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ofer-tredan

(v.)

to trample upon, tread under foot

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Seó gýtsung manega ofertret avaritia multos sternit, 58 a. Seó rúmgyfolnes ða gýtsunge mid cneówum and mid fótum ofertræd largitas avaritiam genibus et calcibus perfodit, 68 a

eatogeða

(num.; adj.)

eighth

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eighth Seó eatogeðe the eighth, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, note 10

un-wæstmfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmfæstness, e; f.

Barrenness ⬩ sterility

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Barrenness, sterility Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17

Linked entry: wæstm-fæstness

eahta-hyrnede

(adj.)
Grammar
eahta-hyrnede, adj.
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Eight-cornered, octagonal Seó cyrce wæs eahtahyrnede, Hml. Th. ii. 496, 33

á-gímeleásian

(v.)
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Seó sáwul þe bið ágímeleásedu Godes beboda, Verc. Först. 77, 5. Add

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

fléde

(adj.)
Grammar
fléde, adj.

Flooded ⬩ overflowed ⬩ tŭmĭdus

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Flooded, overflowed; tŭmĭdus Wæs seó eá to ðan fléde the river was so flooded, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 13. Seó eá fléde wæs the river was flooded, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 7. Tiber flédu wearþ the Tiber was flooded, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 20

Linked entry: in-fléde

mete-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mete-tíd, e; f.
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Mealtime Þá þá seó mætetíd (mete-, v. l., tempus refectionis ) cóm, Gr. D. 277, 24. Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne bið ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad, and bið ꝥ æfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll.

súþ-duru

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-duru, a; f.
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A south door Wæs seó súðduru hwæthwega háde máre, Blickl. Homl. 201, 15

lustbǽr-lic

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Add: — Seó andweardnes þǽre lustbǽrlican onsýne praesentia concupitae formae, Gr. D. 188, 12

Saracenisc

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Seó burh wearð mid ðám Sarasceniscum gesett, Hml. Th. i. 404, 18. Add

cæg

(n.)
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Dele 'For eage; f. l. ' and add Seó cǽge, Verc. Först. 128, 20

á-sígan

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On nóntíde ásíhð seó sunne. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 20. Sunne ásáh, Lk. 4, 40. Ásáh seó ǽfentíd. Gr. D. 83, 15. Ásige procumberet, An. Ox. 1579. Ásigen tó yfele, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 28. Add

gripu

(n.)
Grammar
gripu, e; f.
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A cauldron Seó ǽrene gripu the brazen cauldron, Salm. Kmbl. 94; Sal. 46

hlúd-stefn

(adj.)
Grammar
hlúd-stefn, hlúd-stefne (-stefn ?); adj.

Loud-voiced

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Loud-voiced (Seó?) hlúdstefne býme grandisona tuba Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 41. Substitute:

reáde

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Hwý scíneð seó sunne swá reáde on morgene?, Sal. K. 192, 32. Add

wilig-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wilig-wíse, an; f.

Basket-wise

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Basket-wise Seó cyrice is sinhwyrfel on wilewísan geworht. Blickl. Homl. 125, 21

Linked entry: wile-wíse

geár-torht

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v. geár; III.6) Hé seów sǽda fela, sóhte georne þæt him ... bróhte geártorhte gife gréne folde, Gen. 1561. Substitute:

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

ge-treówfullíce

(adv.)
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Eal seó geleáffulle gelaðung getreówfullíce be hire singð, Hml. Th. i. 546, 15. Add

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