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wérig-ferhþ

(adj.)
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wérig-ferhþ, adj.
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Weary-hearted, disconsolate, depressed Ongan geómormód tó Gode cleopian . . . weóp wérigferð, Andr. Kmbl. 2799; An. 1402. Hí hreówigmóde wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, gewitan him wérigferhþe on fleám sceacan, Jud. Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 291. Wérigferðe . . .

wisc

(n.)

a marsh

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a marsh (?) Concede terram in loco qui dicitur Fearnleág (Farleigh, in Kent, by the Medway) an myclan wisce vi. æceres mǽde (and in the big marsh vi. acres of meadow (?)), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 128, 33. Similar entries Cf. Wiscleágeat, v. 179, 34

word-gecwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-gecwide, es; n.

An expressed agreement ⬩ a formal contract

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An expressed agreement, a formal contract Eal ic him gelǽste ðæt ic him scolde swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron, L. O. ii; Th. i. 182, n. Gif hit heó gehaldeþ mid ðare clǽnnisse ðe uncer wordgecwædu seondan, Chart. Th. 481, 8

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angel-twicce

(n.)
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Add: , -twecca, -twæcca, -twicca; m. Angeltwicce lutnbricus. An. Ox. 23, 19. Angeltwicca (-twicce, -twiccæ, [-twæcche], v. ll. ), Ælfc. Gl. Z. 309. Angeltwecca lacontrapis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 44. Genim angeltwæccean gehálne, Lch. ii. 44, 14. v. angol-twæcce

dynian

(v.)
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Feld dynede, Chr. 937; P. 106, 20. Dynedan and þunedan crepitabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 17. Dynigende concrepans, An. Ox. 7, 104. Dynigendum crepante, 8, 5. Dynegendum, 7, 11. Hors urnon þurh þá díca dynigende mid fótum, Hml. S. 27, 39. Add

fleard

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Wicked folly, absurd error Unwemme flearde immunis (ab illecebrarum) colludio, An. Ox. 1517. Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande ábúton stán oððe treów oððe wille oððe swilces ǽnige fleard (any wicked follies of a like kind), Ll. Th. ii. 298, 17. Substitute

forhtiendlic

fearful ⬩ timorous ⬩ fearful ⬩ terrible

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Substitute: fearful, timorous Þǽm forhtiendlicum meticulosis (a gloss on Ald. 6, 27, meticulosis municipibus? Cf. An. Ox. 5271), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 22. fearful, terrible Hé heora líchaman sealde tó swá swíðe forhtigendlican deáþe (in tam pavenda morte

for-scippan

(v.)
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for-scippan, to transform, change for the worse.
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Forsceóp ... þet líc ... wurdon tó hundum, An. Ox. 26, 61. Þurh ðá ofermódignesse mǽre englas on heofonum wurdon forsceapene tó atelicum deóflum, Wlfst. 145, 23. Scinnan forscepene spirits from angels changed to devils, Sat. 72. Take here for-sceoppan

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ge-healdendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdendlic, (?); adj.
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That is to be kept Þa gehealdennelicun (gehealdendlican ? The word glosses custodienda, and its form seems to be due to a confusion of the gerundial tó gehealdenne = custodiendus with an adjective like lufigendlic = amandins ) and þá gelóhgenlican, R

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ge-hlów

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Dele, ge-hleów, and add: bleating Se feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . hrýðra gehlówe ( balatus pecorum ), Gr. D. 185, 3. Gehlów mugitum An. Ox. 1465. Wearð hé geþreád fram þám áwyrg-dan gáste . . . and ongan beón swíðe geswænced mid gehlówum ( balatibus )

ge-scirdan

(v.)
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to injure, ruin Þá cóm atol ǽglǽca morðres mánfreá myrce gescyrded (ruined by black crime (?), cf. ic eom synnum forwundod, Sae. 131 : or (?) evil (for myrce as epithet of the devil cf. mirki ménskaðo, Hel. 1062), ruined deófol deáðreów duguðum bereáfod

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ge-wícnian

(v.)
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ge-wícnian, p. ode
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To discharge an office (wíce), do service, be steward (wícnere) Twá mynecena wǽron . . . þám gewícnode sum eáwfæst man on woruldcarum ( duae sanctimoniales feminae . . . quite quidam religiosus vir ad exterioris vitae usum praebebat obsequium, Gr. D.

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ge-tynglic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tynglic, ge-tyngelic; adj.
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elegant of speech Mid ðám getingelicum (printed getingetinc) urbene (the Latin is: Quis valet urbanus laudes sermone polito fari, Ald. 165, 14), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 58. rhetorical Getinclices [cræftes] rhetoricae [artis ], An. Ox. 3357. Þǽm getingelícum

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gneáþness

(n.)
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gneáþness, gneádness, e; f.
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frugality, moderation in a person Gneáðnys (gneád-, Hpt. Gl. 494, 41) swá spærlic parsimonia tam frugalis, An. Ox. 3748. Gneáþnysse frugalitatis, i. temperantiae, 2437. scantiness of material, scarcity Ne him wǽre hwǽtes gneáðnes (genéðnys, v. l. )

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hand-wyrm

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Hondwyrm, handyrp, honduyrp briensis, Txts. 45, 320. Hondwyrm ladascapiae, briensis, 73, 1193. Handwyrme uerme (minor exiguo sulcat qui corpora uerme. Ald. 272, 31), An. Ox. 23, 50. Hondweorm uerme, i. briensis, 25, 1. (The same passage is glossed in

halan

(n.)
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Substitute for '<b>halan</b> . . . afterbirth': <b>hala</b>, an ; m. The after-birth; secundae, secundina (cf. cild-hama secundae, Wlck. Gl. 159, 31 : secundina pellis in qua concipitur infans, 677, 42), and add:

hlynnan

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Hlynþ reboat Hy. S. 8, 13. Hlynde of heofone (Dryhten) intonuit de celo Dominus, Ps. Rdr. 17, 14. Hlende in-sontierit, An. Ox. 1647. Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúde hlynede, Reim. 28. Gif þunorráde bið hlynende of eástdǽle, Archiv cxx. 47, 18. Add:

midder-niht

(n.)
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midnight On éfentíd ł on middernæht (midder [ = midre ?] næht; middum næht, L. ) sero an media nocte, Mk. R. 13, 35. Æd middernæht, Lk. p. 7, 3 : Lk. L. R. 11, 5. [Cf. Ger. mitter-nacht from O. H. Ger. zi mittern naht.] (?)

nytweorþ-ness

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Hwilc nytwyrðnes (utilitas) on mínum blóde ?, Ps. L. 29, 10. Netwearnes commoditas, An. Ox. 8, 68. Gif se hýredes ealdor tó lytele note and nytwyrðnesse (-weorþ-, v. l.) on his heorde angyt quicquid paterfamilias utilitatis minus potuerit invenire, R.

ofer-hón

(v.)
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to hang with something so as to cover an object Þæs muntes cnoll mid þeósterlicum genipum eal oferhangen wæs, Hml. Th. i. 504, 31. To him geneélǽhton sume ælþeódige men . . . oferhangene mid tóslitenum cláðum (scissis vestibus, pannis obsiti ), Gr. D

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