigate Gif hé hine of flódum Godes wordes gindlecþ ( inriget ), Chrd. 108, 26

be-mancian

(v.)
Grammar
be-mancian, p. ode
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To maim, mutilate Gif þú gesihst [h]earmas þíne bemancude gód getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 20

Linked entry: -mancian

fǽr-steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-steorfa, an; m.

Murrain

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Murrain Gif sceáp sý ábrocen, and wið fǽrsteorfan, Lch. iii. 56, 15. Wið swína fǽrsteorfan, 25

in-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
in-cerran, (=on-cirran, q.v.)
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to pervert, divert Gif aenig monn ðás úre gewitnisse incerre on ówihte, C.D. ii. 6, 11

Linked entry: on-cirran

ylp

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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him forþearle, gif hé gesihð án mús, Hml. A. 63, 285. Add

cídere

(n.)
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Gif hwylc preóst beo . . . cídere (increpalor), Chrd. 41, 30

ælf

(n.)
Grammar
ælf, l. e; f.
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Gif men hwilc yfel costung weorþe oþþe ælf oþþe nihtgengan, Lch. ii. 344, 16. and add

wigian

(v.)
Grammar
wigian, p. ode

To fight

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To fight Gif hé wigie and man gewundie, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 8

Linked entry: wignoþ

on-geflogen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
on-geflogen, part.

Attacked with disease

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Attacked with disease Gif men his leoþu acen oððe [hé] ongeflogen sý, Lchdm. i. 86, 21

Linked entries: ge-flogena on-flyge

mis-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
mis-dǽd, e; f.

A mis-deedevil actiontransgressionoffenceinjury

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Gif hund mon tóslíte æt forman misdǽde geselle vi sciłł ... Gif æt ðissa misdǽda hwelcere se hund losige ... Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 3-6. Menn scamaþ for góddǽdan swýðor ðonne for misdǽdan, Wulfst. 164, 16.