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gold-gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gold-gearwe, pl.
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Gold ornaments Ðára goldgearwo wlænco þe hé his líchaman oferflównesse mid frætwað, Nap. 34

Linked entry: gearwe

helle-cǽge

(n.)
Grammar
helle-cǽge, an; f. [Under cǽg the weak fem. cǽge has been incorrectly deleted; it should be restored]
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Hé bereð helleciégan (cf. seó cǽge, 20) on handa, Verc. Först. l 28, 5

Linked entry: cæg

hyse-cild

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Hé ofslóh ealle ðá hysecild occidit omnes pueros, Hml. Th. i. 80, 15. Add

searu-mete

(n.)
Grammar
searu-mete, es; m.
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Food skilfully prepared, a dainty, delicacy Hé fylde his wambe mid searumettum, Nap. 57

sylhðe

(n.)
Grammar
sylhðe, es; n.
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A team of oxen Hé geann Godríce an sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4

þefian

(v.)
Grammar
þefian, For the second passage substitute
Entry preview:

Hé ongann on his geþance þefian aestuare coepit in cogitatione, Gr. D. 64, 3

þurh-smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smirwan, þurh-smirian
Entry preview:

to anoint thoroughly Hé mid ele and mid crísman mé þurhsmyrede, Wlfst. 229, 3

Linked entry: smirwan

un-girwan

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Hé ungyrede (on-, v.l.) hine his hrægle exutus indumento, Gr. D. 101, 14. Add

un-oferswíþed

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Hé ne lét ná of gebedum his unoferswíðdan gást, Hml. S. 31, 1357. Add

Linked entry: ofer-swíþan

be-swápan

Grammar
be-swápan, <b>; I.</b>
Entry preview:

Ic Heróde in hyge bisweóp ꝥ hé Ióhannes bibeád heáfde beheáwan, Jul. 294. Add

be-tellan

Grammar
be-tellan, <b>I a</b> 1.
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Bútan hé hine mid gesceáde betelle nisi ad excusandum rationabiliter , Chrd. 85, 14. Add

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Ðæt hé nánum men ne ólicce in nullius se debeat favorem declinare, 383, 12. Gif hí lytles hwæt habbaþ, þonne beþurfon hí ꝥ hí óleccan þǽm æfter friþe þe máre habbað . . . swá hé máre hæfþ, swá hé má monna óleccan sceal, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 28-33.

irmen-þeóde

(n.)
Grammar
irmen-þeóde, pl.
Entry preview:

Sax. ik allun skal irmin-thiodun dómós adélian I shall judge all the nations of the world, Hel. 3316.]

níd-cleofa

(n.)
Grammar
níd-cleofa, -clafa (?), an; m.

A prison

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Ðá wæs carcernes duru behliden . . . symle heó wuldorcyning herede in ðam nýdclafan, Exon. Th. 256, 31; Jul. 240

on-fundenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fundenness, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 145, 49: experientia, 145, 52. finding out, discovery Ðú ásettest rǽdels gehýr ðú ða onfundennesse ymbe ðæt ðú cwǽde you have set a riddle, hear the meaning discovered of what you have said, Ap. Th. 4, 22

stearclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stearclíce, adv.
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Strongly, vigorously, vehemently, fiercely Ðá gewende se here tó Lundene and ða buruh útan embsæt and hyre stearclíce (cf stranglíce, MS.

þancol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þancol-mód, adj.
Entry preview:

Seó gleáwe hét hyre þínenne þancolmóde heáfod onwríðan, Jud. Thw. 24, 5; Jud. 172. Ealle witen eorðbúende þoncolmóde ðæt hí ðǽr ne sint, Met. 19, 14

weriend

(n.)
Grammar
weriend, werigend, es; m.
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Utan lufian úre cyrican, for ðam heó bið úre friðiend and werigend, Wulfst. 239, 7. Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43

Linked entries: wergend werigend

Wir-healh

(n.)
Grammar
Wir-healh, gen. -heales; pl. -healas; m.

Wirral ⬩ the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey

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Wirral, the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey Fór se here of Wírheale (-healan, v. l.) in on Norð-Wealas, Chr. 895; Th. i. 170, 171.

Linked entry: healh

á-blindian

(v.)
Grammar
á-blindian, p. ode
Entry preview:

Heo ablindeð in þe inre eien, A. R. 92. O. H. Ger. ar-blindén : Ger. er-blinden.]

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