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blysa

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Man mid blysum ontende his bare líc, Hml. S. 37, 159. hét ontendan blysan (blasan v. l.) æt his sídum, 14, 44. Add

corn-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
corn-sǽd, es; n.
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A grain of corn gemænigfealdað feáwa cornsǽda in unárímede wæstmas æora pauca seminis grana in innumera segetum frumenta multiplicat, Gr. D. 253, 1

deófol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-scipe, es; m.
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Idolatry Crístes apostolas wǽron onsende on þysne middaneard for ðí ꝥ sceolon menn trymman and lǽran and fullian, and deófolscipe nyðerian, Nap. 17

Eáster-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-gewuna, an; m.
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An Easter custom tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643

Linked entry: ge-wuna

efen-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-cempa, an; m.
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A fellow-soldier Embe his efencempan hæfde welwillendnysse . . . and his efencetnpan hine árwurðodon, Hml. S. 31, 44, 49: Hml. Th. ii. 500, 15

fel-tún

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gecierde inn tó ðǽm scræfe and wolde him ðǽr gán tó feltúne ad purgandum ventrem speluncam ingressus est, Past. 197, 15, 24. Add

ge-bisceopian

(v.)
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to confirm Gif hwá gebisceopige hine tuwa, and hit wite si quis bis confirmatus sit, et hoc sciat, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 15

Linked entry: bisceopian

ge-stæððig

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wæs gestæððig on léce, Hml. S. 31, 296

ge-eftgian

(v.)
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to repeat Þá þá þis gelómlíce spræc mid geeftgodre (geeftgadrode, v. l.) sprǽce cum hoc iterata crebro voce repeteret, Gr. D. 277, 1

Linked entry: eftgian

ge-trymednesse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trymednesse, e; f.
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Ealle getrymednesse hláfes forgnád, Ps. L. 104, 16

hand-tam

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-tam, adj.
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So tame that it may be handled; mansuetus Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé nú bǽtan wylt beóð sóna handtame, Hml. Skt. 8, 86

Linked entry: tam

heáfod-gylt

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In l. 2 after wyrðe insert ne, and add Þá men þe mid openan heafodgyltan sylfe forgyltað, Wlfst. 153, 9. Cf. heáfod-synn

mór-seohtre

(n.)
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a marshy ditch Wæterfrocgan hwílon man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum ( in putridine paludis commorantur ), Chrd. 96, 28

Linked entry: seohtre

nunn-fǽmne

(n.)
Grammar
nunn-fǽmne, a
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nýde genam áne nunfǽmnan and tó him gegaderode mid unálýfedum synscipe, 230, 13

Linked entry: fǽmne

ofer-trúwian

(v.)
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to trust too much to Wá þám þe ofertrúwað mægne and mænege, and on God ne behiht, swá swá sceolde, Wlfst. 48, 7

on-rid

(n.)
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a riding horse, steed, mount Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe álǽned hæfde, Cht. Crw. 23, 25. See p. 132. [Dauid . . .. Cf. P. 38.]

pínung

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Nǽre his (the rich man's) wíte fulfremed on ðám fýre, búton ðá ylcan pínunga his siblingum gewénde, Hml. Th. i. 334, 2. Add

sacc

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lǽdde his hálgan béc mid him on fellenum saccum (sæccum, v. l.) sacros codices in pelliceis sacculis portabat, Gr. D. 34, 15. Add

scolu

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Add singan on Grécisc agios . . . and eft scolu (schola) on Léden sanctus . . . seó sculu (scola ) andswaraþ on Léden, Angl. xiii. 418, 757-762

tó-cirran

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mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon on þǽre stówe þe genemned is æt Eámótum ... and syþþan mid sibbe tócyrdon, Chr. 926; P. 107, 26. Add