un-seldan
Not seldom ⬩ frequently
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Oft and unseldan, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 9: Btwk. 222, 2. Oft and unseldon, L. Pen. 2; Th. ii. 278, 5
Linked entry: seldan
wól-gewinn
A conflict where there is a great mortality
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A conflict where there is a great mortality Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena unclǽnnessa, and heora wólge-winna, and hiora monigfealdan unsibbe recolant majorum suorum tempora, bellis inquietissima, sceleribus exsecrabilia, dissensionibus foeda,
hwilfan
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To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v. ) Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, and eác swá þá swýþran, and hwylf hý ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 7
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
Linked entry: cyst
hand-cláþ
A hand-cloth, towel ⬩ a hand-towel
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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30
ge-tal
Quick ⬩ ready ⬩ active ⬩ agilis ⬩ velox ⬩ expeditus
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Quick, ready, active; agilis, velox, expeditus Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and to yfele gehwám ungemet scearpe their tongues were swift to every wrong and to every evil exceeding sharp; lingua eorum machæra acuta, Ps. Th. 56, 5
hosp
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Sé bið eádig þe for Críste ðolað wyriunge and hospas, Hml. Th. i. 554, 21. Add
hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Næfde hé má ðonne twentig hrýðera and twentig sceápa and twentig swýna, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 14. Hrýðera gehlów the lowing of oxen, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 35. Hine oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera [hrýðeres, MS. F: neáta, MS.
drægeþ
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drags, thou draggest; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of dragan
drýhþ
does, thou doest
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does, thou doest; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of dreógan
nigontig
ninety
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ninety Ofer nigon and nigontigum rihtwísra, Lk. Skt. 15, 7
þyldig
Patient
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Patient Strong and ðyldig fortis et patiens, Rtl. 1010, 8
ungemet-wilnung
Excessive desire
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Excessive desire Ungemetwilnung ǽtes and slǽpes, Dóm. L. 30, 44
wiþer-sæc
Adverse ⬩ unfavourable
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Adverse, unfavourable Hlinunge and hligiunge wiþersæc, Lchdm. ii. 258, 20
bere-healm
Barley-straw
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Barley-straw Genim æscrinde and berehalm. Lch. iii. 28, 7
Linked entry: healm
cóf-godas
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and for second reference substitute Cofgodas penatum, Germ. 402, 195
eorþ-ling
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Substitute for 'A farmer; terrae cultor' 'A bird, ' and add:
feht
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xx. lamba and .xx. fehta, C. D. ii. 64, 32
fernes
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In foernisse (fórnissæ) in transmigrationem, Txts. 71, 1091. and add
folc-wélig
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Voc. ii. 67, 25. and add