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ultor

(n.)
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a vulture Se ultor sceolde forlǽtan ꝥ hé ne slát þá lifre Tyties, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 2

unriht-gewill

(n.)
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Evil desire Þ hí þý éð mægen heora unrihtgewill forðbringan. Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 26

wíd-cúþ

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Add Sé þe ácenned bið, wídcuð hé bið luna xxiii qui natus fuerit, vulgaris erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5

wítegendlic

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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add

ed-hwirfan

(v.)
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to return On gemynd ædhwyrfe ( redeat ) unrihtwísnes fædera his, Ps. Rdr. 108, 15. Hé edhwyrfte recalcitravit, p. 288, 15

Linked entry: hwirfan

sár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
sár-spell, es; n.

A sorrowful speech, a lament

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Th. 458, 6; Hy. 4, 96

wǽg-dropa

(n.)
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wǽg-dropa, an; m.

A wave-drop ⬩ a salt tear

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Hé háte lét teáras geótan, weallan wǽgdropan, Exon. Th. 165, 17; Gú. 1030

riht-gefremed

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-gefremed, adj.

Rightly constituted, orthodox

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Rightly constituted, orthodox Forðon ðe hé Wilfriþ rihtgefremedne gemétte quia catholicum Vilfridum comperit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 34

on-scǽgan

(v.)

to mock, deride, reproach

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to mock, deride, reproach Hí tǽldon ł onscǽgdon (onsægdon?) ł hig hyspton mé subsannaverunt me, Ps. Lamb. 34, 16. (?)

Linked entry: scǽgan

ge-sweccan

(v.)
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ge-sweccan, p. te; pp. ed [sweccan to smell]

To smell; ⬩ odōrāri

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To smell; odōrāri Næsþyrlu hí habbaþ and ná gesweccaþ nāres hăbent et non odōrābunt, Ps. Spl. M. 113, 14

Linked entry: sweccan

gét

(v.; part.)

poured out

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poured out He gét ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fudit sanguinem super altare, Lev. 8, 24; p. of geótan

ge-þeahtian

(v.)
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ge-þeahtian, p. ode; pp. od

To take counsel ⬩ consult ⬩ consĭliāri

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To take counsel, consult; consĭliāri Geniman sáwle míne hí geþeahtodon accĭpĕre anĭmam meam consĭliāti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 30, 17

swefel-þrosm

(n.)
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swefel-þrosm, es; m.

The vapour or smoke of sulphur

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The vapour or smoke of sulphur Hé rýnde ofer synfullan sweflðrosm pluit super peccatores sulphur, Ps. Spl. 10, 7

Linked entries: þrosm swefel-réc

scild-rída

(n.)
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scild-rída, (=hreóða?), an; m.

A phalanx

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A phalanx Ðeáh hí wyrcen getruman and scyldrídan wið mé si consistant adversum me castra, Ps. Th. 26, 4

byrigen-stów

(n.)
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byrigen-stów, e; f.

A burying-place

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A burying-place He sylfa byrigenstówe worhte sibi ipse in locum sepulcri fecerat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

carited

(n.)

charity ⬩ caritas

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charity; caritas Heóld mycel carited in ðe hús held much charity in the house, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 6

ge-edwyrpan

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ge-edwyrpan, l. ge-edwirpan,
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Sóna swá hý geedwyrpte (geedewyrpte, v. l.) beóð and gestrangode ubi meliorati fuerint, R. Ben. 61, 2. and add

á-stípedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-stípedness, e; f.

Bereavement

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Bereavement Hé waes byrnende for þám heáfe þǽre ásteópnesse (-stépednesse,v. L.) orbitatis luctu aestuans. Gr. D. 165, 12

Linked entry: -stípedness

a-calan

(v.)
Grammar
a-calan, p. -cól, pl. -cólon

To become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere

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To become cold; algere, frigescere Nó acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267

æt-écan

(v.)
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æt-écan, -ycan; p. -écte; v. trans, [æt to, at, eacan to eke]

To add to ⬩ increase ⬩ addere ⬩ adjicere

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To add to, increase; addere, adjicere He ætécte addidit, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 33: Mt. Rush. Stv. 6, 27