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ymb-gedelf

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gedelf, es; n.
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A digging round or about Ðæs treówes ymbgedelf is seó eádmódnys ðæs behreówsiendan mannes, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 31

wyrgan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrgan, p. de

To worrystranglethrottle

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To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32

ágen-ness

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Substitute: A property Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágen-nyssa on hire. Hml. Th. i. 282, 8 : ii. 606, II

Cantwara burg

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Seó ceaster Cantwaraburge civitas Doruuernensis, Bd. 2, 7; Sch. 139, 16. Add

ege-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ege-leás, adj.
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Cf. ege-full, <b>II,</b> and see two following words

fering

(n.)
Grammar
fering, e; f.

Carriagevehicle

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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25

for-gímeleásian

(v.)
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forlǽten, forgýmeleásod excipiatur, An. Ox. 4571. Add:

ge-sáwenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sáwenlic, ge-sawenlic ?; adj.
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Visible Hit is earfoðrecce hwæt hé gesáwenlicra (-sew-, v.l. ) wundra geworhte. Wlfst. 22, 14. Cf. ge-sewenlic; for-sáawenlic

gif-fæst

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For Cot. 57 substitute Giffæst (printed giffæt, but see Wülck. Gl. 382, 30) capax Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 10

láþ-leás

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

Linked entry: lǽþ-leás

of-þylman

(v.)
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to choke, suffocate Hé symlede set his beódgereordum ꝥ ic wæs oft swíþe neáh ofðylmed and ásmorod, Nap. 50

streát

(adj.)
Grammar
streát, (?); adj.
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See preceding word

un-gefóglic

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Add Gif þá synna ne beóþ tó ungefóhlice and unonlýsendlice si insolubiles culpae non fuerint, Gr. D. 348, 3

Linked entry: ge-fóglic

dilmeng

(n.)
Grammar
dilmeng, dilemeng(?)
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ofer-líhtan

(v.)

to outshine

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to outshine Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte, Bt. 9, tit.; Fox xii. 2

tó-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-seóðan, p. -seáð ; pp. -soden

To boil to pieces

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To boil to pieces Seóð on cetele and wylle óþ ðæt hió sié eal tósoden, Lchdm. ii. 230, 8

á-súrian

(v.)
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Gif men sié maga ásúrod, Lch. ii. 356, II. Add

Linked entry: súrian

MǼG

(n.)
Grammar
MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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Ǽnig ðínra mága oððe yldrena aliquis de tuis parentibus aut cognatis, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 15. Mid gýmenne mínra mága cura propinquorum, 5, 24; S. 647, 22. Se wæs æðelboren of ǽwfæstum mágum he was nobly born of pious parents, Homl. Skt. 4, 3.

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Skt. i. 23, 189. Ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse and wlitige sprǽce ymb sóðfæsðnesse tó cýðanne cum nobis lwce veritatis plena eloquia subministrat, Past. 48 ; Swt. 369, 14. Hine wlitegum wordum herigeaþ, Ps. Th. 146, 1.

hrægl

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on wintra seó cuhle of þiccum hrægle, R. Ben. 8, 11. <b>III a.