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fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, -swaþu.

of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures. ⬩ of the trace of things

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Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, ge for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ, Lch. i. 318, 22. Grammar fót-swæþ, fem. Fylian his fótswaðe ejus vestigia sequi, Gr. D. 60, 26.

symbel-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-dæg, es; m.

a feast-day, ⬩ a festival, day of a religious feast

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Se biscop sæt sume symbeldæge on ðære cierecan, Shrn. 78, 26. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl. Homl. 131, 10. On symmeldæge (symbel-, MS. A.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt. 15, 6. His symbeldæg (natalitia) wé mérsiaþ, Rtl. 44, 28.

Linked entries: symbel-dœ́g symmel-dæg

gearuwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearuwe, an; f.

Yarrow ⬩ millefŏlium

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Yarrow; millefŏlium Seó reáde gearuwe the red yarrow, Lchdm. iii. 24, 2

hrím-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
hrím-ceald, adj.
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Icy cold Hrímcalde sǽ, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 22; Wand. 4

lagu-mearh

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-mearh, -mearg; m.

A sea-steed ⬩ ship

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A sea-steed, ship,Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 7; Gú. 1306

be-siwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-siwian, p. ede; pp. ed

To sew together, to join ⬩ jungere

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To sew together, to join; jungere Besiwed feðergeweorc opus plumarium Cot. 145

earfoþ-rihte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-rihte, adj.
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Hard to correct, incorrigible Gif hé þwur sý . . . oððe earfoðrihte, Nap. 19

Linked entry: -rihte

féþe-gest

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Hwonne sincalda sǽ . . . éce staðulas neósan cóme, fáh féðegast, Exod. 475. Add

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

horsc

Grammar
horsc, quick.
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D. iii. 456, 15, and see horsc foul

ofdúne-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-weardes, adv.
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Downwards Underféng hine seó ýþ and teáh ofdúneweardes, Gr. D. 114, 33

scegþ

Grammar
scegþ, The word seems to be used of a boat of considerable size
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See note p. 128

sorgian

(v.)
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Sume ofer sǽ sorhgende gewiton, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 43. 30. Add

sundorcræftiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sundorcræftiglíce, adv.
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With special skill, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 18. See preceding word

þyle

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Add: See Vigfusson and Powell's Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. p. 24

un-geméde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geméde, adj.
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Perhaps this word should be taken as a noun; see mád-mód

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

be-limp

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Búton of belimpe ( forte ) þæslic dǽdbót gegearwod sý, Chrd. 109, 26. Add

burg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
burg-strǽt, a
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town-road On eásthealfe seó burhstrǽt, C. D. B. iii. 15, 11

sælmerige

(n.)
Grammar
sælmerige, an; f.

Brine

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Brine Sælmerige (sæll-, sel-; -mærige) salsamentum, Ælf. Gr. 30; Zup.192, 18

Linked entry: selmerige

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