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méting

(n.)
Grammar
méting, e; f.
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Meeting, assembly An métincge þæs geféres sý þæt gebed gescyrt in conventu brevietur oratio, R. Ben. 46, 2

ofer-feng

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In l. 2 substitute oferfengc for oferfenge, and add Oferfengc, dalc legulam, An. Ox. 5126. Oferfeng, 2, 424

of-féran

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Þá fleáh Iúdéa cyning . . . ac Hieu hine offérde and him his feorh benam, Hml. S. 18, 339. Add

offrung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-dæg, es ; m.
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The feast of unleavened bread Þá offrungdagas wé ná ne begýmaþ azimas non observamus, An. Ox. 40, 23

scerwen

Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?).
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; according to the facsimile reprint of the Vercelli codex the word is scerwen in An. 1528

sin-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

sleg-hríþer

(n.)
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a beast for slaughter Án slægrýðer, Nap. 55, 31. Cf. sleg-neát. [O. H. Ger. slegi-hrind taurus.]

sticels

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Þú of swýðdum deáðe(s) sticelse ( de uicto mortis aculeo) geopnodest rícu heofona, Hymn ad Mat. 17. Add

tó-ícan

(v.)
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glosses adjicere Tóéce tó lengo his elne énne adicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum, Mt. L. 6, 27

twéntig-geáre

(adj.)
Grammar
twéntig-geáre, adj.
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Twenty years old On þám geáre þe Ælfréd Æðelincg wæs án-and-twéntig-geáre, Hml. S. 32, 37

wæfer-sín

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Cóm mycel werod tó pǽre wæfersýne þæs hálgan mannes deáðes ( ad spectaculum mortis), Gr. D. 254, 17. Add

ágnian

(v.)
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Add: to have a person as a possession, under one's dominion, to enslave Ǽgnian Israhéla cyn, Exod. 265

wealh

(n.)

an implement that rolls things over(?) a harrow

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an implement that rolls things over(?), a harrow Wealh occa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 25. Walh, 62, 63

æf-grynde

(n.)
Grammar
æf-grynde, es; n.

An abyssabyssusan abyss

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An abyss Þíne dómas synt swá deópe swá swá æfgrynde judicia tua abyssus multa Ps. Th. 35, 6

Linked entry: grynde

heáh-god

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-god, es; m.

High God, the most High

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High God, the most High Ic cleopige tó heáh-gode clamabo ad Deum altissimum, Ps. Th. 56, 2

Linked entry: god

heaðu-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-steáp, adj.

Standing out prominently in battle

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Standing out prominently in battle [an epithet of the helmet], Beo. Th. 2494; B. 1245: 4312; B. 2153

hóring

(n.)
Grammar
hóring, es; m.

An adulterer, fornicator

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An adulterer, fornicator Hér sindon miltestran and bearnmyrðran and fúle forlegene hóringas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 181

on-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-síne, -sýne; adj.

Visible

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Kmbl. 1820; An. 912

ge-snyttro

(n.)
Grammar
ge-snyttro, f. n.[?]

Wisdom

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Wisdom Gúþlác wæs ealra gesnyttra goldhord Guthlac was a treasure of all wisdom, Guthl. 20; Gdwn. 92, 17

Linked entry: snytro

atol

(adj.)
Grammar
atol, adj.
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Atol atrox, An. Ox. 7, 291. Atole deformem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 17: cenidos ( = cinaedos ), 96, 60. Add