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lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Ne sí munece álýfed þæt hé ǽnig gewrit oððe sende oððe lác fram hyra mágum underfón nullatenus liceat monacho a parentibus suis litteras, eulogias vel quelibet munuscula accipere, R. Ben. 87, 11. Dele: in tie instances given here lác = lácnung.

of-settan

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Hé wæs ofseted and geswænced mid hefigre mettrumnesse his líchaman qui cum gravi molestia corporis fuisset depressus, Gr. D. 298, 3. Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett, Hml. Th. i. 614, 20. Wurdon hí ealle mid ógan ofsette, Hml.

irmen-þeóde

(n.)
Grammar
irmen-þeóde, pl.
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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

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.

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

fnæd

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Heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu, 394, 12. Fnæda, Hml. 8, 31, 570. Sume heora fnada (fimbrias) gemiccliaþ, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add

Geóla

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Take here <b>Iúla</b> in Dict., and add Ianuarius, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde se æftera Geóla; ꝥ bið se ǽresta geáres mónað mid Rómwarum and mid ús, Shrn. 47, 15. Ianuarius . . . on Englisc se æfterra Geóla, Lch. ii. 214, 20

gilm

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Take here <b>gelm</b> in Dict., and add: a wk. pl. occurs Genim þǽre ilcan wyrte gódne gelm, Lch. ii. 30, 23 : 60, 5. Gylma manipu-lorum An. Ox. 5252. Gilmum fasciculi's 7, 270. Gylmas manipulos, i. fasces 3431. Gilman, 2366

Ligora-ceaster

(n.)
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Leicester Rád se here út of Ligeraceastre, and brǽcon þone friþ, Chr. 917; P. 98, 2 : 921 ; P. 101, 6. Æt Ligraceastre (Legra-, Ligran-, v. ll. ), 918; P. 105, 22. On Legraceastre, 943; P. 111, 16. Eádmund Myrce geeóde . . .

on-fundenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fundenness, e; f.

experience, experiment ⬩ finding out, discovery

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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

þancol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þancol-mód, adj.

Having the mind addicted to thought, ⬩ of acute mind, ⬩ wise, ⬩ intelligent

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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

ge-dragan

(v.)

to draw, drag

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Here the form belongs to gedragan, but the meaning points to gedreógan; perhaps gedrcóg should be read

Linked entry: dragan

á-sécan

to seek out ⬩ search for ⬩ to search through ⬩ explore

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Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore Hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note

Linked entry: on-sécan

á-wendendlic

Grammar
á-wendendlic,
Similar entries
v. á-wendedlic
.
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Ðæt ylce swurd wæs áwendendlic the sword might be turned aside, Hex. 28, 3. Mid áwendenlicum méce romphea versatili, An. Ox. 1151.

bytme

(n.)
Grammar
bytme, (-ne), byþne, an ; f.
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Hé sæt ofer þǽre bytman þæs scipes, Gr. D. 347, 23. the head of a dale. Cf. Icel. botn On byttman díc, C. D. iv. 39, 7. On bitnan burnan, v. 84, 8. On ðǽre dæne bytnan, 78, 12: 137, 35

Linked entries: byþne bytne botm

wæl-not

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-not, es; m.

A fatal mark ⬩ a mark that brings death ⬩ a rune that brings death,

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lífes tiligan; áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas, Salm.

Linked entry: not

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.