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ypping-íren

(n.)
Grammar
ypping-íren, es; n.
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The name of some tool, a crowbar (?) Hé sceal fela andlómena habban . . . mattuc, ippingíren, scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 3

bí-genge

(n.)
Grammar
bí-genge, (?), an; f.

attendant

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Ox. 2065, a gloss of the same passage) cultricem, ministraticem, Hpt. Gl. 455, 16

byht

Grammar
byht, [cf. búgan].
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On heges byhte; of ðám byhte, iii. 419, 16. Add

broc

(n.)
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a kind of locust ? Broc ophiomachus (v. Vulg. Lev. xi. 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 67. [v. N. E. D. brock cicada spumaria.]

brómig

(adj.)
Grammar
brómig, adj.

Broomy

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Broomy Se cnoll is styccemǽlum mid brómige (printed hsomige) wuda oferwexen the knoll was overgrown with patches of broom, Bl. H. 207, 27

Linked entries: hrímig hromige

creás-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
creás-lic, adj.
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Dainty, rich (of food) Sume þá preóstas þe worold*-*welan habbað . . . scolon máran and creáslicran fódan ( maiorem annonam ) habban on mynstre, Nap. 13

fæst-mód

steadfast

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of constant mind, steadfast. Hé tómiddes þám líge tó Gode ánmódlíce clypode, and on þǽre frecednysse fæstmód þurhwunode, Hml. S. 31, 872. Add

ge-wriþenness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wriþenness, e; f.
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Binding, condition of being bound up Þǽr byð þearf tó fæstere gewriðennysse there will be need for firmer binding, Lch. i. 370, 20

Linked entry: -wriþenness

grytte

(n.)
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D. grit a kind of crab.]

hefig-lic

heavygravedeepprofound

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Add: of fighting, heavy Nán hefilic gefeoht ne wearð, Chr. 868; P. 71, 2. grave, deep, profound Hefiglices gedwolan erroris, Past. 367, 19

irþ-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
irþ-mearc, e ;
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f A boundary of arable land Be ðǽre yrðmearce, C. D. iii. 419, 2. Andlang westcumbes betweah ðá twá yrhmearca (yrþ-?), 420, 4

Lǽden-lár

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-lár, e; f.
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Latin lore, knowledge of Latin Sé þe þurh Lǽdenláre rihtne geleáfan understandan ne cunne geleornige húru on Englisc, Wlfst. 124, 29: 126, 23

leás-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
leás-wyrcend, es; m.
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A deceiver, a doer of what is false Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, synna ordfruma and sáwla bepǽcend, Hml. Th. i. 102, 1

Linked entry: wyrcend

líþ-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
líþ-wyrde, adj.
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Of gentle speech Hé wæs líðwyrde on þǽre tide þe hé wolde þæt ic nǽfre in écnesse nǽre mid wordum getyrged, Nap. 84

riht-líf

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Add: a life of lawful matrimony Fón mágas tó and weddian heora magan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe, Ll. Th. i. 254, 20

sund-ampre

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ampre, an; f.
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Some kind of dock; rumex maritimus Sundompran (cf. ompran þá þe swimman wile, 322, 16, and see sund) ymbdelf, Lch. ii. 116, 13

þǽr-on

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add: with verbs of knowing, in respect to a matter Hig hym eall sǽdon ꝥ dæt hig þǽron wyston, Hml. A. 188, 41

wæter-frogga

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

Linked entry: frogga

wíg-bedd

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Þá se mæssepreóst geseah ꝥ heó swíðe geswenced wæs, hé genam þá scétan of þám weófode (wígbedde, v.l. ), Gr. D. 72, 33. Add

Wódnes-dæg

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