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brýd-niht

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-niht, e; f.
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Bridal night, night after a wedding Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3

eást-leóde

(n.)
Grammar
eást-leóde, pl. m.
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Eastern people, orientals scare hæfde eást*-*leóda þeáwe habuerat tonsuram more orientalium, Bd. 4, 1; Sch. 339, 15

feoh-land

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-land, es; n.

Pasture-land

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Pasture-land méé geset on swýðe good feoh*-*land in loco pascuae me collocavit, Ps. Th. 22, 1

ge-sáwenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sáwenlic, ge-sawenlic ?; adj.
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Visible Hit is earfoðrecce hwæt gesáwenlicra (-sew-, v.l. ) wundra geworhte. Wlfst. 22, 14. Cf. ge-sewenlic; for-sáawenlic

ge-swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-swǽslíce, adv.
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Kindly, lovingly þá besárgode ðǽre sorh-fullan méder. and geswǽslíce hire sunu cyste. Hml. Th. ii. 150, 18

Linked entry: swǽslíce

ge-talian

(v.)
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Add: to account, consider to be so and so bið untwýlíce mynetcýpa getalod, Hml. Th. i. 412, 16

ge-edwyrpan

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

læst

(n.)
Grammar
læst, e; f.
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A fault, sin Wé sceolon biddan georne God þæt úre neóda gecnáwe and úre læsta gebéte, Nap. 41

láþ-leás

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Ǽr sý láðleás (lǽeth;leás, Ll. Th. i. 164, 17) wið ǽlce hand, Ll. Lbmn. 144, 13. Add

Linked entry: lǽþ-leás

ofer-flówedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-flówedlic, adj.
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Superfluous warnie hine sylfne be oferflówedlicum (superfluo) leahtre, Chrd. 121, 37. Ús oferflówedlice þing fram áwurpan, Nap. 49

of-þylman

(v.)
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to choke, suffocate symlede set his beódgereordum ꝥ ic wæs oft swíþe neáh ofðylmed and ásmorod, Nap. 50

sealm-wyrhta

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Swá swá se sealmwyrhta cwæð, ' hit gecwæð, and þá gesceafta wǽron geworhte,' Hml. Th. i. 122, 13. Add

siccetung

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tógeihte þá teáras þám teárum and gemænig-fealdode þá sworetunga þám siccetungum, Hml. S. 23 b, 202. Add

ultor

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

unriht-gewill

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

wíd-cúþ

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

wítegendlic

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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. 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.)
Grammar
wǽg-dropa, an; m.

A wave-dropa salt tear

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