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ýþ-lida

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-lida, an; m.
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A wave-traverser, a ship Hé hét him ýðlidan gódne gegyrwan, Beo. Th. 399; B. 198

ymb-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-lǽdan, p. de
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10

be-spanan

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Hé wile áwendan of rihtan geleáfan and be-spanan tó his unlárum, Wlfst. 95, 15. Add

dryht-weorþ

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dryht-weorþ, adj. -weorþa, an; m. Divine; a divine, theologian [as epithet of St. John (θεολόγος)]
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Se drihtwurðe (Iohannes) theologe, Hy. S. 126, 14. Ióhannes se drihtwurða wrítere, Hml. S. 15, 200

féster-módor

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Lǽswede heó hire féstermódor sceápum, Shrn. 101, 15. Add

for-corfian

(v.)
Grammar
for-corfian, (?)

to cut off

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to cut off Ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne (-ceorfedne, -corfenne, v. ll.) hæfde, Past. 198, 17

Linked entry: corfian

full-rípod

(adj.)
Grammar
full-rípod, adj.
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Mature Þeán hý fulrípode sýn and wel áfandode ( gravissimi et probatissimi senes ), R. Ben. 139, 9

ge-stence

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Heó hafað trumne wyrtruman and swýþe ge-stencne (ge-stæncne, v.l. ), Lch. i. 284, 19. Add

ge-wreón

(v.)
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to cover, clothe Hwæt drincaþ wé, oþþe hú beóþ wé gewrigene ( operiemur )?, Mt. R. 6, 31

hwælen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwælen, adj.
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Of the nature of a whale Hé is onmiddan hwælen, Sal. 263.. See Angl. i. 153

holing

(n.)
Grammar
holing, e; f.
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Digging, excavation Þá ongunnon hí on þám stán-clife hwylcehugu holinga dón, Gr. D. 113, II

in-dígolness

(n.)
Grammar
in-dígolness, e; f.
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A secret place Hé ásette ðýstro his indiégelnesse posuit tenebras latibulum suum, Ps. Rdr. 17, 12

mixen

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Him (Yob) wæs his myxen forlǽten ꝥ hé þǽruppan sittan mihte, Hml. S. 30, 200. Add

snáwig

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Kł Ianuarius gif hé biþ on Sæternesdæg, þonne biþ snáwig winter, Archiv cxx. 298, 18. Add

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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Gif hé (thunder) bið súð gehéred, sé bécnað cininges wífes cwealm, Archiv cxx. 47, 22. Add

sweoloþ-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sweoloþ-hát, adj.
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Burning hot Swoloð[át] squalida, fýrh[át] torrida, sunh[át] soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 202-205

swic-dóm

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Þá ðe mid mislicum swicdómum hí sylfe and óðre forpǽrað, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 32. Add

tam

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Se wulf folgode forð mid þám heáfde, swylce hé tam wǽre, Hml. S. 32, 162. Add

tilia

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Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia, Hml. S. 16, 179. Add

un-ástyrigendlic

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Hé stód þǽr ealle þá niht unástyrigendic (-onstyrgendlic, v.l.) immobilis perstitit, Gr. D. 225, 4. Add

Linked entries: un-onstyrigendlíc á-styrigendlic

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