un-tállic
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Blameless Þe Dryhtnes untállic lex Domini in-reprehensibilis, Ps. Rdr. 18, 8
un-wiþmetenness
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Unwiðmetenesse in conparatione (but the glosser has read inconparatione), An. Ox. 587
Linked entry: wiþ-metenness
ymb-wlátend
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For the second citation substitute Emwlátenddum spectatoribus, i. speculatoribus, An. Ox. 3507
ýr
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For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )
á-gímeleásian
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Seó sáwul þe bið ágímeleásedu Godes beboda, Verc. Först. 77, 5. Add
æhrie
The husk of an ear(?)
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The husk of an ear(?) Aehrian, ægrihan (æhrigan?) quisquiliae, Txts. 90, 840
grund-wyrgen
A wolf of the deep ⬩ Grendel's mother
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A wolf of the deep [Grendel's mother]Beo. Th. 3041; B. 1518
Linked entry: wirgen
heáfod-swíma
Swimming in the head, dizziness, ⬩ dizziness in the head.
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Swimming in the head, dizziness, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 28; Gen. 1568
Linked entry: swíma
geánol
In the way, so as to meet
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In the way, so as to meet Geanulum obuio Germ. 399, 264
timpestere
A player on the timbrel
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A player on the timbrel Timpestera (timpanestera?) tympanistriarum, Ps. Lamb. 67, 26
sweord-bealu
Bale or hurt caused by the sword
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Bale or hurt caused by the sword, Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147
fót-feter
A fetter for the feet
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A fetter for the feet Fótfetera compedes, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 14
Linked entry: feter
seonoþ-dóm
The decree of a synod
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The decree of a synod Seonoþdómas reccan, Elen. Kembl. 1101; El. 552
sigor-beácn
A symbol of victory
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A symbol of victory, applied to the cross.Elen. Kmbl. 1967; El. 985
Linked entry: sige-beác
grund-bedd
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The ground; solum, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 3; Rä. 81, 24
byrdest
the highest born, most noble, richest
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the highest born, most noble, richest, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36
symbel-gifa
A feast-giver
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A feast-giver Sáwla symbelgifa (the Deity), Andr. Kmbl. 2833; An. 1419
ge-bídan
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Ic earfoðhwíle þrowode, breóstceare gebiden hæbbe, Seef. 4. the subject a thing Þæs tún gebád æfter geárum swíðe manigne hláford and swíðe manigne mundboran, Hml. A. 199, 146. Þes wág gebád. . . ríce after óðrum, Ruin. 9.
æsc-þrote
ASH-THROAT ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbenaca ⬩ verbena officinalis
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ASH-THROAT, vervain; verbenaca, verbena officinalis, Prior, p. 242: vocabularies give the Lat. feiula the fennel-giant, but verbenaca vervain seems more probable from the following quotations, — Herba uermenaca [ = verbenaca.
a-wyrgian
To curse ⬩ execrate ⬩ malign ⬩ execrari ⬩ maledicere ⬩ malignari ⬩ execrable ⬩ wicked ⬩ detestable ⬩ execrabilis ⬩ maledictus ⬩ malignus ⬩ malignans
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The devil is called Se awyrgda the accursed, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 3; Sat. 316. Se awyrgeda gást the accursed spirit, Guthl. 7 ; Gdwin. 44, 12. Se awyrgda wulf the accursed wolf, Exon. 11 b ; Th. 16, 20; Cri. 256