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meaht-loc

(n.)
Grammar
meaht-loc, es; n.
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A bolt of might Ne wáciað þás geweorc, ac hí wel healdað, stondað stídlíce bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 88

mód-þwǽrness

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Se fæder wearð tó mycelre módþwǽrnysse (monþwǽrnysse, v.l.) gelǽded ( ad magnam mansuetudinem perductus), Gr. D. 22, 8: 48, 29. Add

nafu-bor

(n.)
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an auger Hé sceal fela tóla tó túne tilian . . . æcse, adsan . . . sage, . . næfebor, Angl. ix. 263, 3. Cf. nafu-gár

Linked entry: næfe-bor

nigon-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
nigon-gilde, adv.
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Cf. án-, twi-gilde

ofostlíce

(adv.)
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Ofstlíce perpropere, i. ilico, An. Ox. 3107. Hé hét ofeslíce leahtra leáse in þæs leádes wylm scúfan, Jul. 582. Add

or-mód

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Ic ne ongyte náne trimðe ne on móde ne on líchaman, ac æom fulnáh ormód, Solil. H. 49, 4. Add

rísan

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Add Gié dóeð ꝥte ne rísedt facitis quod non licet, Lk. L. 6, 2. Rísað congruunt, An. Ox. 8, 328

sang-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sang-dreám, es; m.
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Vocal music, singing Lóce hwæt tó sangdreáme þǽre nihte gebyrige quicquid ad cantilenam illius noctis pertinet, Angl. xiii. 410, 638

teón-rǽden

Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn.
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Nánum hé ne forgeald yfel mid yfele, ac hé forbær manna teónrǽdene mid micclum geðylde, Hml. S. 31, 305. Add

tintregung

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Hé hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac hí áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add

þurh-holian

(v.)
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to pierce Þurhhol[od] ( a d is written over the h.v. þurh-delfan) confossa, i. transfixa (mucrone ), An. Ox. 4035

wiht

Grammar
wiht, <b>. II</b> 2.
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Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ð hió an geworden wæs, C. D. B. ii. 46, 29. Add

wæl-bend

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-bend, e; f.

A deadly, mortal band

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A deadly, mortal band Wǽlbende handgewriþene deathband hand-twisted (i.e. death at a person's hands), Beo. Th. 3876; B. 1936

Linked entry: wæl-clam

æpsen

(n.)
Grammar
æpsen, æf(e)sn, e; f.

Impudence, foulness

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Gl. 492, 60: An. Ox. 3674 (where see note)

gafol-manung

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-manung, e; f.

A demanding of tax tribute, 'the receipt of custom'

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A demanding of tax or tribute, 'the receipt of custom' Sittende tó geafolmonunge sedentem ad teloneum, Mk. R. 2, 14

Linked entry: geafol-monung

on-métan

(v.)

to paint, cover as with colour

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to paint, cover as with colour Ðú mid sárlícre sceame onméttest (-meltest, Th.) perfudisti eum confusione, Ps. Th. 88, 38

Linked entry: métan

on-unwísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
on-unwísdóm, es; m.

Folly, ignorance

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Ac ðú Drihten onunwísdómes ne wes ðú gemyndig, Blickl. Homl. 89, 10

Linked entries: un-wísdóm on-unwís

smeá-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wyrhta, an; m.

A skilled workman, an artisan

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A skilled workman, an artisan Gif hé smeá-wyrhtan hæfþ ðám hé sceal tó tólan fylstan Anglia ix. 263, 16

ge-þryle

(n.)

an assemblya meetingfrequentia

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an assembly, a meeting; frequentia For þæs folces geþryle for the folk's assembly, Homl. 8, Cal. Jan. p. 18, Lye

wíg-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-gild, (wíh-), es; n.

An idol

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An idol Hié onhnigon tó ðani herige, hǽðne þeóde wurðedon wíhgyld, Cd. Th. 227, 5; Dan. 182. Cf. deófol-gild

Linked entry: wíh-gyld