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gleó-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-dreám, es; m.

Glee-joy ⬩ pleasure caused by music ⬩ jubilum

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Glee-joy, pleasure caused by music; jubilum Nú se herewísa hleahtor alegde, gamen and gleódreám now the martial leader has ceased from laughter, sport and joy of music, Beo. Th. 6034; B. 3021

frettan

(v.)
Grammar
frettan, p. te; pp. ed

To feed upon ⬩ eat up ⬩ consume ⬩ depasci

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Hie ðæt corn forbærndon, and mid hira horsum fretton on ǽlcere efenéhþe they burned the corn, and with their horses ate it up on every plain, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 12. Fretton comederunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 4

næder-wyrt

Grammar
næder-wyrt, nædre-wyrt, e; f.

Adder-wort ⬩ polygonum bistorta ⬩ adderwort

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Plant Names, adderwort, and Lchdm. ii. Glossary.]

náwiht-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
náwiht-, náht-líc; adj.

Good for nothing ⬩ worthless ⬩ naughty

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Ða hé geceás ðe dyselíce and nahtlíce geþuhte synt he chose those that seemed foolish and of no account, R. Ben. 138, 30

un-brosnigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brosnigendlíc, adj.

Incorruptible ⬩ imperishable

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Incorruptible, imperishable His líchama wæs grápigendlíc, and ðéahhwæðere unbrosnigendlíc; hé æteówde hine grápigendlícne and unbrosnigendlícne, Homl. Th. i. 230, 26: 300, 10: Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 146.

un-gesǽligness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽligness, e; f.

Unhappiness ⬩ calamity ⬩ misery

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Seó ungesǽlignys becom on ðæt folc, ðæt hig ðone Hǽlend geféngon and on róde áhéngon, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 12. Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, ðæt heó cende on sáre and on unrótnesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8.

Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes

un-tídlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tídlíc, adj.

Unseasonable

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Ná, swá hit gewuna is, of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum and of réðre lenctenhǽte, and mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan non, ut adsolet, temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut repentinus calor veris

Linked entry: tíd-líc

dwǽs

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Se portgeréfa nam tó Malche graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, and hine þus áxode: 'Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs ( the biggest blockhead that ever was in this town ), on hwilce wísan sceole wé þé gelýfan?,' Hml.

fǽcan

(v.)
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cattle and goods, Ll.

Linked entry: facian

mearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mearulíce, adv.
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-wintre, þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde mærwlíce (merwlíce, v. l.) and selfwillendlíce filium habuit annorum quinque, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; Gr.

mersc

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Hí wendon ofer Temese . . . and swá wið Caningan mærsces (mersces, v. l. ), Chr. 1010; P. 141, 6. Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum ðe Sodoma on wæs. Add

Scride-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Scride-finnas, pl. m.

A people who, according to Jornandes and Procopius, seem to have inhabited the present Russian Lapland and other tracts thereabouts, and even to have extended into the present Swedish Finnland

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A people who, according to Jornandes and Procopius, seem to have inhabited the present Russian Lapland and other tracts thereabouts, and even to have extended into the present Swedish Finnland.

westan

(adv.)
Grammar
westan, adv.
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Swinsiaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan, Exon. Th. 55, 19; Cri. 886.

Linked entry: westane

hús

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</b> house, as in wash- house, of a separate building forming part of a residence :-- Hé wolde wyrcan þá healle . . . and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan and winterhús and sumerhús and wynsume búras, twelf hús tógædere, Hml

eáwunga

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Ðá ðe dearninga yfel dóð, and gód eáwunga ( publice ), Past. 179, 8. Twá cynn sind martirdómes, án dearnunge, óðer eáwunge, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 14. Hí þá sceattas eáwunga and dearnunga spendon, Hml. S. 23, 199.

bísting

(n.)
Grammar
bísting, e; f.

Beestings

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Angl. viii. 451) colostrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 31. Cúhyrde gebyreð, ꝥ hé hæbbe ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, and frymetlinge býstinge .xiiii. niht, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19

Linked entry: býsting

dæg-þerne

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-þerne, adj.
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Day, for use in the day time Gán hí and hí mid dægþernum ( diurnalibus ) tyslian gescýum, Angl. xiii. 383, 259. Tó unscrýdende dægþerne scós ad exuendos diurnales calceos, 392, 390. [Diurnales dicuntur calcei quibus interdiuu] Cf. nihterne

ge-líc

(adj.)
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and the compensation for destroying an eye are equal, Ll.

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

clam

(n.)
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. , and add: mortar, mud, clay, paste Mænge wið ele ꝥ hit sý swylce clám, Lch. iii. 48, 19. Clámes gefége liturae compage, An. Ox. 4439. in medicine, a poultice Clám, clíþan tiriaca, An. Ox. 964.