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word-laþu

(n.)
Grammar
word-laþu, e; f.

Speechdiscourse

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Speech, discourse Sumum wordlaþe wíse sendeþ on his módes gemynd. Exon. Th. 41, 31; Cri. 664. Mín hyge blissaþ þurh ðíne wordlæðe, Andr. Kmbl. 1270; An. 635

æþel-íce

Grammar
æþel-íce, æþel-líce.
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ðá ciricean æþellíce gefretwode, Shrn. 50, 31. Swá fulfremed þæt nǽnig æþelícor ne sang, 127, 13. Add

and-weald

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Add: also neuter hæfde þisne andweald, Hml. Th. ii. 360, 29. Andwealdu sceptra, potestates, Hpt. Gl. 414, 15: 424, 57. Andwealda, An. Ox. 2902. Andwealdum sceptris, 4046

cnæpling

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syfonwyntre wæs . . . þá wunode se cnæplingc on Cappadoniscre byrig fíf geár on láre, Hml. S. 3, 9. Cf. cnapa. Add

feltún-grép

(n.)
Grammar
feltún-grép, e; f.
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The drain of a privy Wyrse is þæt mon ðæs ofer riht brúce þonne hine mon on feltúngrépe wiorpe; on þǽre grépe wiorðeð tó meoxe, Nap. 21

for-súgan

Grammar
for-súgan, Substitute: To suck in (used of the spasmodic action of the stomach in hiccough? Cf. súgan; <b>II,</b> sogoþa)
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Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14. Wiþ forsogenum magan oþþe áþundenum for a stomach troubled with hiccough or wind, 186, 17

milts

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Ðá ongann (Orpheus) biddan hiora (the Fates ) miltse; þá ongunnon hí wépan mid him, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 28. Milse veniam, An. Ox. 5, 43. Add

sixtig

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hit geeóde syxtygum wintra ǽr Crístes cyme, Bd. 1. 2; Sch. 13, 29. Feówer hunde wintrum and feówer and siextigum, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 2. Add

tweónian

(v.)
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</b> and e Hine tweónað ymb ðæs untruman geðyld, hwæðer geðafian mæge ðæt hine mon sníde, Past. 187, 7

wǽne

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Ualerianus wæs swíðe leás man and wrǽne aa oð ꝥ wæs oreald Valerianus usque ad aetatem decrepitam levis ac lubricus extitit, Gr. D. 341, 2 : 20. Add

wreþian

(v.)
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Add: , wreþþan þá wreþiende (wreþþende, v.l. sustentans) þá týdran limu betwyh his gingrena handum upp árǽhtum his ágnum handum in þone heofon gestáh, Gr. D. 175, 20

rímere

(n.)
Grammar
rímere, es; m.

A computer reckonercalculator

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A computer reckoner, calculator Betwux ðisre sprǽce sceal se rímre geþencean, ðæt gedó ðæt Februarius mónþ ðý geáre hæbbe þrittig nihta ealdne mónan Anglia viii. 307, 34

dolh-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-sealf, dolg-sealf,e ; f. [sealf a salve, poultice]

A wound-salve, poultice for a woundvulnĕrārium emplastrum

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Hér sindon dolhsealfa to eallum wundum here are wound-salves for all wounds, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 90, 23. Dolg-sealf wið lungen-ádle a wound-salve for lung-disease, L. M. cont. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 8, 29.

Linked entry: dolg-sealf

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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héh and deóp hell seó, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 9; Sat. 707. Witan hú ðú æðele eart, Hy. 3, 14; Hy. Grn: ii. 281, 14.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ent

(n.)
Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
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He seah on enta geweorc he looked on the work of giants, Beo. Th. 5428; B. 2717: Exon. 77b; Th. 291, 24; Wand. 87: Andr. Kmbl. 2988; An. 1497: Menol. Fox 463; Gn. C. 2

Linked entries: EÓTEN eten

huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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Gif him þince ðæt huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19. Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast.

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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Ðá gestihtade ðæt wolde landfyrde ðider gelǽdan terrestri itinere illo venire disponebat, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 26

Linked entry: fird

ge-félan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-félan, p. de; pp. ed

To feelperceivesentīre

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He ðæs wítes worn gefélde he felt the force of the torment, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 23; Sat. 77

þreál

(n.)
Grammar
þreál, e; f.

Correctioncorrection by wordsreproofrebukecorrection by actschastisementpunishmentdiscipline

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Th. i. 362, 34. correction by acts, chastisement, punishment, discipline Gif bétan nele underlicgge rihtlícre þreále si non emendaverit, discipline regulari subjaceat, R. Ben. 56, 13.

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteouslyunjustlywickedlywrongfully

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Ǽlc ðe hǽmð búton rihtre ǽwe, hǽmð unrihtlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16

Linked entry: rihtlíce