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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-witod

(adv.)
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certainly Hwylces leánes hym wénan magon, and eác wénan ne þurfon, ac witod witan, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 16

hádelíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: In respect to person God . . . án myhtylíce and þrylic hádelice Deus . . . unus potentialiter, trinusque personaliter, Hy. S. 29, 13

hring-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hring-mǽl, es; n.
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. . . hringmǽl gebrægd, 1564. See next word

Linked entry: wunden-mǽl

lǽþan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþan, to cause to be hateful, cause a person (dat.)
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to shun Eal þæt forbeóde and his gingrum lǽþe omnia que discipulis docuerit esse contraria R. Ben. 11, 18

leger-fæst

Grammar
leger-fæst, For 'R. Ben . . . Lye'
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substitute Ealle fram flǽscǽte forhæbben bútan þám wanhálum and þám legerfæstum ( prefer debiles et aegrotos ), R. Ben. 64, 7

meaht-loc

(n.)
Grammar
meaht-loc, es; n.
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A bolt of might Ne wáciað þás geweorc, ac wel healdað, stondað stídlíce bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 88

nafu-bor

(n.)
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an auger sceal fela tóla tó túne tilian . . . æcse, adsan . . . sage, . . næfebor, Angl. ix. 263, 3. Cf. nafu-gár

Linked entry: næfe-bor

ofer-þearf

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Ágan þá yldran on Crístenum folce ðæs oferþearfe, þæt heora gingran Gode gestrýnan. Wlfst. 38, 23: 301, 15. Add

ofostlíce

(adv.)
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hét ofeslíce leahtra leáse in þæs leádes wylm scúfan, Jul. 582. Add

on-lóciend

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Hyre byrigen is swutol eallum onlóciendum, Hml. Th. i. 440, 13. gehyrte eallum onlócigendum, Hml. S. 22, 140. Add

sicera

(n.)
Grammar
sicera, an; m.
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Intoxicating drink; sicera Ne drincon . . . siceran. Sicera . . . is ǽlces cynnes drinc . . . þe man of druncnian mæg, Chrd. 74, 6

strúdigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
strúdigendlíce, adv.
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Rapaciously, greedily Gif ofermódlíce and andiendlíce and strúdgendlíce his líf drohtnað si superbe, si inuidę uiuat, Chrd. 108, 18

tídlíce

(adv.)
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tídlíce, <b>;
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</b> add his gelaþunge ðæs ful tídlíce of ðǽra gedwolmanna gedreccednysse áhredde, Hml. S. 23, 407

un-gewidere

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ne mihte ná gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add

wundrung

Grammar
wundrung, <b>. I.</b>
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add: — Wiþ lungenádle, genim þǽre sylfan wyrte seáw, syle drincan; mid heálicre wundrunge bið gehǽled, Lch. i. 96, 10

wæccend

(n.)
Grammar
wæccend, (?), es; m.

A watcherwatchman

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A watcher, watchman Ne mæg cynlíce wæccend ... weard gehealdan in vanum vigilant qui custodiunt eam, Ps. Th. 126, 2

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
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ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]

to sleep

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to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

geswincfulnys

(n.)
Grammar
geswincfulnys, -nyss, e; f.

Sorrowafflictiontribulationtrībŭlātio

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Sorrow, affliction, tribulation; trībŭlātio Of eallum geswincfulnyssum he gehǽlde hine de omnĭbus trībŭlātiōnĭbus ejus salvābit eum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 7

hiw-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-beorht, hiow-; adj.

Bright of hue, beautiful in form or colour

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Bright of hue, beautiful in form or colour, Elen. Kmbl. 145; El. 73: Cd. 14; Th. 17, 27; Gen. 265

twi-férlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
twi-férlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To dissociate

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To dissociate Ða ðe sylfe fram sóðre lufe twyférlǽcaþ (-eþ, MS.) qui semetipsos a caritate dissociant, Scint. 6, 8