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unriht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wíf, es; n.

A woman of bad character

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A woman of bad character Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte, Chart. Th. 373, 32

un-gesǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽllíce, adv.

Unhappilymiserablywickedlyimprobe

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Unhappily, miserably, wickedly; improbe Hæfð se yfela gást ungifa ... and ða hé dǽlð ðám mannum ðe ungesǽlíce him gehýrsumiaþ, Wulfst. 52, 12

-incel

(suffix)
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Add: v. bóg-incel, cof-incel, dóc-incel, hæft-incel, liþ-incel, stán-incel, súl-incel, tún-incel, þeów-incel, wíl-incel

riht-gemæcca

(n.)
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a lawful husband Gif wíf wið óðres wífes rihtgemæccan hǽmð si mulier cum alterius legitima conjuge adulteraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 270, 11

hwistlung

(n.)
Grammar
hwistlung, e; f.

A hissingWHISTLINGpipingmusic

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A hissing, WHISTLING, piping, music Ðeós hwistlung hic sibilus, ðás hwystlunga hæc sibila, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 28. Hwistlung sibilatio, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 67; Wrt. Voc. 46, 24. Huislung simphonia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 25.

á-lesan

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Monig óþer tácu mæg on þǽre béc gemétan swá hwylc swá hié rǽdeð, þe wé þás of álǽson (-lésan, v. l.) de quo haec excerpsimus, Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 400, 21

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, <b>. I b.</b>
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Add Sé ðe wilnað wóh tó dónne, and wilnað ðeáh ðæt ðæs óðre men sugigen (swugien, v.l.) qui et prava studet agere, et tamen ad haec vult caeteros tacere, Past. 145, 12.

wín-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
wín-ærn, es; n.

a place where wine is storeda place where wine is sold and drunka tavern a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting

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Similar entries Cf. wín-ræced Grétte Hroðgár Beówulf, and him hǽl ábeád, wínærnes geweald: 'Nǽfre ic ǽnegum men ǽr álýfde ðrýþærn Dena ... Hafa nú and geheald húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 1312; B. 654

Linked entries: wín-hús wín-ræced

feccan

(v.)
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Men gesóhton þone stede heora hǽle feccende, 26, 238. Dele: "p. feahte . . . feht," and add

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

fóre-seónd

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-seónd, es; m.

One who foreseesa providerprovīsor

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One who foresees, a provider; provīsor Lícode ðam árfæstan fóreseónde úre hǽlo plăcuit pio provīsōri sălūtis nostræ, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 13

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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eást yrnende wið norþan Créca land út on ðone Wendel-Sǽ] and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwén-Sǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, GERMANIA now we will speak, as much as we know, about the boundaries of Europe.

ge-talian

(v.)
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Þé bið getalod éce méd of heora hǽle tibi ex illorum salute merces iudicabitur eterna, Chrd. 93, 18

hætsan

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Perhaps the word may be connected with hǽts(e) ( v. hægtesse), cf. (?) later English hag to incite, urge. v. N. E. D

híred-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
híred-cúþ, adj.

Familiardomestic

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Familiar, domestic Betere ys þincg híredcúþ beón gewanud þænne sáwle hǽle forwyrþan melius est rem familiarem minui quam animę salutem perire, Scint. 203, 13

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chambercubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa

ést-mete

(n.)
Grammar
ést-mete, es; m.

Delicate meat, dainties, luxuriesdelĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ

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Delicate meat, dainties, luxuries; delĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ Ðeós sand oððe éstmete hæc daps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20. Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád.

ge-stihtung

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Ðæt wille ic gecýþan, þæt þá rícu of nánes monnes mihtum swá gecræftgode ne wurdou, ne for nánre wyrde, buton from Godes gestihtunge ut omnia haec Dei judiciis disposita, non autem humanis viribus, aut incertis casibus accidisse perdoceam, Ors. 2, l ;

BRÍW

(n.)
Grammar
BRÍW, es; m.

A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etcBREWISpulspultisπόλτοςporridge

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A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc, BREWIS; puls; gen. pultis = πόλτος porridge Ðes bríw this pottage; hæc puls, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M.

Linked entries: calwer-bríw briig

bed-reda

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Bedd-reda oððe sé þe hæfð paralisin, 75, 48. Mín cniht líð æt hám bedreda (v. Mt. 8, 6), paralyticus. Hml. Th. i. 126, 6. His cépte sum bedd-ryda þe læg seofon geár tóslopenum limum . . . þá bletsode hé þone beddrydan mann, Hml. S. 6, 254-7.