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eá-ófer

(n.)
Grammar
eá-ófer, es; m.

A river-bank rīpa flūminis

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A river-bank; rīpa flūminis Be sǽwaroþe, and be eá-ófrum by the sea-shore, and by river-banks. Bt. Met. Fox 19, 43

Linked entry: ófer

ifig-croppa

(n.)
Grammar
ifig-croppa, an; m.
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A cluster of ivy berries Ifigcroppena fíf and xx five and twenty bunches of ivy berries, L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 18

Mónan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-niht, e; f.

Monday evethe evening of Sunday

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Monday eve, the evening of Sunday Hé ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces and ðæs Sæternesdæges ofer nón and ðære Mónannihte, Wulfst. 210, 10

Linked entry: Mónan-ǽfen

un-gehírness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehírness, e; f.

Hardness of hearingdeafness

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Hardness of hearing, deafness Wiþ eágwærce and wiþ ungehýrnesse, Lchdm. ii. 316, 1. Wið eágena dimnessa, wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse, iii. 70, 23

un-befliten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-befliten, adj.

Uncontestedundisputed

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Uncontested, undisputed Ðá wæs hígen and hláforde lond unbefliten éghwæs and seoððan á óð his daga ende, Chart. Th. 48,1: 481, 14: 483, 3

Linked entry: be-flítan

wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
wlitigness, e; f.

Beautycomelinessadornment

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Beauty, comeliness, adornment Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32. Crist com tó wlitignesse and tó weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31

for-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hweorfan, p. -hwearf

To pass awaybe destroyed

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To pass away, be destroyed On þám dæge on þám fýrenan wylme sǽ forhwyrfeð (-hwirf-, v. l.) and eorðe and heofonas, Wlfst. 183, 4

ge-unrétan

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Míne þearfan þé mildheortnesse bǽdon, and þú hý forhogedest and geunréttest, Wlfst. 258, 7. Hí wurdon ealle geunrétte ( contristati ), Gr. D. 125, 8. Add

Linked entry: un-rétan

onfónd-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
onfónd-lic, adj.
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That is to be received On ǽte and on wǽte, oþþe on óþrum anfóndlicum and sellendlicum þingum (dandis atque accipiendis rebus). Chrd. 110, 8

timple

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N.E.D. temple; and á-timplian, Nap. 7. The passage there given Seó þele is eall átimplod mid áttrenum pílum and scearpum tindum.] Add:

þegnian

(v.)
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Add Swylc mæssereáf and swylce béc and swylce húselfata swylce gé mid risnum eów þá befæstan þénunga þénian magon, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 27

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

brim-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
brim-hlæst, e; f. [brim, hlæst
a burden
]

a burdenThe sea's burdenfishesmaris onuspisces

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The sea's burden, fishes; maris onus, pisces Brúcaþ brimhlæste and heofonfugla enjoy fishes and fowls of heaven, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 10; Gen. 200

ge-þýde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þýde, adj.

Good

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Good Sum biþ árfæst and ælmes-georn þeáwum geþýde one is pious and charitable, morally good, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 14; Crä. 68

spittan

(v.)
Grammar
spittan, p.te

To dig with a spittle

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To dig with a spittle In Agusto and Septembri and Octobri man mæg máwan, wád spittan, fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16

ge-faran

(v.)
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Þæt hé swá wuldorfulle leóde geneósian and gefaran wolde, Lch. iii. 434, 1, 5. Decius férde intó Constantinopolim, ... and of ðǽre hé fór into Cartagine, and ðánon intó Efese.

girnan

(v.)
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Se aƀƀ. þes biscophádes gernde, and se arceƀ. him forwernde, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 10. Þá gyrnde hé griðes and gísla, P. 174, 27: 1093; P. 227, 32. Hí georndon friðes, 1011; P. 141, 10.

Wir-healh

(n.)
Grammar
Wir-healh, gen. -heales; pl. -healas; m.

Wirralthe peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey

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Hié fóron ðæt hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum; seó is Légaceaster geháten, 894; Th. i. 170, 171

Linked entry: healh

prætt

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Críst sceáwode his heortan and geseah his prættas, . . . foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 160. Add

am-byre

Grammar
am-byre, (am-byre = and-byre).
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.