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FYRWET

(n.)
Grammar
FYRWET, -wit, -wyt, es; n.

Curiositycūriōsĭtas

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He his fyrwites ganges gylt forgeaf he forgave him the guilt of his walk of curiosity, Homl. Th. ii. 138, 24. Þurh fyrwet through curiosity, Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Cri. 92

Linked entries: firwet fyrwit fyrwyt

reónig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig-mód, ;adj.;

Sad at heart, weary

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Ðonne gewíciaþ wérigferðe ... hæleþ beóþ on wynnum reónigmóde ræste geliste ;the weary seafarers are eager for rest,; 361, 21; Wal. 23. Féðan sǽton reónigmóde (reomigmóde, MS.

Linked entry: reomig-mód

gram-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gram-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Ðǽr nǽfre feóndes ne biþ gástes gramhýdiges gang where never shall be fiend's or fierce spirit's walk, Andr. Kmbl. 3384; An. 1696: Ps. Th. 73, 4. Gramhýdige me oft onginnaþ injusti insurrexerunt in me, 85, 13.

hyrn-stán

(n.)
Grammar
hyrn-stán, es; m.

corner-stone

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A. corner-stone Hé is se hyrnstán ðe gefégþ ða twegen weallas tógædere he is the corner-stone that joins together the two walls, Homl. Th. i. 106, 12, 23

út-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
út-síþ, es; m.

A going outexcessusexitium

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Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those who come in there never have have return or escape, never egress, 364, 31; Wal. 79

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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A cily-inclosure, city-barrier or defence, as — a wall, mound or moat; urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura He gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum under burhlocan, in Sǽgor he led his wife with the children within the city-inclosure, into Zoar, Cd. 118; Th

Linked entry: burg-loca

fealh

(n.)
Grammar
fealh, fealh, fealg, felg, e; f.
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Walh (l. falh), 62, 63. [All these are glosses on: Foecunda conversationis occa, Ald. 32, 29.] Fealga occas, Txts. 82, 713. Fealge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 58. Fealga, 65, 32. Felga, An. Ox. 15, 1: 17, 2.

Linked entry: fealgian

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sinkfallset as the suncaderelabioccĭdĕre ut sol

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Ðá to ðam wage geság then to the wall he sank, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 13; Gú. 1243

weall-steall

(n.)
Grammar
weall-steall, es; m.

A place where there are buildings

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A place where there are buildings Ðisne wealsteal this spot where the walls stand(cf. weallas stondaþ, 291, 3; Wand. 76), Exon. Th. 291, 26; Wand. 88

rand-burh

(n.)
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Or are the walls formed by the water compared to the arrangement of the line of battle when the shields overlapped, called scild-burh q. v. ? v. next word

CEAFL

(n.)
Grammar
CEAFL, es; m.

A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek;rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla

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A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek; rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla Se wída ceafl gefvlled biþ the wide jaw is filled, Exon. 97b; Th. 363, 26; Wal. 59: Andr. Kmbl. 3403; An. 1705.

Linked entry: ceaclum

nóþ

(n.)
Grammar
nóþ, e; f.

temeritypresumptionboldnessdaringan adventurous band

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Semninga on sealtne wǽg mid ða nóþe ( the sailors who have landed on the whale thinking it an island) niþer gewíteþ gársecges gæst (the whale ), 361, 31; Wal. 28

rǽd-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-fæst, adj.
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Se ðe symle byþ rǽdfest, Wald. 108; Vald. 2, 26 : Cd. Th. 90, 20; Gen. 1498. Áris and gereorda ðé mid rǽdfæstum móde, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 185. Se rǽd wæs ǽfre on his rǽdfæstum geþance, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 5.

ég-land

(n.)
Grammar
ég-land, ég-lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island insŭla

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In ðæt églond on the island, Exon. 96b; Th. 361, 7; Wal. 16. Églond monig many an island, 89 a; Th. 334, 12; Gn. Ex. 15 : 100 b; Th. 380, 8; Rä. 1, 5 : Bt. Met. Fox 1, 31; Met. l, 16

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Worldly shame, disgrace among men Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7.

bréden

(adj.)
Grammar
bréden, broad.
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vallum made by Sevens it is said, 'vallum fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis praefiguntur') he made a wall

ge-hýdan

(v.)
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eálond sum eágum wlíten, and bonne gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde (the whale) oncyrrápum, . . . and þonne in þæt églond úp gewítað (cf. an ealond he (the sailors) wenen it (the whale) is, . . . sipes on festen and alle up gangen, Misc. 17, 533), Wal

sand-beorh

(n.)

a sand-kill, sand-tank

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Th. 360, 23; Wal. 10.

giddian

(v.)
Grammar
giddian, gieddian, gyddian, giddigan; p. ode; pp. od

To singrecitespeak

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Waldere gyddode wordum, Wald. 83; Vald. 2, 13. Ðus fród guma in fyrndagum gieddade thus sang a wise man in days of old, Exon. 64 a; Th. 236, 8; Ph. 571.

ge-gyrdan

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Ðú waldes ðec gigyrde cingebas te, Jn. L. 21, 18. Gegyrded praecinctus, 13, 5. Luna beón gegyrd (cingi ), Lch. iii. 206, 19. Add