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hálig-portic

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-portic, es; n.
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(Perhaps hálig portic should be taken; portic seems neuter, Hml. Th. i. 508, 10)

mónaþ-ádl

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Be mónaðádles hǽmede de coitu in menstruali tempore Ll. Th. ii. 128, 26. Swá hwilc ceorl swá mid his wífe hǽme on mónaðádlie ( in consuetudine ejus menstrua ), 144, 3. Add

on-beran

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: to be situated (?), lie(?) Seó stów onbyrð (-bireð, v. l.) on feówertigum míla of þissere Rómániscan byrig locus ab Romana urbe quadraginta fere millibus distans, Gr. D. 98, 14

súþ

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. ¶ :-- Ósréd wærð ofslagen be-súðan gemǽre, Chr. 716; P. 43, 8

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, a weir. v. mylen-waru.
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Perhaps the word might be taken under wara protection: <b>-waru.</b> Add: v. Cant-, ciric-waru: <b>waru</b> wear. Add:

heáh-geþungen

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-geþungen, adj.

Of high rank, distinguished

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Of high rank, distinguished Ic lǽrde heáhgeþungene men ðæt hí ne ástigan on ofermédu I taught men of high rank not to be exalted in pride, Blickl. Homl. 185, 13

twi-sehtan

(v.)

to disagreebe at variance

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to disagree, be at variance Úðwitan gesihþ twy-sehtan (? Cockayne prints twyselican) hénðe getácnaþ if in a dream a man sees philosophers disagree, it betokens humiliation, Lchdm. iii. 204, 24. (?)

Linked entry: sehtan

æmta

(n.)
Grammar
æmta, emta, æmetta, an; m.

Quietleisurerestquies

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Be his æmettan by his leisure, Bt. procem; Fox viii. 13

Linked entries: æmetta emta

a-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-súcan, -súgan; p. -seác, -seág, pl. -sucon, -sugon; pp. -socen, -sogen

To sucksugere

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Sina beóþ asocene [Exon. asogene] the sinews shall be sucked, Soul Kmbl. 217; Exon. 99 b ; Th. 373, 19; Seel. 111

Linked entry: a-súgan

clyfer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
clyfer-féte, adj. [clifer a claw, talon]

Claw-footed, talon-footed, cloven-footedfissipes

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Claw-footed, talon-footed, cloven-footed; fissipes Ða fugelas ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ syndon clyferféte the birds which live by flesh are cloven-footed, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 19

eáster-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-ǽfen, eástor-ǽfen, es; m.

Easter-even dies ante festum paschæ

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Easter-even; dies ante festum paschæ Ðys sceal on eáster-ǽfen this [gospel] must be on easter-even, Rubc. Mt. Bos. 28, 1; notes, p. 577, 28, I a

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freomian

(v.)
Grammar
freomian, part. freomigende

To profitbe goodavailprōdessevălēre

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To profit, be good, avail; prōdesse, vălēre Ðæt ðære ylcan stówe myl wið fýre wæs freomigende ut pulvis lŏci illīus contra ignem văluĕrit, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 16

léf

(n.)
Grammar
léf, es; n.

Hurtdamageinjury

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Hurt, damage, injury Ðeore feórþan niht gif wind byþ léf byþ litel if there is wind on the fourth night, the damage will be little, Lchdm. iii. 164, 17

ge-dreóh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóh, adj.

Sober

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Sober We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciric-wæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that man, at the church wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12

case-bill

(n.)
Grammar
case-bill, (cáser-?)
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.: so cáser-bill might be compared with cyne-gird), Germ. 394, 285

brogdian

(v.)
Grammar
brogdian, broddian, bródian

to glitterbe splendid

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to glitter, be splendid Scimerað, bródað vibrat(minor modico Phoebi radiis qui vibrat atomo. Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Mid dislicum glengum broddiende stolidis pompis indrutieans, 1218

Linked entries: broddian bródian

deór-geat

(n.)
Grammar
deór-geat, es; n.
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East be hagan tó ðám ealdan deórgeate, 281, 25

eást-súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-súþ, adv.
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Be-eástan him is Wineda lond . . . and eást*-*súþ Maroara, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 10

Linked entry: súþ

full-secgan

(v.)
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Wé wyllað nú fulsæcgan be ðám wífe, Hml. S. 3, 633. trans. Hé fulsǽde his síð him eallum, Hml. S. 4, 284

gorian

(v.)
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to look, gaze Swylce eác be ðám micelum muntum and dúnum þá þe hýhst standaþ and goriaþ ofer ealne middangeard, An. Ox. 5, 3 note. Goriende passiuos, 7, 6

Linked entry: gorettan