for-þrycness
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Oppression, extortion Þa unrihtwísan déman him of hira ceasterwarena forðrycnesse gestreón gaderiað, Ll. Lbmn. 475. 26
Linked entry: þrycness
heáhdeór-hund
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Add: The Latin version of the charter has: Omnes canes suos venaticos, Cht. Th. 504, 1
heofon-wlitig
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Of heavenly beauty Wé magon gedón þæt eorðcundlice men magon gewiorðan hiofonwlitige, Forst. Verc. 115, II
heolor-bledu
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The scale of a balance Mid þá efnan helurblede justa lance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 40
ísen-tanga
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A pair of snuffers ísentange munctorium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 314, 9
Lunden-waru
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The Londoners, people of London Lunden-waru griðode wið þone here, Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 22
mersc-mylen
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A mill in afen On hore paðe intó merscmylne; of merscmylne, C. D. vi. 100, 12
Linked entry: mylen
-nihte
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For compounds of this form with numerals see Lch. iii. 160 : see also feówer-, eahta-nihte
offrung-spic
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Bacon offered to idols Hé dyde swilce hé ǽte of ðám offrungspice, Hml. S. 25, 92
Linked entry: spic
rúm-gifol
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Add: of things, liberal, abundant Rúmgyuelne nónmete larga anteceniam, Hpt. 31, 14, 353. See next word
swín-lic
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Of swine, swinish Þæt swínlice (printed sym-lice) gestun porcinus strepitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 31
tindting
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Dele: the word seems only a bad reading of tyhting. Cf. Tyhtingce suasionis, An. Ox, 3382
un-scrýdan
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Add: with dat. of garment Hé þá unscrýdde his reáfe exutus indumento, Gr. D. 101, 13
á-rísan
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</b> add: of a result produced by human agency Fyrdwíc árás, Exod. 129
á-wirpan
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Wearð geðúht swilce heó áwyrpan mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. Add
ryden
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>The name of some plant Wirc beþinge, nim ðæt reáde ryden, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5
ryne-þrág
A space of time
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A space of time Hý bídinge móstun tídum brúcan ... restan ryneþrágum, Exon. Th. 115,3 ; Gú. 184
wæter-leást
Want of water
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Want of water Ðæt folc wearð geangsumod on móde for ðære wæterleáste, Homl. Ass. 108, 177
wæter-write
A vessel measuring time by the running of water
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A vessel measuring time by the running of water Wæterwrite clepsydra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 12
Linked entry: -write
wǽðe-burne
A fishing-stream (?)
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Of ðæm geate on wǽdeburnan; andlang wǽðeburnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 27