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un-fortredde

(n.)

not destroyed by treadingknot-grasspolygonum aviculare

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man proserpinacam and óðrum naman unfortredde nemneþ, heó bið cenned gehwǽr on begánum stówum, Lchdm. i. 112, 4-7

burg-weall

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Pharao hét hí wyrcan his burhweallas (cf. hig getimbrodun Pharaones eardungburga urbes tabernaculorum, Ex. 1, 11), Hml. Th. ii. 190, 34. Add

efnan

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Þæt heó his word efnan ( faciant ), 102, 17. Þá þe þíne ǽ efnan nellað contra legem agentes, 70, 3: 88, 27. Dómas efnan judicium custodire, 105, 3. Ne bið swylc cwénlic þeáw idese tó efnanne, B. 1941

for-hwirfan

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Take here for-hwerfan, -hwyrfan, and add

fóster-módor

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His fóstormóder ( nutrix ) áne wæs him fylgende, for þon þe heó hine swýðe geornlíce lufode, Gr. D. 96, 20: 152, 28. Fóstermóder, Hml. A. 171, 49. fig. Sió fóstermódur ǽlces cræftes virtutum nutrix, Past. 215, 23.

ge-hlǽg

Grammar
ge-hlǽg, l. ge-hlæg,
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc

ge-sweotulung

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Take here ge-swutelung in Dict. and add: I. a shewing by signs or symbols, indication, signifying, v. ge*-*sweotulian ; We streowiað axan uppan úre heáfda tó geswutelunge ꝥ we sculon úre synna behreówsian. Hml.

ge-dirnan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-diernan, ge-dyrnan</b> in Dict. and add: trans. To hide Gedyrned appilatum (silentio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 74: 64, 23. intrans.

hádung

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Heó wearð þá gefullod and hádunga underféng ( took the veil). . . and manega óðre mǽdenu wurdon Críste gehálgode, Hml. S. 7, 284. Hine man hádode tó mæssepreóste. Þá sóna æfter his hádunga (ordinatione), Gr. D. 225, 23. Add

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Gesette .cxx. scitt . Dǽle ꝥ healf (half of it) in þá scíre þe ǽr folgode, healf in þá þe on cymð, 86, 6. Asmeáge hwæt his biglifen sý, and dǽle ꝥ healf on ælmyssan (dimidium in eleemosynas distribuat), ii. 134, 31.

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balewe

(adj.)

wicked

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wicked Se inc forgeaf balewe geþohtas he inspired you with wicked thoughts, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 19; Sat. 488

besema

(n.)
Grammar
besema, an; m.
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A besom; scopæ He gemét hyt [hús] geclǽnsod mid besemum invent eam [domum] scopis mundatam, Mt. Foxe 12, 44

lytel-ne

(adv.)
Grammar
lytel-ne, adv.

almostnearly

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All but, almost, nearly lytelne [lytesne?] Breotona ríce forlét Brittaniam pene amisit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 22

nigon-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
nigon-wintre, adj.

Nine years old

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Nine years old Ðá nigonwintre cniht wæs cum esset novem annos natus, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 10

ofer-gumian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gumian, p.
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ode To neglect, be careless about Ne ofer*-*gumige ða hýrsumnesse ðæs hálgan regoles, R. Ben. 113, 2

Linked entry: -gumian

of-ferian

(v.)
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to bear off fræt fíftýne men, and óðer swylc út offerede láðlícu lác, Beo. Th. 3171; B. 1583

on-geflogen

(v.; part.)
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on-geflogen, part.
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Attacked with disease Gif men his leoþu acen oððe [] ongeflogen sý, Lchdm. i. 86, 21. Cf. on-flyge

Linked entry: ge-flogena

ge-sworc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sworc, es; n.
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A cloud, mist; nĕbŭla Gesworc swá swá ahsan he tostredeþ nĕbŭlam sīcut cĭnĕrem spargit, Ps. Spl. C.147, 5

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riht-wísend

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wísend, es; m.
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A Sadducee Ðá geseh manega ðæra sunderhálgena and ðæra rihtwísendra tó his fulluhte cumende, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7

Linked entry: wísend

rúm-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rúm-gifa, an; m.
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A liberal giver wæs eallum rúmgifa manu omnibus largus, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8. v. next word