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un-onwendedlic

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Add: immoveable ealle niht staþpolfæst and unonwendedlic þurhwunode immobilis permansit, Gr. D. 112, II. See next word

Linked entry: on-wendedlic

un-wénlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wénlíce, adv.
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Unexpectedly Þá gelamp hit se mæssepreóst wæs unwénlíce ( inopinate ) ábysgod wíngeard settanne, Gr. D. 88, 17

Linked entry: wénlíce

un-wiþmetendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wiþmetendlíce, adv.
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Incomparably Unwiðmetendlíce (-meted-, v.l.) geweorðod mid forhæfdnesse mægne cum virtute abstinentiae incom-parabiliter praeditus, Gr. D. 203, 19

Linked entry: wiþ-metendlíce

út-lendisc

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þá bróþra . . . earnodon mid heora handa weorcum æt útlendisceum mannum (extraneis), Gr. D. 50, 14. Add

wæfer-sín

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Cóm mycel werod pǽre wæfersýne þæs hálgan mannes deáðes ( ad spectaculum mortis), Gr. D. 254, 17. Add

west-rihte

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Andlang díce west on gerihte on pull; of pylle westrihte on ford, C. D. iii. 449, 12. Add

wudu-fald

(n.)
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a fold in a wood Æt ðám ealdan wudufald; forð syððan be efisce, C. D. v. 281, 33

ymb-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Circumspect symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll

Linked entry: ymb-seón

fyrs-leáh

(n.)

a lea on which furze grows

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a lea on which furze grows Be norðan fyrsleáge, swá of norðenwardre fyrsleáge, C. D. v. 232, 30

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, es; m.

DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditchvallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est

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Ondlong riðiges on ðone díc along the ridge to the dike, 620; A. D. 978; Kmbl. iii. 169, 2; iii. 168, 35. On ánne micelne díc to a great dike, iii. 169, 7. Of ðæm díce from the dike, iii. 169, 2. To ðæm ealdan díc to the old dike, Th. Diplm. A.

Linked entry: fæsten-díc

fleót

(n.)

an estuary

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an estuary. On brádan fleót; andlang brádan fleótes út on sǽ, C. D. iii. 179, 28. On mearcfleótes múþan, . . . mylenfleótes múþan, 429, 4, 5. On seolcingfleót; eást andlang fleótes on haggan-fleót; andlang hagganfleótes, C. D.

æþel-cund

(adj.)
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Add: — Manige his cúðra manna ge æþelcunde ge oðre multi viri noti ac nobiles, Gr. D. 22, 15

bræclian

(v.)
Grammar
bræclian, p. ode

To cracklerattleresound

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To crackle, rattle, resound Áweóx and bræclade mára swég and hefegra gravior sonitus excrevit, Gr. D. 236, 12

cúþa

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Ácsodon hine his cúþan ( noti sui ), Gr. D. 277, 1. Ðíne cúðan cognatos tuos, Past. 323, 20. Add

cú-býre

(n.)
Grammar
cú-býre, es; m.
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A cow-byre, cow-shed Land æt cúbýrum . . . Oxena gehæg . . . cúbýra[s?], C. D. iv. 77, 26, 29

Linked entry: býre

cynlíce

(adv.)
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Forlǽtan þá gebróðru þe ǽr cynlíce underféng fratres deserere quos semel suscepit, Gr. D. 108, 29. Add

clypping

(n.)
Grammar
clypping, e; f.
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Embracing, embrace gefeóll on þæs ceorles clyppinge ( þone ceorl beclypte, v. l. ), Gr. D. 47, 1

folc-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
folc-herpaþ, folc-herepaþ, es; m.

highway

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The public road, highway On ðone folc-hearpað; ondlang ðæs hearpaðes, C. D. iii. 393, 14: 463, 17

for-hogiend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hogiend, es; m.

A despisercontemner

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A despiser, contemner Þearfena lufiend and his sylfes forhogiend cultor pauperum et contemptor sui, Gr. D. 329, 13

Linked entry: -hogiend

gereording-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gereording-tíd, e; f.
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Meal-time cóm symle his gereordung­tíde (ad horam refectionis illius), Gr. D. 118, 12 : 145, 13