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hám-weard

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70, 19: 3, 11; S. 152, 20.

býsnian

(v.)
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býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
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To give or set an example; exemplum dare We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas aa wel býsnian we enjoin that priests always set a good example, L. Edg. C. 52; Th. ii. 254, 28.

á-fandung

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á-fandung, -fandigung.
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Add: trial, probation Seó gedréfednys wyrcð geðyld, and þæt geðyld áfandunge ( probationem , v. Scint. 7, 19),, Seó áfandung eówres geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 554, 25-31.

holm-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
holm-þracu, g. -þræce; f.

The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean,

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The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 467. Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen.

twi-snæcce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-snæcce, -snæce, -snece; adj.

Double-pointedcloven

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See also Jamieson's Dictionary sneck.)

Linked entry: þri-snæcce

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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See also Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. cap. vi. Bisceopa gemót a meeting of bishops, Bd. 1, 14: S. 482, 3.5. Be geotum of moots.

Linked entry: ge-mét

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Tó hæpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 9. add: Hé sæt tó þám cásere, Hml. S. 31, 629. Hé gesette his sunu tó þǽm onwalde tó him. Ors. 6, 22; S. 274, 6. Hí mid hæran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36: 35, 160: Hml. A. 108, 207.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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. :-- Hí ðǽr swá longe ðóhton tó beónne, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 22. Se ðe ða áre þænce tó þeófigenne oððe on óððre wís on tó áwendenne qui quid illinc abstulerit sive in alium usum converterit, Chart. Th. 177, 13.

ge-wilnung

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S. 83, 33

ass-myre

(n.)
Grammar
ass-myre, an; f.

A mare assshe-assasina

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A mare ass, she-ass; asina And xx assmyrena and twenty of mare asses, Gen. 32, 15

febrig

(adj.)
Grammar
febrig, adj.

Feverishfebrĭcŭlōsus

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Feverish; febrĭcŭlōsus Gif he febrig if he be feverish, Herb. 1, 28; Lchdm. i. 78, 26

magu-rǽdend

(n.)
Grammar
magu-rǽdend, es; m.

One who advises men

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One who advises men Woldon cræfta gehygd magorǽdendes ( St. Andrew ) mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2920; An. 1463

mere-þyssa

(n.)
Grammar
mere-þyssa, an; m.

A sea-rushera ship

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A sea-rusher, a ship On mereþyssan, Andr. Kmbl. 892; An. 446. On mereþissan, 514; An. 257

Linked entries: þyssa wæter-þísa

niht-eáge

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-eáge, -ége; adj.

Able to see at night

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Able to see at night Nihteáge nyctalmus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 23. Nihtége nictalmus, i. 20, 8

sceþwræc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceþwræc, adj.
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Hurtful, noxious, hostile Ðæm ( St. John ) ne sceþede nǽnig scyld ðisse sceþwracan worlde, Blickl. Homl. 161, 33

un-sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sceádlíce, un-sceádelíce; adv.

Unreasonably

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Unreasonably Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde si quis frater aliqua inrationabiliter postulat, R. Ben. 54, 13

un-hered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hered, adj.

Unpraised

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Unpraised Þeáh hé seó ánum gehered, ðonne biþ hé óþrum unhered, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 15

á-hwistlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwistlian, p. ode
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To hiss, speak indistinctly Seó tunge áwistlað þe ǽr hæfde getinge sprǽce and geráde, Wlfst. 147, 31

Linked entry: hwistlian

brac-hwíl

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Swá ys seó brachwíl on þæs mannes eágan, heó ys sóðes atomus, Angl. viii. 318, 33. Add

cwísan

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See cwysan (l. cwýsan) in Dict., where substitute for bracket: [v. N. E. D. quease], and add