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Gréc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Gréc-land, es; n.
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Greece Dionisius gewende on ðam tíman fram Gréclande Dionysius returned at that time from Greece, Homl. Th. i. 558, 33

searu-cǽg

(n.)
Grammar
searu-cǽg, e; f.
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An insidious key Flánþracu feorh onleác searocǽgum gesóht ( of the insidious attacks of disease), Exon. Th. 170, 27; Gú. 1118

bil-hete

(n.)
Grammar
bil-hete, bill-hete, es; m. [bil, bill ensis, hete odium]

The hate of swords

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Kmbl. 156; An. 78

blǽc

(adj.)
Grammar
blǽc, adj.

Shining, pale, lividlucidus, pallidus, lividusto bleach

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An. 1264

Linked entries: blec æ-bléc

þing-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
þing-leás, adj.
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Exempt Unscyldigo and ðingleáso from ðissum synne innocentes et immunis ab hoc crimine, Rtl, 114, 7. [ O. Frs. thing-lós.]

wyn-candel(l)

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-candel(l), e; f.

A lamp that gives delight,

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A lamp that gives delight, an epithet of the sun Wyncondel wera west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 31; Gú. 1186

bóc-haga

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-haga, an; m.
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A beech-haw, an enclosure of beeches On ðone bóchagan ... on ðám siéran bóchagan, C. D. v. 70, 26, 32

dreám-lic

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Voc. ii. 78, 6: 56, 65, and add Dreámlic swinsung organica armonia, An. Ox. 3923

fille

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An. Ox. 56, 38. Fille and finul, Lch. iii. 36, 30. Genim reáde filian, 40, 17. Add

fore-burh

(n.)
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a principal town (?) Foreburga praedia (lis satis cruenta inter duo populosa praedia gerebatur, Ald. 52, 16), An. Ox. 3790. Add:

ge-ríf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríf, es ; n.
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A garment Fðtsíd gerif limus (limus vestis quae ad pedes prodmitur, Isidor, v. Nap. 25), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 45

Linked entry: -ríf

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

ge-féstran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féstran, ge-féstrian.
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to nourish Wæs geféstred uesceretur, An. Ox. 5035. Wǽre geféd, ꝥ hé wæs gefést[r]ud uesceretur, i. reficeret, 3053

Linked entry: féstran

gíslþu

(n.)
Grammar
gíslþu, (?); f.
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v. gíslian) Gísldu obsedatu (as if connected with obses and dare? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 25

helle-gást

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a spirit of hell, an infernal spirit Ꝥ hé sigor hæfde betwyh þám óþrum heliegástum, Gr. D. 189, 26. Add:

híwcúþa

(n.)
Grammar
híwcúþa, an; m.
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A member of a household Incnihtas, híwcúþan clientes, An. Ox. 870. Híwcúðum geleáfan domesticis fidei, R. Ben. I. 87, 16

Linked entry: híw-cúþ

hrím

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Hríme pruina (frigidior candente pruina, Ald. 271, 31), An. Ox. 23, 14. Add

hweól-rád

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-rád, e; f.
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A wheel-road, rut; fig. an orbit Huueólrád, hueólrád, -raat orbita, Txts. 82, 710. Hweoglrád, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 52

hwirflede

(adj.)
Grammar
hwirflede, adj.
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Rounded, round Sinewealt (and) hwyrflede teres atque rotunda (ut globus astrorum. Ald. 272, 22), An. Ox. 23, 42. Cf. hwirfling

luf-wende

(adj.)
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Add: loving, affectionate Amans homo byð lufwende man, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Lufwyndre sage amico fatu, An. Ox. 18, 26