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swétness

Grammar
swétness, <b>. I.</b>
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ealle þá stówe gemétton mid ambrosie þǽre wyrte swétnysse ( ambrosiae odore ) gefylde, Guth. Gr. 168, 130. Add

þweores

Grammar
þweores, <b>.
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</b> add bið geháten ðæs deófles bearn þe wyle ǽfre ðwyres, Hex. 44, 14

un-onwendedlic

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Add: immoveable ealle niht staþpolfæst and unonwendedlic þurhwunode immobilis permansit, Gr. D. 112, II. See next word

Linked entry: on-wendedlic

wæter-drync

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-drync, es; m.
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A drink of water sǽede þæt man mid wæterdrinces sylene mihte him mycele ælmessan gedón, Nap. 67

weorold-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceáwung, e; f.
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A worldly spectacle -Warnion preóstas ꝥ ne beón betwyx woroldsceáwungum non spectaculis mundi intersint, Chrd. 76, 30

wódheortness

(n.)
Grammar
wódheortness, e; f.
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Madness, frenzy, rage Gemunaþ þá forwurdon þe mid wódheortnesse willan tó wǽpnedrhannum hǽmed sóhton, Verc. Först. 178

ymb-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Circumspect symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll

Linked entry: ymb-seón

be-creópan

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Bebeád Alexander þǽm biscepe ꝥ becrupe on þæs Amones anlícnesse, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 27. Add

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, (?), berig (?); gen. ber(i)ges; pl. berig; n.
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A berry ofslóh heora berig (byrig, Ps. Spl. 77, 52) occidit moros eorum , Ps. Rdr. 77, 47

riht-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
riht-munuc, es; m.

A true monk

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A true monk Beóþ rihtmunecas gif libbaþ be ðam geswince heora ágenra handa R. Ben. 73, 19

Linked entry: munuc

út-wǽpnedmann

(n.)
Grammar
út-wǽpnedmann, es; n.

A strangeroutsider

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A stranger, outsider útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes ceápiaþ externorum sibi virorum amicitiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18

Linked entries: wǽpned-mann út

gǽst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-lic, (gæst- ?); adj.

Terrible, ghastly

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Terrible, ghastly Ongitan sceal gleáw hæle gǽstlic bið, þonne eall þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð, Wand. 73

briht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
briht-líce, adv.

Clearlybrightlyclaresplendide

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Clearly, brightly; clare, splendide Ðæt he brihtlíce eall geseah ut videret clare omnia, Mk. Skt. Hat. 8, 25

heáh-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdor, es; m.

A chief ruler

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A chief ruler cómon on ðæs heáhealdres hús veniunt in domum arche-synagogi, Mk. Skt. 5, 38

ofer-hlýde

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hlýde, adj.

Over-loud, noisy

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Over-loud, noisy ne sý oferhlýde on stefne, R. Ben. 30, 14. Similar entries v. preceding word

on-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-síne, -sýne; adj.

Visible

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Visible mé fore eágum onsýne wearþ, Exon. Th. 177, 17; Gú. 1228: Andr. Kmbl. 1820; An. 912

ge-smyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyltan, p. te; pp. ed [smylt serene]

To appeasequietplācāre

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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8

Linked entry: smyltan

hleór-slæge

(n.)
Grammar
hleór-slæge, -slege, es; m.

A blow on the cheek or face

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A blow on the cheek or face Hleórslægeas underféng alapas accepit, Past. 36, 9; Swt. 261, 6

twilíc-brocen

(adj.)
Grammar
twilíc-brocen, adj.

Woven of double thread and parti-coloured (?) or embroidered (?)

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Hió becwið hyre twilíbrocenan cyrtel, Chart. Th. 537, 23

Linked entry: brocen

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men onbúgan nolde, 223, 27. Warna ðé ðæt ðú hyt nǽnegum men ne secge, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 4. Ðæt nǽnigum óðrum men ne sǽde, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 3 : Blickl. Homl. 221, 16. Hié eów tó nǽnigre áre ne belimpeþ, Blickl.

Linked entry: nán