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leánian

(v.)
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Drihten leánigende ys Dominus retribuens est Scint. 108, 13. Leániendum remuneratore, An. Ox. 767: largitore Hpt. Gl. 492, 1. Leániende wrace ultricem uindictam An. Ox. 3816 Add

selden

(adj.)
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selden, adj.
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Rare, infrequent Seldene synd frýnd þá þe oð ende wuniað leófe rari sunt amici qui usque ad finem existant cari, Scint. 197. 18. v. N.E.D. seldom; adj.]

þeód-wita

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</b> add :-- Þeodwitan philosophi, Scint. 106, 6

wíg-blác

(adj.)
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wíg-blác, adj.

Splendid with warlike equipment

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Wígbord scinon, 207, 14; Exod. 466), Cd. Th. 190, 24; Exod. 204

scyhhan

(v.)
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Cf. scín, scýan. [

tung-wód

(adj.)
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tung-wód, adj.
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Tongue-mad, violent in speech Uppstige sandfull on fótum forealdudes swá wíf tungwód menn stillum ascensus arenosus in pedibus ueterani, sic mulier linguata homini quieto, Scint. 223, 13

æt-habban

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Æthabban retinere, Scint. 57, 7, 8. Add

hleahtor-lic

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Hlehterlic hit ys wanhálnysse tóbrocenre ealles líchaman wunda feáwa geswutelian ridiculum est debilitate fracta totius corporis uulnera pauca monstrare, Scint. 38, 7. Dele the passage given, and add:

méd-wyrhta

(n.)
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méd-wyrhta, an; m.
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A hireling, worker for pay, mercenary Médwyrhta (mercennarius) ys sé þe stówe hyrdes healt, ac gestreón sáwla ná sécð, Scint. 123, 13. Médwyrhtena lixarum, An. Ox. 4, 24

unweder-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
unweder-líce, adv.

In a way that indicates bad weatherthreateningly

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In a way that indicates bad weather, threateningly Tó dæg hit byð hreóh weder; ðeós lyft scínð unwederlíce hodie tempestas, rutilat enim triste coelum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3

hæfe

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hæfe, leaven, l. hæf,
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Scint. 75, 3

ofer-swíþe

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Þá þe oferswvþe mettum brúcað qui nimium cibis utuntur, Scint. 56, 11. Þá yfelan for hyra yflum weorcum wǽron gewítnode oferswíþe, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. Add

sweltend-líc

(adj.)
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sweltend-líc, adj.
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Wambe sweltendlíces flǽsces uentrem moriture carnis, Scint. 53, 2

in-lic

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Inlices módes ecge internę mentis acie, Scint. 62, 15. Þá inlecan interna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 60. On inlicum inelfum in imis, i. intimis ilibus, An. Ox. 986. Add

and-wlata

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Anwlatan frontis, Scint. 172, 5 : formae, An. Ox. 5169. Lege ofer þá eágan on þone andwlatan, Lch. i. 72, 5. Begeót ðæne andwlatan, 200, 10. Anwlatan, 356, 20. Add

cwild-bǽre

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Swá hwæt ofer gemet ys, cwyldbǽre ( perniciosum ) hit byð, Scint. 55, 2: 192, 17. Orsorhnesse cwyldbǽr(r)e securitatis pestiferae, 92, 14. Cwyldbǽre fægernyssa perniciosas pulchritudines, 168, 15. Add

framung

(n.)
Grammar
framung, fromung (q.v. in Dict.), e; f.
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Profit, advancement Ǽlc framung ( profectus ) of rǽdincge and smeáunge forþstæpþ, Scint. 219, 9. On háligre spǽce framunge þú gemést in sacro eloquio profectum inuenies, 2: Angl. xiii. 398, 480

ge-bícnend

(n.)
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ge-bícnend, ge-bícniend, ge-bícnigend.
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Spǽc ídel ídeles ingehýdes gebícnigend ys sermo uanus uanae conscientiae index est, Scint. . 104, 2

Linked entry: bícnend

here-reáf

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Herereáfu spolia, Scint. 19, 8: 82, 15. Add

on-hyscan

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Add Sé þe forsihð þearfan onhyscð (exprobrat) Scyppende his ( he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, Prov. 14, 31), Scint. 178, 17. Onhyscan infamare, An. Ox. 17, 23