hand-spor
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Substitute hand-sporu, an ; f. A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986
hergiend
A plunderer ⬩ robber ⬩ spoiler
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A plunderer, robber, spoiler Hergiend and áhíðend grassator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 38. Hergiendurn, rýperum grassatoribus, i. inpugnatoribus, An. Ox. 2712
híred-geréfa
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An officer of a king's court Geréfa consul, undergeréfa proconsul, híredgeréfa exconsul, ánwalda monarces, burhgeréfa praetor, Wülck. Gl. 110, 4-9
of-ǽte
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porcaster obesus, i. pinguis, An. Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o
smeáþancolness
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Áht þæs þe geunþwǽrige fram þæs incundan regoles smeáðancolnesse quidquid ab illius aeternae regulae subtilitate discordat, Gr. D. 336, 27. Add
smítan
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Add Nalles ꝥte ingǽþ in múðe smíteþ (coinquinat) monnu ah ꝥte forðgǽþ of múþe þæt besmíteþ monnu, Mt. R. 15, 11
stíþness
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Add Beátendes hameres stíþnes (rigida) tundentis mallei durities, An. Ox. 482. Add Stíþnes acerbitas (poenarum), 4816. Stíþnesse austeritate, i. crudelitate, 661
teran
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Geseah hé ꝥ án wulf genam ꝥ cild; þá tær hé his loccas heófende, Hml. S. 30, 180: Jud. 281. Add
tude
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As 'parma' is ablative [v. Ald. 71, 35] tudu is a more probable form for the nominative
wiþer-rǽde
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Ꝥ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 72. Add
-wríþan
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</b> add Wríþende astringentes, i. alligantes (ferreis nexibus collum cum suris asiringentes, Aid. 45, 9), An. Ox. 3288
sceamlíce
Shamefully, disgracefully
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Shamefully, disgracefully Ða ðè ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce and sceamlíce, Homl. As. 19, 140. Hésceandlíce (scamelíce, MS. N. ) sáwlode, 59, 202
up-gemynd
Mindfulness of what is above ⬩ thought directed heavenward
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Kmbl. 2129; An. 1066
wafung-stede
A place for spectacles ⬩ a theatre, an amphitheatre
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A place for spectacles a theatre, an amphitheatre Wafungstede theatrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 45. Syne*-*weald wafungstede amphitheatrum, 37, 1
ǽngan-cundes
In a way that is unique
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In a way that is unique (?) Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25
fyndel
A device, invention
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A device, invention Tó fyndele ad inventionem, Scint. 108, 12. Gyf hí hyra fyndele (adinuentionem)þrístfulle gecuran, Angl. xiii. 369, 54
Linked entry: findele
winter-gegang
What happens as the years pass
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What happens as the years pass Winter-gegonge fato, (cf. wyrde oððe gegonges fati, 33, 65) Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 9
Linked entry: ge-gang
cnyht
a boy ⬩ youth
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a boy, youth Exon. 121a; Th. 463, 33; Hö. 79: 55a; Th. 195, 32; Az. 165: Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219
on-gunnenness
An undertaking
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An undertaking Hé bæd ðæt hé ða árfæstan ongunnennysse gefylde pstiit eum pia coepta complere, Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 554, 40
Linked entry: -gun-nenness
or-þanc
[or without] Thoughtlessness, want of thought
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[or without] Thoughtlessness, want of thought Nǽnig man scile oft orþances (heedlessly) át ábrédan wǽpnes ecgge, Salm. Kmbl. 329 ; Sal. 164