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stær-blind

(adj.)
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Arrianus wearð slagen mid sæmnedlicre blindnesse, swá ꝥ hé eallunga stærblind wæs gelǽded mid fræmdum handum Arrianus subita caecitate percussus est, atque alienis manibus ad suum habitaculum reductus, Gr. D. 235, 3.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

A species of money introduced by the Danes

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Icel. eyrir, the eighth part of a mark) þolie twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 16. Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11.

ort-geard

(n.)
Grammar
ort-geard, es; m.

An orchard, garden

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Beóþ hyra orcerdas mid æpplum áfyllede, Lchdm. iii. 252, 22. Seó eorþe stód mid holtum ágrówen . . . mid æppelbǽrum treówum and mid orcgeardum, Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 6

Linked entries: orc-eard ord-ceard

pumic

(n.)
Grammar
pumic, es; m.
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Pumice Of felle áscafen mid pumice, Lchdm. ii. 100, 15

glitenung

(n.)
Grammar
glitenung, e; f.

A flashgleam

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A flash, gleam Mid glitenungum coruscationem, Ps. Spl. 143, 8

unriht-hǽmdere

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmdere, es; m.

An adulterer

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An adulterer Mid unrehthǽmderum cum adulteris, Ps. Surt. 49, 18

Linked entry: hǽmdere

eówocig

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Mid eówcigre wulle, Lch. ii. 182, 4. Eówecigre, 18. Add

etol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
etol-ness, e; f.

Gluttonyvoracity

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Gluttony, voracity Ettulnysse mid leahtre edacitatis vitio, Scint. 55, 6

Linked entry: ettulnys

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200

hnesc-ness

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Mið hnescnissurn gewéded mollibus vestitum Mt. L. II. 8. Add

hwiscettung

(n.)
Grammar
hwiscettung, e; f.
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Squeaking Mid músa hwiscetunge stridores soricum Gr. D. 185, 4

lácnigend-lic

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Mid lácniendlicum tólum instrumentis medicinalibus, Hpt. Gl. 478, 2. Add

metfæst-ness

(n.)
Grammar
metfæst-ness, e ; f.
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Modesty Mid metfæstnesse cum modestia, R. Ben. I. 55, 6

sin-rǽden

Grammar
sin-rǽden, sin-rǽdenn.
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Ðá þe bióð gebundne mid sinrǽdenne, Past. 18, 18. Add

cancer

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Add: — Gestanden mid cancre þǽre wunde, Gr. D. 279, 27

rósig

(adj.)
Grammar
rósig, adj.

Rosy

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Rosy Mid róseum hiwe ofergoten, Homl. Th. ii, 334, 30

hlædel

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Wæterseáþes wǽg, þaenne wé mid hlædele, [ꝥ is mid] hlædtrendle úp hladan cisternę limpham, quam anthlia, hoc est rota hauritoria exanthlamus, i. haurimus, An. Ox. 501. Man sceal habban ... cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Add

lactuca

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Gif se ríca ágylte, þreá hine; þonne ytst þú þíne eástru mid grénum lactucum, mid biternesse. ꝥ wát eall ceorlisc folc ꝥ gréne lactucas beóð bitere; swá synt þá rícan men tó þreágenne, Angl. viii. 323, 22. Add

sáwel-sceatt

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Þis is Alfwoldes bisceopes cwyde, ꝥ is ðæt hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda intó þám mynstre intó Crydiantúne him tó sáulsceatte mid mete and mid mannum swá hit stent bútan wíteþeówum mannum, Cht. Crw. 23, 3. Add

bláwan

Grammar
bláwan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of a place,
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317

Linked entry: blǽd