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cwilming

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See cwylming in Dict., and add: cf. cwilmian, <b>I, II.</b> 1 Bearn mid ormǽtre cwylminge cwacigende eallum limum, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 20. Cwylmingce tó tintreigenne cruciatu torquendus, An.

cin-bán

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Þǽra cinbán þú scealt mid brídle tó þé geteón in freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Th. 31, 11

cláte

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Dele German forms in bracket, and add Clátae (-e) blitum (clitum? cf. clitum cláte ł clifwyrt, Lch. iii. 303, col. 1: cliton cláte, 301, col. 2), Txts. 44, 144. Cláte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 13: tubera, Txts. 103, 2066.

dwǽs

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Se portgeréfa nam tó Malche graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, and hine þus áxode: 'Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs ( the biggest blockhead that ever was in this town ), on hwilce wísan sceole wé þé gelýfan?,' Hml.

eahta-týne

(num.; adj.)
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eahta-týne, -ti(é)ne.
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Gif þú dést twelf tó þám eahtatýnum epactum, Angl. viii. 301, 21. v. ehta-týne in Dict. Add

eln-boga

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An elmbogan in ulmam, Germ. 396, 156. Add

ge-hendan

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Hig beóþ gelæhte ł; gehende on heora módignysse comprehendantur in superbia sua, Ps. L. 58, 13

geleáf-hlystend

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Substitute: One who is being instructed in the faith before baptism, a catechumen, a candidate for baptism Geleáfhlystendes catacumini, i. audientis, An. Ox, 2207.

Linked entry: hlystend

geoc-led

(n.)
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geoc-led, geoc-let, geoc-leta
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In loco ubi ab indegenis ab occidente Kasingburnan appellatur demediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án ioclet, 250, 15. Án iocled, 239, 18. Án swulung and án iocleta, ii. 102, 21

geoguþ-myru

(n.)
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Cf. grǽdig applied to the hungry young of animals in Ps. Th. 103, 21 León hwelpas sécað þæt him grǽdigum ǽt God gedéme) Rä. 39, 2

ge-þegnsum

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ge-þegnsum, ge-þénsum.
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Take here <b>ge-þénsum</b> in Dict., and add: of persons Godes ege myndgað þæt mon þearfum and elþeódegum monnum geþénsum sý, R. Ben. 85, 6. Malchus se geþénsuma (cf. Malchus heora ðénigmann þá þénunga heom geornlíce þénode, 239), Hml.

Linked entry: ge-þénsum

ge-werian

(v.)
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ge-werian, p. ede
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To come to an agreement, make a treaty Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ꝥ hí geweredon (waredon, v. l. ) wið him and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 6.

híwisclíce

(adv.)
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híwisclíce, adv.
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As forming part of a family or household In ealdum tídum biscop mid his geférum ge eác abbud wunade mid munucum; hwæþere hié tó þæs biscopes scíre heówesclíce (hiów-, v. l.) belumpen a temporibus antiquis et episcopus cum clero et abbas solebat manere

hreówlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in a way to excite pity Ic wille geswigian . . . hú hreówlíce hé wearð ádrǽfed of his ágenre þeóde praetermitto Pandionis flebilem fugam, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 18.

ilfette

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cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as at p. 250 does ciciris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 15. Cf.

mersc

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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

orne

(adj.)
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Not mean, excessive. of amount Wið ornum útgange, and wið þon þe mon gemígan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 70, 25. of quality or character, not in due measure, harmful (?)

slide

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Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide ( lapsum ) þǽre synne in þám merwum leorningmannum, 119, 16. Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss nǽfre slide (lapsum) þolode, Scint. 22, 7-9.

þreátian

(v.)
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Add: p. þreátte (in Rushworth Gospels). <b>I l.</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr.

rúmness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmness, e; f.

breadth ⬩ breadth, amplitude, abundance

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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of