agof
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A word formed in the Riddles by inverting the. order of the letters in the word boga a bow. Agob [MS, agof] is mín noma eft onhwyrfed agob is my name transposed, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 12; Rä. 24, 1
eáwisc-lic
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Manifest, displayed Eáwisclica monstra, Rtl. 78, 32. v. preceding word
rop
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See broþ for instances in which that word translates jus
sceamfæst-ness
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modesty Sceamfestnys (but the word glosses nuditas), An. Ox. 3672
ge-springan
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word eructavit verbum. Jn. Skt. p. 187, 26
Linked entry: gi-sprunt
beado-weorc
A war-work ⬩ warlike operation ⬩ bellicum opus
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A war-work, warlike operation; bellicum opus Ic eom beadoweorca sæd I am tired of war-works, Exon. 102b; Th. 388, 4; Rä. 6, 2: Chr. 937; Th. 205, 40, col. 1, 2; Æðelst. 47
Linked entry: beadu-weorc
ge-arnung
Merit ⬩ reward ⬩ mĕrĭtum
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Merit, reward; mĕrĭtum Nǽnig efenlíc ðam, ǽr ne siððan, in worlde gewearþ, wífes gearnung no woman's reward in the world was equal to that, before nor after, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 23; Cri. 40
twi-bille
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt.
Linked entry: -bille
un-lígne
Not to be denied or rejected ⬩ incontrovertible
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Not to be denied or rejected, incontrovertible Biscopes word and cyninges sié unlǽgne búton áðe a bishop's word and a king's is to be accepted without an oath, L. Wih. 16; Th. i. 40, 12. Þissa ealra áð sié unlégnæ, 21; Th. i. 42, 1
Linked entry: un-lǽgne
áncor
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transfer the bracket to next word, and add Þú sǽdest be mé ꝥ ic óðer tǽhte, óðer eówer ancor, Hml. A. 13, 4. Án hálig ancer genam ǽnne deófol . . . Ðá cwæð se deófol tó ðám ancre, Wlfst. 214, 23-25. v. ancra, and next word
metcund-líc
Metrical
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Gl. 409, 17. v. preceding word
regniend
One who arranges
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Kmbl. 1756; El. 880. v. preceding word
friclan
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Þæt hé geóce fricle, Hpt. 33, 73, 15. v. next word. Add
líhtingness
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As the word translates levitas perhaps líhtnes should be read: líhtness. Add::
sealten
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See preceding word: <b>sealtere</b> a psalter
ýr
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For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )
sóþ-cweden
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True-spoken (cf. fair-spoken), speaking truly, veracious, v. preceding word
spircing
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A sprinkling, dropping Spyrcinge aspergine, Germ. 398, 225. v. previous word
Linked entry: spyrcing
sporettung
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T. 55, 6. v. previous word
calwer-clympe
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Voc. ii. 127, 60. v. preceding word