gold-frætwe
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Reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne and mid goldfrætwum and mid gimcynnum ástǽned, Wlfst. 263, 3. Add
sumer-bóc
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a lectionary for the summer Brihtríc hæfð . . . .i. mæssebóc and winterrǽdingbóc and sumerbóc, Nap. 60
wan-hálness
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On geogoðe and on ylde, on gesundfulnysse and on wanhálnesse, Archiv cxxi. 46, 9. Add
ofer-mǽtu (o)
Excess, presumption
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Excess, presumption Ádríf fram mé dysig and ofermǽto and sile mé wísdóm. Shrn. 169, 16
be-fician
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Swician and befician and mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian, Ll. Th. ii. 320, 25. Add
trum
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Wæs eft swá ǽr on his líce trum, Andr. Kmbl. 2953; An. 1479. Heorot hornum trum. Beo. Th. 2742 ; B. 1369. Eofor tóþmægenes trum, Menol. Fox 499; Gn. C. 20.
ge-hergian
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Hí námon menn and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan, and gewendon him tó Baldewines land, and sealdon þǽr þet hí gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13.
regollíce
Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)
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Ðæt biscopas and abbudas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan tó rihte gebúgan and regollíce libban, L. Eth. v. 4;Th. i. 304, 27. Sacerd ðe régollíce libbe, L. C. E. 5;Th. i. 362, 8.
ge-metfæstnys
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Ðæt sý mid micelre gemetfæstnesse and gestæþþignesse gedón ipsum cum summa gravitate et moderatione honestissime fiat, 67, 14. moderation in food, temperance Gang hé tó his gereorde and mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse his góda brúce, and ná
on-uppan
upon, on ⬩ besides, over and above
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Hí lédon hyra reáf uppan hig, and setton hyne onuppan, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 7. Hí gemétton fýr and fisc onuppon, Homl. Th. ii. 292, 4. besides, over and above Hé hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan, and onuppan ágenne bróðor and his módor ofbeátan, Met. 9, 28
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GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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Fiórþe half gird three yards and a half, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 2. Landes sumne dǽl ðæt is án gyrd a certain portion of land, that is the fourth part of a hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 260, 32: 263, 7.
medu-drenc
Mead
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Mead Ðonne biþ heom heora meodudrenc wín and beór eall tó écum þurste áwend then shall their mead and wine and beer all be turned for them to eternal thirst, Wulfst. 245, 4
flǽsc-sand
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A portion or dish of meat Gif man næbbe smeámettas, sylle man twám and twám twá flǽscsande; and tó heora ǽfen-þenunge sylle man twám and twám flǽscsande oððe óðre smeámettas, Nap. 23
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ofer-swíðe
Over-much, too much
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Over-much, too much Sý hé snotor and ná oferswíðe ne þreáge, R. Ben. 121, 3. Ða heáfodmen lufedon swíðe and oferswíðe gítsunge on golde and on seolfre. Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 5
ge-mearcian
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</b> to mark a place so as to know it again :-- Hé þǽr tácen ásette and þá stówe gemearcode posito ibi signo, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch. 231, 6. <b>II b.</b> to mark an object so that it may serve as an index.
CUNNAN
to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse
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The pp. generally takes the weak form, in Anglo-Saxon as well as in the cognate words; but strong and weak forms are both found, in A. Sax. the strong on-cunnen, and the weak cúþ, and in M. H. Ger. the strong ver-kunnen, and the weak kunt.
for-scrífan
to condemn
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Eggjar ek deyfi mínna andskota, bítað þeim vápn an velir, Hávamál 58) Áwríteð hé on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstáfas, bill forscrífeð méces mǽrðo he (an evil spirit) writes on his weapon a number of deadly marks, baleful letters, he blunts the
for-sweorcan
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Gl. 185, and add Seó sunne forswyrcð sóna on morgen Titan tenebrescit in ortu, Dóm. L. 108: Wlfst. 137, 11. Ásweartad, forsworcen fuscatus, i. denigratus, obnubilatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 (cf. An. Ox. 2, 369 infra).
hǽwen
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Hacele hǽwen subucula iacinthina, An. Ox. 5318 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 56. Héwen (ex) iacintho, 77, 19. Hǽwen, hiacincto, viridis, An. Ox. 35, 2. Hǽwenre deáge, 1058. Þá hǽwnan sǽs marmora glauca, Wrt.
út-laga
An outlaw
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An outlaw Útlaga exlex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 62; Zup. 70, 5: exul, 9, 10; Zup. 39, 14: Wrt. Voc. 1. 50, 58: 74, 26. Hé scel beón útlaga wið mé, Wulfst. 296, 10. Útlagen (-an? -ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L.