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smeágendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeágendlíce, adv.
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Searchingly, exactly þá smeágendlíce áxiende ongeat requirens subtiliter agnovit, Gr. D. 172, 14. Cf. smeálíce

sporu

(n.)
Grammar
sporu, a heel.
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and add spearn hine mid his spuran hunc calce pulsavit, Gr. D. 254, 27

þearlwíslíce

(adv.)
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Þonne sceáwiað myccle þearlwíslícor þá tintregu quanto districtius tormenta respiciunt, Gr. D. 336, 21. Add

un-geendodlic

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Add: that is without end, endless þurhwunað in þám ungeændedlican wíte. Gr. D. 264, 7

Linked entry: endod-lic

un-gefylledlic

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For his ungefylledlican hátheortnesse insatiabili furore, Gr. D. 197, 12. Ungefylledlecre, Ps. Vos. 100, 5. Add

Linked entry: ge-fylledlic

un-getreówness

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Benedictus cídde þám ungehýrsuman munuce for his ungetreównesse (untreównesse, v.l. infidelitate), Gr. D. 160, 5. Add

un-gewénedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewénedlic, adj.
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Unexpected Wæs se biscop swíðe gefeánde for þǽre ungewénedlican blisse (inopinata exultatione), Gr. D. 347, 18

un-scrýdan

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Add: with dat. of garment þá unscrýdde his reáfe exutus indumento, Gr. D. 101, 13

wælgrimlíce

(adv.)
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geseah þone munuc wælgrimlíce ( crudeliter ) fram deófle geswænced, Gr. D. 161, Ii : 187, 22. Add

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.
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Add In þá heordnesse and weard heora sylfra eádmódnesse in custodiam humilitatis. Gr. D. 205, 10

weorod-ness

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Þá him mid mycelre werednysse (wyn-samnysse. v.l. dulcedine) sealde, Gr. D. 25, 18. Add

wisnian

(v.)
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Heó weosnað and brosnaþ in hire sylfre in semet-ipsa marcescet. Gr. D. 134, 2. Add

fyrs-gára

(n.)
Grammar
fyrs-gára, an; m.

A triangular piece of land covered with furze

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A triangular piece of land covered with furze On ðane fyrsgáran, C. D. iv. 8, 35

Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing] forþférde and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here, A. D. 925, king Edward died, and Athelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom.

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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a leaping-place, a place to be jumped over (v. N. E. D. deer-leap a lower place in a hedge or fence where deer may leap) On hinde-hlýp; of hinde-hlýpe, C. D. iv. 19, 24.

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

dǽge

(n.)
Grammar
dǽge, an; f. A maker of bread, baker
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Voc. i. 288, 63-67. Godwíg hæfð geboht Leófgife þá dǽgean (dágean, C. D. iv. 271, 16) æt t Áne dǽgan, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. [v. N. E. D. dey. Icel. deigja a dairy maid. Cf. Goth. deigan to knead.] Cf. dáh dough

-hǽme

(suffix)
Grammar
-hǽme, pl. m.
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This form is found in many words denoting the inhabitants of places whose names end in -hám, e, g. Æschǽma gemǽru, C. D. iv. 70, 26.lt;i>For a list ofswch words see Cht. Craw. 116. Also the form -hǽmingas Wanhǽminga gemǽre,C. D. v. 264, l.

aac

(n.)
Grammar
aac, e; f.

An oak

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An oak Aac-tún Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, Cod. Dipl. 75 ; A. D. 727; Kmbl. i. 90, 19

Linked entry: Ác-tún

gearo-wita

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Add: (gearo-wite?) Orþanclic wíse and gearawite (gearewyta, v.l.) argumentum non apparentium, Gr. D. 269, 14

freó

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Add Geboren of freón (freógum, v.l.) and of æþelum cynne liberiori genere exortus, Gr. D. 95, 10