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irfe-numa

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Swá hit míne ærfenuman ǽr onstellen, C. D. i. 316, 22. Eihwelc mon mínra ærbenumena, 299, 22, Add: —

mundbyrd-ness

Grammar
mundbyrd-ness, <b>; II.</b>
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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes forehátes and þǽre mundbyrdnysse be ic ǽr fore geceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

swylt-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
swylt-dæg, es; m.
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Death-day, day of death Ǽr his swyltdæge, Cd. Th. 74. 12; Gen. 1221: Beo. Th. 5588; B. 2798

geó-hwílum

(adv.)
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Cf. ær-hwílum

ge-feónd

(n.)
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an enemy Þeáh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. v. ge-fýnd in Dict

láþ-leás

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Ǽr hé sý láðleás (lǽeth;leás, Ll. Th. i. 164, 17) wið ǽlce hand, Ll. Lbmn. 144, 13. Add

Linked entry: lǽþ-leás

wítegendlic

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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add

K

Grammar
K, In one instance k seems used for
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g Ðæt mód ðé ǽr wæs keléd (áléd, v. l.) of his gewunan cum cogitatio extra usum ducitur, Past. 57, 9

ed-hwyrft

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ed-hwyrft, <b>.
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</b> Add: Hé ús edhwyrft forgeaf tó þám écean lífe þe wé ǽr forworhton, Verc. Först. 78, 18

DÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DÓR, es; pl. nom. acc. dór, dóru, dúru; n.

A large door porta

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Forðon he ǽren dór eáðe gescéneþ [MS. gesceeneþ] quia contrīvit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15. Dúru doors, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29

Linked entry: dýr

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, <b>. II a.</b>
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Hwílum hí magon begytan þá þing þe heom ǽr teohhode nǽron aliquando obtinere possunt ea, quae non sunt praedestinata, Gr. D. 54, 11. <b>II c.

earn

(n.)
Grammar
earn, es; n.

A house, cottagecăsa

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Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 31. v. ærn

riftere

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Sum tún wæs . . . ǽlce geáre áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ geríp gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3.

nunne

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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An.

síþ-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-dagas, pl.
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Cf. ǽr-dagas

bell

Grammar
bell, (more usual form belle, q. v.).
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Add Þǽr nǽron ǽr búton upphangene bella, and nú þá sind upphangene, Cht. Th. 430, 4. v. hand-, mót-bell

a-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed

To weanablactare

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To wean; ablactare Ǽr ðone, ðæt acennede bearn, awened sí quoadusque, qui gignitur, ablactatur, Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8 ; S. 493, 33

mid-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhþ, es; m. n.

Middle life or age

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Middle life or age On cnihtháde ... swá forþ eallne giógoþhád ... and ðonne lytle ǽr his midferhþe, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25

hlystend

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Ǽr beó þú hlystend, syþþan láreow antea esto auditor, postea doctor, Scint. 126, l. Hlystendum auditoribus, i. auscultoribus An. Ox. 2331. Add

tór-cirre

(adj.)
Grammar
tór-cirre, adj.

Hard to turnhard to convert

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Hard to turn, hard to convert Ða ðe wǽron ǽr swýðe heardes módes and swýðe tórcyrres tó Crystes geleáfan, Shrn. 99, 1