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feax

a bush

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Heó hire wætres bæd, and hí þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde (crines composuit), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 232, 9. Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2.

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

wéning

(n.)
Grammar
wéning, e; f.

suppositiondoubtful thoughtdoubthope expectationchance

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Homl. 213, 24. hope, expectation Bæd heó swíþe lange ðone cyningc, ðæt hé hí forlǽte on mynstre Criste þeówian, ðæt heó ða wénunge æt nýhstan ðurhteáh (so that at last her hope was realized) Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 587, 39. chance In woenunga forte, Mt.

gást-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gást-leás, adj.

Lifelessdeadexănĭmismortuus

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Lifeless, dead; exănĭmis, mortuus Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre, gingne, gástleásne they brought a dead man on a bier, young, lifeless, Elen. Kmbl. 1746; El. 875

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21

ge-unrétan

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Míne þearfan þé mildheortnesse bǽdon, and þú hý forhogedest and geunréttest, Wlfst. 258, 7. Hí wurdon ealle geunrétte ( contristati ), Gr. D. 125, 8. Add

Linked entry: un-rétan

lang-toh

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-toh, lang-tog (?), lang-togen (?); adj.
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Long-drawn, extensive Þæt lengtogran leahtras seócnyss lengre bærnð ut prolixiora uitia egrotatio prolixior exurat Scint. 161, 18. For double comparative cf. lang-fǽre

Linked entries: leng-togran -tog

ge-nyhtsumnes

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hwǽtes genihtsumnesse, óðerne for wínes, þriddan for eles, Shrn. 138, 13. a condition of plenty Wé sindon cumen tó þǽm gódan tídun . . . and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié fore gielpað, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 15. a sufficiency, sufficient supply Sum him mid bær

ge-beácn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beácn, es; n.
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Signs, movements intended to express a meaning Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drygdon, ... and siððan mid gebeácne his bletsunge bǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13

edisc-hen

(n.)
Grammar
edisc-hen, -henn, e; f.

EDISH HEN, quail cŏturnix

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AnEDISH HEN, quail ; cŏturnix Hí bǽdon, and com edischen petiērunt, et vēnit cŏturnix. Ps. Spl. 104, 38. Edeschen 'the edisse-henne,' Ps. Surt. 104, 40

Linked entries: edesc-hen ersc-hen hen

bendan

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Man Críst bænde . . . þá þe hine bændon, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 23-26. Gif man gehádodne man bænde oþþe beáte, i. 348, 5. Bende, 400, 19, 21. [Icel. benda to bend

þeód-þreá

(n.)
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a great calamity Hié wordum bǽdon, ðæt him gástbona geoce gefremede wið þeódþreáum ( the injuries inflicted by Grendel ), Beo. Th. 358; B. 178. Cf. þeód-bealu

un-áspringende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspringende, adj.

Unfailing

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Unfailing Geunne mé ðæt ðis wæter sý mé tó fulwihtes bæþ unáspringende ( fiat mihi haec aqua fons baptismi indeficiens, Homl. Ass. 217, 326), Nar. 46, 9

Linked entry: á-springan

midde-winter

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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22.

líþ

(n.)
Grammar
líþ, es; n.
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Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31

sófte

(adj.)
Grammar
sófte, (sóft?); adj.

Softsoft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed soft, luxuriousgentle, not harsh, not stern

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Th. i. 566, 22. soft, luxurious Ne hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe ne on sóftum bedde L. Ælfc. C. 11; Th. ii. 280, 22. On ðam sóftum baðe Homl. Skt. i. 11, 231. gentle, not harsh, not stern Similar entries v. sófte, III.

Linked entry: un-sófte

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition,besidesIn addition to,besides

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In addition, besides Hé bǽd his þegnum, ðæt hig lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc and fórmete tóeácan (datis supra cibariis in viam), Gen. 42; 25. Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37.

wille-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wille-wæter, es; n.

Spring-water

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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14

trod

(n.)
Grammar
trod, es; n. : trodu, e; f.
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Secga ǽnigum ðara ðe tírleáses trode sceáwode, hú hé on weg ðanon feorhlástas bær. Beo. Th. 1691; B. 843

Linked entry: sealtrode

wifel

(n.)
Grammar
wifel, es; m.

A weevila beetle

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Weorp ofer bæc ðone wifel (tordwifel, l. 15) on wege; beheald ðæt ðú ne lócige æfter, 318, 19. ¶ the word seems to occur in several local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352

Linked entry: wibil

ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A societymeetingan assemblycœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23