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turnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
turnigend-líc, adj.
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Revolving Gif seó heofon turnigendlíc ( volubile ) is, Anglia vii. 12, 109 note. v. preceding word

sáp-box

(n.)

a box for resin

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a box for resin Man sceal habban leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Anglia ix. 264, 22

Linked entry: box

wægn-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-gewǽde, es; n.

A waggon-clothcovering for a waggon

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A waggon-cloth, covering for a waggon Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, Anglia ix. 264, 4

wealh-basu

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-basu, wealh-baso,

foreign scarlet vermilion

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Wealhbasu, Anglia xiii. 29, 56

Linked entries: wealc-basu weoloc-basu

smeáþanclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþanclíce, adv.

Exactly, at large subtiliter

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Exactly, at large; subtiliter Swá wé hér bufan smeáþanclíce áwriten habbaþ Anglia viii. 309, 22

dyrstig-ness

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Temeritas, ꝥ is dyselic dyrstignys, Angl. xi. 109, 41: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 15: Hml. A. 66, 34. Dyrstynnys presumptio, Angl. viii. 331, 5. Hé wearð deád for þǽre dyrstignysse ꝥ hé dorste onginnan þǽra sácerda þénunga, Hml. A. 59, 188.

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Swá hwylc Sunnan-dæg swá þǽr byð gehendost, Angl. viii. 329, 12. of scrutiny, closely Béda and Rabanus þe wel gehende an ásmeádun ymbe þisum cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 13. of kinship, association, &c.

stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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with reference to words, silently. not out loud, to oneself Hlúddre stefne and óþre stillíce ( a 'legem pone' usque 'defecit') alta uoce, et cetera silenter, Angl. xiii. 412, 673: 670: 384, 266.

gér

(n.)
Grammar
gér, es; n.

a yearannus

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Recd. 139, 23. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gér a year, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gér a year, as,- RUNE [gér] byþ gumena hiht, ðonne God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte blǽda beornum

bótettan

(v.)
Grammar
bótettan, p. te

To repair

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Bytlian, bótettan (printed bote atan), týnan to build, repair, fence, Angl. ix. 261, 10

cneówung

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Cneówuncge genuflectione, Angl. xiii. 433, 977. Mid cneówunge genu flexo, 434, 994.

dirige

(n.)
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Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]

fore-wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wítegung, e; f.

Foretellingprophesying

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S. 29, 97: Angl. iii. 110, 104, 115. Forewítegunga praesagiorum, An. Ox. 431

Linked entry: wítegung

ge-húslian

(v.)
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Þæne hí beóþ gehús-lude dum communicantur Angl. xiii, 425, 860. Þá cild man here tó mæssan, ꝥ hyg beón gehúslode, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 13

ge-fædlíce

(adv.)
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Miht ðú ásmeágan hú gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add

meagol-ness

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Nú gerýst hyt tó swutelianne niid ealre heortan meagolnysse hwanon hé cóm, Angl. viii. 325, 37. Wé sceolon þǽre micclan lufan úrum Drihtne singallíce þancian ǽghwæþer ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum ge eác mid ealre heortan meagolnysse, Hml. A. 153, 39.

lín

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Hí befealdan hí mid líne uoluant crucem sindone, Angl. xiii. 421, 808. Hé onféng líne (linteum) and hine mid begyrde, Hml. A. 155, 92, 103. [v. N. E. D. line.] Add: —

sǽ-flód

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Of xi. níhta ealdum mónan weaxeð se sǽflód oþ .xviii. nihta ealdum mónan, Angl. xi. 6, § 5

á-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
á-wemman, p. de.

to disfigureto defile

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to disfigure Decennovennalis ... ys gecíged of þrým áwemmedum dǽlum (component parts altered from the forms of the original words), ꝥ ys of decem and novem and annalis, Angl. viii. 325, 17. to defile ꝥ mín sáwle ne seó áwæmmod Hml. A. 172, 63

stodle

(n.)
Grammar
stodle, (-a; m. ?), an ; f.
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A slay, part of a loom Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . stodlan, Anglia ix. 263, 11