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á-cumba

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Ácumb stuppa, Germ. 391, 20. Ácumba putamina, An. Ox. 3293: s[t]uppea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 9. Naptarum heordena ácumba, 59, 48. Ácumban putamine, An. Ox. 3728. Ácuman putamina, 2, 187. Ðá hét se undergeréfa ontendan hí mid ácuman, Hml. S. 4, 333. Add

scearp

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Add Tó þám ꝥ hí þe scearpran on þǽre sóðan Godes lufu hí æteówdon, Hml. S. 23 b, 94. <b>VI a.</b> add :-- Godes word is cucu and scearp innan lǽrende þis mennisce andgyt, Hml. S. 23 b, 595

stincan

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Add Ic wundrige þearle hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wymsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincaþ, Hml. S. 34, 105. Stincendre sealfe nardi spirantis, An. Ox. 314. Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4,

æf-ǽst

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ǽst, es; n.

Envy ⬩ invidia

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Envy; invidia Bútan æfǽste sine invidia, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 13

æl-þeódung

(n.)
Grammar
æl-þeódung, e; f.

A being or living abroad ⬩ peregrinatio

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A being or living abroad; peregrinatio, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 15

be-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled [be, fyllan to fill]

To fill ⬩ fill up ⬩ adimplere

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To fill, fill up; adimplere Befyllan Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 26

Linked entries: a-fyllan be-fellan

cradol

(n.)

a cradle

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a cradle L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 420, 1, MS. B

eatogeða

(num.; adj.)

eighth

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eighth Seó eatogeðe the eighth, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, note 10

fóre-timbrigende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fóre-timbrigende, part.

Building before ⬩ shutting up ⬩ præclūdens

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Building before, shutting up; præclūdens, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 31, note

fór-radian

(v.)

to hasten before ⬩ prevent

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to hasten before, prevent, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 23, 4: 24, 6

fóþ

Grammar
fóþ, pl. impert. of fón, q. v

take

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take; On fóþ hine accĭpĭte eum, Bd. 5, 13; S.633, 14

meter-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
meter-cræft, es; m.

The art of versification ⬩ ars metrica

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The art of versification; ars metrica, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 25

Norþ-Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-Mirce, pl.

The North-Mercians

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The North-Mercians Wið Norþ-Myrcum, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 37

ge-stæððines

(n.)
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consistency, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 47: Shrn. 168, 2: 175, 28

Linked entry: ge-stæððignes

gýmeleásnys

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleásnys, se; f.

Carelessness ⬩ negligentia

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Carelessness; negligentia Forþgewitenum gýmeleásnyssum præteritas negligentias, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 5

ge-mǽnan

Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>; I.</b>
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Hú earfeðlíce hí hit gemǽnað, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 19. Add

ge-beran

Grammar
ge-beran, <b>; II 2.</b>
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Mín sunu, ic ðé tó men gebær, Hml. S. 25, 175. Add

ge-bringan

Grammar
ge-bringan, <b>; II.</b>
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Gebringe þe se Hǽlend tó hyre hafenleáste, Hml. S. 3, 187. Add

bétte

(v.; part.)

corrected

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corrected, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 25; Similar entries p. of bétan

be-wépnian

(v.)

to unweapon, disarm

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to unweapon, disarm, L. C. S. 61, titl; Th. i. 408, 16

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