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medumian

(v.)
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add: to assign as one's proper place Gif munuc eáðhylde bid and geþæf, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne talige andan úteweardum forlǽte and tó úteweardum medemige si omni vilitate vel extremitate contentus sit, R. Ben. 24, 9

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior ⬩ intestines ⬩ viscera

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In the neut. sing. and pl. it is used as a noun, intestines, viscera, the inward part Inneweard þeoh femen, Ælfc. Gl. 75 ; Som. 71, 78 ; Wrt. Voc. 44, 60.

Linked entry: innan-weard

lungre

(adv.)
Grammar
lungre, adv.

Quickly ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ straightway ⬩ speedily

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Ðǽr him lífgedál lungre weorþeþ there the parting with life shall happen to him suddenly, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 3; Vy. 45: 10 a; Th. 1l, 8; Cri. 167. Hié lungre ǽr feorh áléton just before they had lost their lives, Andr. Kmbl. 3255; An. 1630.

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobate ⬩ wicked ⬩ rejected ⬩ reprobate

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Ðǽr beóð feówer werod æt ðam dóme, twá gecorenra manna, and twá wiðercorenra, i. 396, 17: 332, 23, 29: 536, 32. Sam ðe gecorenra tó reste, sam ðe wiþercorenra tó deáþe siue electorum ad requiem, siue reproborum ad mortem, Scint. 226, 14

Linked entry: wiþ-coren

æx

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Srt. 73, 5. v. blód-, brád-, brádlást-, hand-, stán-, tapor-æx. Add

bí-genga

an inhabitant ⬩ a cultivator ⬩ cultor ⬩ a worshipper

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Add Bígenga, tilia, inbúend colonus .i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 25. an inhabitant Heofenlic bígengca celicola, An. Ox. 3934: Guth. 40, 3. Ðá bígengean þæs londes incolae regionis ejus, Nar. 5, 26. Biggengan, Bl. H. 209, 3.

Linked entry: bí-genge

here-beácen

a war-signal ⬩ a beacon ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a lighthouse

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Hí átendon heora beácna (herebeácen, herebeácna, v.ll.) swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. an ensign Mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé læddon totum agmen me sequebatur cum signis el uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. a signal for a fleet, a

módig

Grammar
módig, <b>.
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A. 63, 285

sácerd-hád

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Hé geseah ꝥ geongran men sácerdhád underféngon (wǽron gesette on hálgum sácerdhádum, v. l. in sacris ordinibus positi ) . . . and eóde baldlíce tó þám hálgan sácerdhád, Gr. D. 135, 7-31. Sácer(d)hádas flamina, An. Ox. 2, 56. Cf. preóst-hád. Add

cor-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
cor-snǽd, e; f. [cor, cer, cyrr a choice; snǽd a bit, piece]

A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta

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If he ate it freely and without hurt, he was considered innocent; but guilty, if he could not swallow it, or had a difficulty in doing so.

Linked entries: snǽd or-dál

Seax-

(prefix)
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Ðæs cyninges (Anna of East Anglia) dohter Sexburh, 3, 8; S. 531, 24: Chr. 639; Erl. 27, 6. Hér forþférde Cénwalh (of Wessex), and Seaxburg án geár rícsode his cuén æfter him, 672; Erl. 34, 34. Gesecg Seaxnéting (East Saxon), Txts. 179, 16. Cf.

ge-þræc

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Dele <b>geþrec</b> clangor, and add: a collection of objects pressed together, a throng Synna gehwǽr selfum æt eágan firendéda geþrec (the throng of my misdeeds) beforan standeþ delictum meum coram me est semper, Ps. C. 44.

gleáwlíce

(adv.)
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Swá hleóðrode hálig cempa þeáwum geþancul, An. 427. Paulus eóde þá gleáwlíce and heora godas sceáwode ealle be endebyrdnesse, Hml.

glitnian

(v.)
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Gliteniend(r)e corusco (immensi luminis splendore ), An. Ox. 4310. <b>I a.</b> of f of objects that reflect light (metal, liquid, gems, plumage, &amp;amp;c.) Ðú ( the phenix ) glitenest swá reád gold, E. S. viii. 476, 46.

alýfed-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
alýfed-líc, adj. [a-lýfed allowed, pp. of a-lýfan; líc like]

Allowable ⬩ expeditus

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Allowable; expeditus Alýfedlíc þing an allowable thing; fas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 67

awul

(n.)

an awl ⬩ fuscinula vel tridens,

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an awl; fuscinula vel tridens,Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 78; Wrt. Voc. 27, 8

Linked entries: æl awel

daroþ-æsc

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ-æsc, es; n?

An ash-dart ⬩ jaculum fraxineum

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An ash-dart; jaculum fraxineum Daroþæsc flugon ash-darts flew, Elen. Kmbl. 280; El. 140

earg-faru

(n.)
Grammar
earg-faru, e; f.

A flight or shooting of an arrow

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A flight or shooting of an arrow. Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 26; Jul. 404

embeht

(n.)
Grammar
embeht, es; n.

An office, serving ⬩ ministērium

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An office, serving; ministērium Ymb oft embehte circa frĕquens ministĕrium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 40

Linked entry: ambeht

eorþ-búend

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-búend, es; m.

An earth dweller, inhabitant ⬩ terricŏla

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An earth dweller, inhabitant; terricŏla Eorþ-búend. Ps. Th. 65, 1: 101, 13 : 118, 4