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stæþ-weall

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ-weall, es; m.
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The wall formed by the shore Sǽs up stigon ofer stæðweallas, Cd. Th. 83, 7; Gen. 1376

rípe

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Wíngeardas (windeardes, MS.) rípe fulle gesihð blisse ge[tácnað] vites maturas plenas uiderit, letitiam significat, Archiv cxxv. 65, 591; Lch. iii. 210, 32. v. hræd-(not sǽd-)rípe. Add

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Sprec tó ðínum discipulum, ꝥte sý geblissad heora heorte, and hié sýn ofergytende ðisse sǽwe ege, Blickl.

scip-gebroc

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Petrus se apostol eóde mid drígum fótum ofer þone sǽ, and Paulus geþrowode scipgebroc in þám sǽ ibi Paulus ire cum navi non potuit, ubi Petrus pedibus iter fecit, Gr. D. 91, 10. Add

wæter-burne

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-burne, an; f.

A stream of water

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A stream of water Ic ána sæt innan bearwe . . . ðǽr ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3

gearo-witolness

(n.)
Grammar
gearo-witolness, e; f.
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Sagacity Ongeán þám ingehýde and gearawitolnesse þe of Godes ágenre gife cymð, se deófol sǽwð nytennysse, Wlfst. 53, 16

Linked entry: un-gearowitolness

ge-wilc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilc, es; n.
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10

Linked entry: ge-wylc

Hámtúnisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Hámtúnisc, adj.
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Of Northampton Harold sǽde ꝥ hé Cnutes sunu wǽre and Ælfgyfe þǽre Hámtúnisca[n], Chr. 1035; P. 159, 29

myrþra

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Hé sǽde ꝥ hé heora deáðes myrðra wǽre se in eorum morte clamabat homicidam. Gr. D. 207, 21. Add

reótig

(adj.)
Grammar
reótig, ;adj.;

Sad, mournful, tearful;

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; Sad, mournful, tearful; Ðonne hit wæs rénig weder, and ic reótugu sæt, Exon. Th. 380, 19; Rä. 1, 10

tweóne

(num.; adj.)
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Hé wealdeþ be sǽ tweónum dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, Ps. Th. 71, 8. Cf. O. H.

Linked entry: tweónum

on-beódan

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add: to command Scipia hit oftrǽdlíce hám onbeád ( sent nome orders) þæt hié hit ne angunnen, and eác self sǽde, þá hé hám of Ispánium cóm, Ors. 4, 12; S. 308, 34.

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

óþ-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-fæstan, I.
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Th. 292, 23; Sae. 445

wiþ-eástan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-eástan, prep. adv.
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Wyðeástan Constantinopolim Créca byrig is se sǽ Proponditis, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 2. Grammar wiþ-eástan, adv. Seó eá wiðeástan út on ða sǽ flóweþ, Swt. 8, 20

eall-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-swá, adv.

Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ sīcut

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Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; sīcut Eallswá he sǽde sīcut dixit, Mk. Bos. 14, 16

samnung

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Ne sæt ic ná on þǽre samnunge ídelra manna non sedi cum consilio vanitatis, Ps. Th. 25, 4. Add

túdor-teónde

(adj.)
Grammar
túdor-teónde, producing offspring or
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fruit Hét sǽs and eorðan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan. Cd. Th. 59, 5; Gen. 959: 201, 14; Exod. 372

un-gereordod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereordod, adj.

Unfed ⬩ not having had a meal

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Unfed, not having had a meal Se déma ungereordod sæt bútan ǽlcere ðénunge unþances fæstende, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 91

ge-swégsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-swégsumlíce, adv.

Harmoniously ⬩ with one voice

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Harmoniously, with one voice Dá sǽde eall se þeódscipe geswégsumlíce then all the people agreed in saying, Shrn. 36, 17

Linked entry: -swégsumlíce

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