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hǽren

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Heó gegyrede hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Add

hreófl

(adj.)
Grammar
hreófl, adj.
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Hé wæs ge dumb and hreófl (hreóf, v. l.) scabiem habebat, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 8. Add

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.
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Penitent Hé on hreówum teárum . . . Dryhtne þeówode totum se lacrimis paenitentiae . . . mancipauit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 13

lǽce-íren

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-íren, es; n.
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A lancet Hé ásette his lǽceíren ( medicinale ferramentum, id est phlebotomum ) on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 25

more

Grammar
more, moru.
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Hé leofode on wǽstene be wyrta morum lange, Hml. S. 31, 195. [v. N. E. D. more.] Add: —

múr-beám

(n.)
Grammar
múr-beám, es; m.
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A mulberry tree Hé ofslóg múrbeámas hira on forste occidit moros eorum in pruina Ps. Vos. 77, 47

ofer-prút

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-prút, ofer-prúd, ofer-prýt ?, e; f.
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Excessive pride Hí beóð þurh oferprúda alles tó rance . . . ant on módignesse tó swíðe áhofene, Wlfst. 81, 28

Linked entry: prút

pápa

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Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe . . . wræcnige hé swá wíde swá pápa him scrífe, Ll. Th. i. 346, 6. Add

scrudnian

(v.)
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Man scrutnode (strutnode, MS.) on ǽlcere stówe þǽr man hí ǽfre geáxian cúðe, Hml. S. 23, 268. Add

sin-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

swétness

Grammar
swétness, <b>. I.</b>
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Hí ealle þá stówe gemétton mid ambrosie þǽre wyrte swétnysse ( ambrosiae odore ) gefylde, Guth. Gr. 168, 130. Add

þweores

Grammar
þweores, <b>.
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</b> add Hé bið geháten ðæs deófles bearn þe wyle ǽfre ðwyres, Hex. 44, 14

un-onwendedlic

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Add: immoveable Hé ealle niht staþpolfæst and unonwendedlic þurhwunode immobilis permansit, Gr. D. 112, II. See next word

Linked entry: on-wendedlic

wæter-drync

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-drync, es; m.
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A drink of water Hé sǽede þæt man mid wæterdrinces sylene mihte him mycele ælmessan gedón, Nap. 67

weorold-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceáwung, e; f.
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A worldly spectacle -Warnion preóstas ꝥ hí ne beón betwyx woroldsceáwungum non spectaculis mundi intersint, Chrd. 76, 30

ymb-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Circumspect Hé symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll

Linked entry: ymb-seón

be-creópan

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Bebeád Alexander þǽm biscepe ꝥ hé becrupe on þæs Amones anlícnesse, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 27. Add

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, (?), berig (?); gen. ber(i)ges; pl. berig; n.
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A berry Hé ofslóh heora berig (byrig, Ps. Spl. 77, 52) occidit moros eorum , Ps. Rdr. 77, 47

riht-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
riht-munuc, es; m.

A true monk

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A true monk Beóþ rihtmunecas gif hý libbaþ be ðam geswince heora ágenra handa R. Ben. 73, 19

Linked entry: munuc

út-wǽpnedmann

(n.)
Grammar
út-wǽpnedmann, es; n.

A stranger ⬩ outsider

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A stranger, outsider Hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes ceápiaþ externorum sibi virorum amicitiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18

Linked entries: wǽpned-mann út

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