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cwén-fugol

Grammar
cwén-fugol, (cwén- ? cf.
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Lye,' substitute Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix ) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 91

ed-recan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ed-reccan,</b> eodorcan (q. v. in Dict.); pp. edTo ruminate Edreceð, ceóweþ ruminet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 15

firwitgeorn-ness

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Voc. ii. 25, 7. Feruitgiornis, Lk. p. 3, 9. Take here fyrwetgeornnes in Dict., and add

ge-fultumend

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Gefultumend æt ǽlcere ðearfe adjutor in opportunitatibus, Ps. Th. 9, 10: 39, 21. Gefultumigend, Ps. L. 77, 35: fautor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 36. Add

geond-leóhtend

(n.)
Grammar
geond-leóhtend, es; m.
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One who gives light over or through; the word, however, is used to gloss perlustrator: O Thoma Christi perlustrator (geondleóhtend) lateris, Hy. S. 128, 12

Linked entry: leóhte

heals-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
heals-wærc, es; m. .
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Pain in the neck Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5

hleóþrere

(n.)
Grammar
hleóþrere, (? v. hleóþrian), es; m.

A rhetorician

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The passage glossed is: Versibus heroicis Prosper Rhetor insinuat Bd. l, 10; S. 48, 28) rethor Txts. 180, 4

Linked entries: leóþere hloþere

ofer-geþyld

(n.)
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what is intolerable ? On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24

Linked entry: ge-þyldo

sweotolian

(v.)
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Add: used impersonally in the beginning of documents Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige, C.D. iv. 86, 7

un-hearmgeorn

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Culfre is swíðe bylewit . . . and swíðe unhearmgeorn and unhetol óðrum. Healdan wé þás þeáwas ꝥ wé un-hearmgeorne beón and búton byternysse, Nap. 65. Add

corn-hwicce

(n.)
Grammar
corn-hwicce, an; f.
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A corn-chest Wearð gemét ðæt feoh uppon ánre cornhwyccan (-hwntccan, v. l. in three MSS. ; Thorpe incorrectly prints -hryccan), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8

Linked entries: corn-hwæcca hwicce

sárgung

(n.)
Grammar
sárgung, e; f.

Lamentation, grief

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Lamentation, grief Ðǽr is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 5. Beó ðú forþloten tó sárgungum esto pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 6

Linked entry: be-sárgung

healf-soden

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-soden, adj.

Half cooked

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Half cooked On healfsodenum mete in semicocto cibo, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 2: Med. ex Quadr. 7, 2; Lchdm. i. 356, 18

twádæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
twádæg-líc, adj.

Lasting two days

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M. 350, 32) fæsten is genóh tó healdenne biduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8

Linked entry: twidæg-líc

bæþ-stede

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Hé bær iungra manna plegan on handa tó ðám bæðstede belimpende and cliopode: 'Gehýre gé . . . se bæðstede is open,' Ap. Th. 12, 17-21. Add

wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstandresistto stand againstsucceed in opposingbe a match forrefuteto stand in the waybe a hindranceobstructpreventbe a preventiveto stand offkeep away,be absentto be hostile

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In. 31; Th. i. 122, 4 note. to be hostile Ic wiðstande ongén eów ponam faciem contra vos, Lev. 26, 17

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Th. i. 76, 23. Ðam ánum is éce weorðmynd, Exon. Th. 240, 10; Ph. 636. On weorðmynde ðara twelfa apostola, Lchdm. ii. 138, 22. Ðære dǽde tó weorðmynte in honour of the deed Ors. 6, 25 ; Swt. 276, 15.

Linked entry: wirþu

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Kmbl. iv. 45, 25. a twig used in casting lots ['Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, propertydomus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessioa villagea dwelling-placean abode, world, this worldhomedomus, domicilium, patria

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S. 1; Th. i. 432, 7: Shrn. 187, 7, 22.

á-meldian

(v.)
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Grammar á-meldian, to make known what is secret, to reveal, disclose Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest, Lch. iii. 30, 28. Ic bidde þé þaet ðú uncre sprǽce on mínum lífe nánum ne ámeldige, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 36.