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neáh-gebúr

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Hét hé makian ǽnne castel. . . and hine on his spǽce Malueisin hét, ꝥ is on Englisc Yfel néhhebúr, Chr. 1095; P. 231, 9. Add

neáh-lic

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Hé dyde gelíce þon swylce hé swýþe leóhtlíce slépe and wæs áweht tó þǽre neálecan stefne (ad vicinam vocem), Gr. D. 8S, 9. Add

rǽdend

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Add: a diviner On gelícnysse wigleres and rǽdendes hé wénð þæt hé nát in similitudine arioli et coniectoris aestimat quod ignorat, Scint. 75, 12

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, the share.
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Hé wearð drepen in þá sceare and þý wæs gelǽded tó deáþe percussus in inguine perductus est ad mortem, Gr. D. 324, 14. Add

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to sharpen.
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Ísen mid ísene byð gescyrped and mann scyrpð (exacuit) ansýne freónd(es) his, Scint. 205, 4. Hig scerptan exacuerunt, Ps. L. 63, 4. Add

tó-hǽlan

(v.)
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to castrate, emasculate, enfeeble For ðon ic hálsige ꝥ wé úrne líchoman and sáwle mid geswincum gestrangien, nalæs mid ídelnessum tóhǽlen, Verc. Först. 174

Linked entry: hǽlan

tweó

Grammar
tweó, <b>I b.</b>
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Sume martyra lima geáhniaþ, and an tweón is hwæeðer hý martyras sýn alii membra martyrum — si tamen martyrum — venditant, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add

þrostle

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Add: — Sum swýþe sweart and lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc þrostle geháten nigra parvaque avis, quae vulgo merula nominaiur, Gr. D. 100, 19

útan-burhware

(n.)
Grammar
útan-burhware, pl.
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Outside citizens, those living out of the town ÐÁ .III. geférscipas innanburhwara and útanburhwara, Gne. Th. 510, 31: C. D. B. iii. 491, ll

weorod-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wundrige hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wynsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincað, Hml. S. 34, 105. Add

wóhlíce

(adv.)
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Menn beóð geworhte wólíce him betwýnan, swá ꝥ se fæder winð wið his ágenne sunu, and bróðor wið óþerne, Hml. S. 13, 295. Add

wræc

Grammar
wræc, <b>. II.</b>
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add: See preceding word. Add Adam wæs ádrifen of neorcxnawanges gefeán . . . and becóm in þá yrmðe þises wræces (exilii), Gr. D. 260, 7-18

á-beran

(v.)
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to do without Hym wæs láð tó forlǽtenne þone Hǽlend, and hý uneáðe mihton his neáweste (wanan?, ond áberan = to endure) áberan. Nap. 4. (?)

wagung

(n.)
Grammar
wagung, e; f.

Shaking, looseness.

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Shaking, looseness. Wið tóþa sáre and wagunge, genim ðás ylcan wyrte, syle etan fæstendum, heó ða téþ getrymeþ, Lchdm. i. 210, 11: 334, 6

wel-besceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-besceáwod, adj.

Considerate ⬩ prudent

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Considerate, prudent Welbesceáwod consideratus, cordatus Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 71. Sý hé á foregleáw and welbesceáwod sit providus et consideratus R. Ben. 121, 15

æf-geréfa

(n.)

exactor

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glosses exactor Ðý lǽs se doemere seleð ðec ðǽm æf-groefe (exactori) and se æfgroefa (exactor) sendað ðec in carcern, Lk. L. 12, 58

Linked entry: ge-réfa

æfter-hýrigean

Grammar
æfter-hýrigean, l. æfter-hyr(i)gan,
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Mé gelamp ðæt ic ðæt gehýrde, ðæt ic æfterhyrgan ne mæg me audire contingit quod imitari non valeo, Gr. D. 182, 16. and add

swégend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swégend-líc, adj.

Vocal, vowel

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Vocal, vowel I and u beóþ áwende tó consonantes, gif hí beóþ tógædere gesette oððe mid óðrum swégendlícum, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 6, 15

swegles æppel

(n.)
Grammar
swegles æppel,

Cockayne suggests beetle nut,

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Cockayne suggests beetle nut,Lchdm. ii. 32, 2: 36, 5: 56, 10: 66, 8: 308, 9, 22; and see glossaries to vols. ii. iii

tweohsn

(prep.)
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tweoxn occurs in the place name Tweoxneám = between streams Ðone hám æt Winburnan and æt Tweoxneám (Christchurch, in Hampshire), Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 27