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neáh-cirice

(n.)
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Férdon tó þǽre neáhcyrican (ad vicinam ecclesiam), 216, 3

onbítan

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Nolde ǽnig onbítan mennisces metes (cf. ǽlcne mete onscunedon þe men etaþ, Bt. 38, 1; F. 196, 4), Met. 26, 90. Add

on-cunness

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on-cunness, accusation.
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Ðá werian gástas mid gelómlicum oncunnissum (crebris accusationibus) tiledon, ꝥ him ðone heofonlican weg forsetton, Bd. 3, 19 ; Sch. 278, 8. Add

pællen

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Tó þám ꝥ sceolde beón wéned ꝥ wǽre se cyning . . .for þǽm pællenum reáfum ( ex purpureis vestibus), Gr. D. 131, 18. Add

reád

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Him wæs gecynde ꝥ symble wæs reád on his andwlitan, Gr. D. 187, 16. v. blód-, bóc-, weolcen-, wræt-, wurm-reád. Add

regnian

(v.)
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to rain, cause rain to fall hregnað (regneð, R.) ofer sóðfæsta and unsóðfæste pluit super justos et injustos, Mt. L. 5, 45

sworettan

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Tó þon ꝥ þone swétan mete húru sworettende and geómriende onbyrgdon ut cibum suavem saltem suspirando gustarent, Gr. D. 170, 10. Add

tó-middes

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Add His borh þǽr æt hám gewunode tómiddes heora, swilce beswicen wǽre quasi deceptus in medio fidejussor remansit, Gr. D. 253, 26

un-scyttan

(v.)
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to un shoot, push back a bolt gelæhte þá dura, and ne mihte þá scyttelsas unscyttan swá hraðe, Hml. S. 31, 863

Linked entry: scyttan

un-wríþan

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Swá þæt nánra þinga (the ropes) mihton beón undón and unwriðene (tólýsede, v.l.) ut dissolvi non potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 16. Add

út-waru

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út-waru, [For the obligation involved in waru see werian ; <b>III c.</b>]
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him ꝥ land sealdon æt Norðtúne . . . ꝥ syndon iii hída tó inware and óðer healf tó útware, Cht. E. 235, 29. Add

wæter-frogga

(n.)
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wæter-frogga, an; m.
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A water-frog Wæterfrocgan (ranę in aqua) hwílon man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum, Chrd. 96, 27

Linked entry: frogga

Wódnes-dæg

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On Wodnesdæg, þe byð caput ieiunii, bisceopas áscádað út of cyrican . . . þá þe on openlican synnan sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 9. Add

béc-rǽde

(n.)
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béc-rǽde, an; f.
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Reading of books Heó inne heora leornunge and heora béc-rǽdon beeódon illi intus lectioni uacabant , Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 7 n

Linked entry: rǽde

cræftiga

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sende him cræftigan (cræftige wyrhtan, v.l. architectos ), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 678, 18. v. galdor-cræftiga, heáh-cræftiga, smiþ-cræftiga; cræfta. Add

weder-burh

(n.)
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weder-burh, f.

A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city

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A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city Him Dryhten bebeád, ðæt ða wederburg wunian sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 3390; An. 1699

sméðness

(n.)
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sméðness, e; f.

smoothnessa smooth, level surface

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smoothness forgeaf hreóflium sméðnysse Homl. Th. i. 26, 11. a smooth, level surface Feld campus, sméðnys planities Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 49

tó-borstenness

(n.)
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tó-borstenness, e; f.

A breaking out,abscess

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A breaking out, abscess ðæra innoða tððundennysse and tóborstennysse (ῥήγματα) gehǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 322, 22. Similar entries v. tó-bersian, I a

Linked entry: -borstenness

full-bétan

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Oþ þæt þám abbode þince þæt fulbét hæbben usque dum abbas judicaverit satisfactum esse, R. Ben. 70, 8, 18: 71, 2. Add

wan-ǽht

(n.)
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wan-ǽht, e; f.

Scant possession

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Th. 458, 19 ; Hy. 4, 103