ǽfen-gereord
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Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, 99, 23
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Warsipe and wisedom wið deuel, Misc. 14, 426.]
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Germania
Germany
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The Germania of Alfred extended from the Don on the east to the Rhine and the German Ocean on the west; and from the Danube on the south to the White Sea on the north; it therefore embraced nearly the whole of Europe north of the Rhine and the Danube.
sweotol
Plain, manifest, evident, clear, patent ⬩ of what may be clearly perceived by the senses ⬩ manifest to observation, that may be noticed by all, public, open, patent ⬩ clear to the understanding, free from obscurity, plain, of proof, argument, indication, etc.
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Hit is on ús eallum swutol and gesýne, ðæt wé oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, Wulfst. 159, 5. Sweotol and geséne, Cd. Th. 170, 1; Gen. 2806. Hé wundra fela weorodum gecýððe sweotulra and gesýnra, Andr. Kmbl. 1129; An. 565. Swutelra, Menol.
eges lic
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and add: threatening Egeslic terribilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 43. Egeslic nýten on sǽ oððe on lande belua, 77, 74. Egslic horrida, An. Ox. 50, 55. Se egeslica dómes dæg, Bl. H. 27, 27. Egeslices horrentis, An. Ox. 3635.
bót-leás
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Open þýfðe and hláfordes searwu and ábǽre morð æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wlfst. 274, 24. Substitute: Not to be expiated by the payment of bót, that cannot be compensated for by payment of bót; and add
feoh-gítsung
Avarice ⬩ covetousness ⬩ miserliness
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Avarice, covetousness, miserliness Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6.
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ge-þryle
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Onmang ðám mycclan geðrýle and on ðám egeslican geþryngce. Hml. S. 23, 92. v. ge-þrýn, and cf. þweál, þweán for similar relation between noun and verb
matt
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Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó haebbenne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster stramenta lectorum sufficiant matta et sagum, lena et capitula, R. Ben. 90, 15.
gang-setl
A stool
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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt
tó-swápan
To disperse by a sweeping movement ⬩ to sweep apart or away
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Tósweóp and tóswengde, Exon. Th. 189, 13; Az. 59
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heofon-torht
Heaven-bright
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Heaven-bright, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 1; Sch. 73: Cd. 146; Th. 182, 19; Exod. 78: Andr. Kmbl. 2035; An. 1020: 2539; An. 1270: Bt. Met. Fox 23, 6; Met. 23, 3
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stede-wang
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Kmbl. 2040; El. 1021: 1346; El. 675: Andr. Kmbl. 1548; An. 775. Stedewangas, 667; An. 334. Æfter stedewonga stówum, Exon. Th. 154, 23; Gú. 847
wiþer-feohtend
An adversary
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An adversary Gáð fromlíce, ðæt gé wiðerfeohtend wíges gehnǽgan, Andr. Kmbl. 2367; An. 1185. Ðæt gé wearde healden, ðý læs eów wiþerfeohtend weges forwyrnen tó wuldres byrig, Exon. Th. 282, 17; Jul. 664
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drigan
To DRY, make dry, rub dry, wipe ⬩ siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre
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To DRY, make dry, rub dry, wipe; siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre Se háta sumor giereþ and drigeþ sǽd and bléda the hot summer prepares and dries seeds and fruits, Bt. Met.
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Íras
The Irish
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Íra-land] Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35.
ge-léfed
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Oð ꝥ se dǽl þæs líchoman þe ádeádode wæs and geléwed tó þǽre ǽrran hǽlo becume, Lch. ii. 284, 18. Hé gehǽlde mistlíce gebrocode men, blinde and deáfe and dumbe and mistlíce geléwede, Wlfst. 99, 4.
snáw
Snow
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Micle rénas and snáwas Bt. 23; Fox 78, 28. Hæglas and snáwas 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. Forstas and snáwas Cd. Th. 239, 31; Dan. 378. Snáwum nivibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 45
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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Euer euch man me tobeteþ, and hwanne heo habbeþ me ofslaȝe, O. and N. 1610
be-grindan
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Dele and see sinder in Dict