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neó-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
neó-síþ, es; m.

Death

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Death Se sceal æfter neúsíþum wunian wítum fæst Exon. Th. 316, 27; Mód. 55

ge-wyrtún

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrtún, es; m.

A garden

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A garden Ðǽr wæs fæger gewyrtún ubi erat hortus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1

weard-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weard-mann, es; m.

A guard, watchman, keeper

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Hé geseah ðæra sceaþena fær and to ðám weardmannum becom. Ðá gelæhton ða weardmen his wealdleðer, ðæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 15. Wylsce menn geslógan mycelne dǽl Englisces folces ðæra weardmanna, Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 10.

subdiácon

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Ðá hét hé his hordere þæt glæsene fæt syllan ðám biddendan subdiácone, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16-23: Gr. D. 159, 10: 215, 4. Wæs hé ǽrest tó subdiácone gehálgod subdiaconus ordinatus, Bd. 4, 1; Sch. 339; 11.

tó-þindan

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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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Fære ne móston wætres brógan hǽste hrínan the terrors of the water might not with violence touch the vessel, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 11; Gen. 1396. [Hǽste may also be taken either as adj. agreeing with brógan (v. next word), or as adverb.]

mód-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-leóf, adj.

Dear to the heartbeloved

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Dear to the heart, beloved Fæder lǽrde módleófne mágan, Exon. 80a; Th. 301, 32: Fä. 28

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an ; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.
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a tongue Tunge lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 56. Gif monnes tunge biþ of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum dón, ðæt biþ gelíc and eágan bót, L. Alf. pol. 52 ; Th. i. 94, 20: Exon. Th. 373, 25 ; Seel. Ex. 115. His tungan (tungæs, Lind. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum

byly-wit

(adj.)
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merciful, kind; æquanimus, mitis Bylywit fæder merciful father, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 32; Dan. 363

Linked entry: byle-wit

eorþ-tilia

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-tilia, an; m.

An earth-tiller, husbandman agrĭcŏla

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An earth-tiller, husbandman; agrĭcŏla Mín fæder ys eorþtilia pater meus agrĭcŏla est, n. Bos. 15, 1

Linked entry: irþ-tilia

freoðo-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-scealc, es; m.

A minister of peacepācis minister

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Sprǽcon fǽle freoðoscealcas to Lothe the faithful ministers of peace spake to Lot, Cd. 115; Th. 150, 25; Gen. 2497

hell-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hell-bend, m. f.

A hell-bond

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A hell-bond Hellbendum fæst fast in the chains of hell, Beo. Th. 6137; B. 3072

mend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mend-líc, (?); adj.

Moderatesmall

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C. mendlícum) fæce ad modicum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 21

fénix

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Án fugel fæger Fénix geháten, E. S. viii. 475, 21 (and see pp. 474-477). Add

freó-dohtor

(n.)
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a freeborn, legitimate daughter His fæder hine ( Antichrist ) strýnð be his ágenre freódehter, Wlfst. 193, 6

under-niman

Grammar
under-niman, <b>. II.</b> l.
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Se fæder gelǽrde ꝥ mǽden, and hió þá láre deóplíce undernam, Hml. S. 33, 28. Add

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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A milk-pail; mulctrāle, mulctrum Gif meoluc síe awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on

geofon

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Duguð wearð áfyrhted þurh þæs flódes fǽr . . . geonge on geofene gúðrǽs fornam, 1533

heáh-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hirde, es; m.
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Ox. 910. cf. heáh-fæder; 2 b

wæccendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wæccendlíce, adv.
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Vigilantly Þá nunfǽmnan ongunnon ácsian þone fæder wæccendlíce coeperunt sanctimoniales feminae patrem vigilanter inguirere, Gr. D. 242, 14