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seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.

Lamenting ⬩ complaining ⬩ complaint

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MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Prov. Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 20.

Carendre

(n.)
Grammar
Carendre, an; f.

A province of Germany, now the duchy of Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire

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A province of Germany, now the duchy of Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire On óðre healfe Donua ðære eá is ðæt land Carendre, súþ óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis on the other side of the river Danube is the country Carinthia, [

oft-þweál

(n.)
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frequent washing Eáwlá wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and óðrum líðnessum, Nap. 50; [Verc. Först. 166, s. v. híwfæger ]

Linked entry: þweál

spówendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
spówendlíce, adv.

Thrivingly, prosperously, abundantly

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Thrivingly, prosperously, abundantly Mé ofer cume hǽlu æfter ðínre sprǽce spówendlíce veniat super me salutare tuum secundum eloquium tuum Ps. Th. 118, 41, 58: 147, 4

ge-bearded

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bearded, ge-beardede; adj.
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Bearded Heó wearð for þǽre mycclan gecynde and hǽte þæs lustes gebeardedu (-berd-, v.l.) calore nimio contra naturam barbas esset habitura, Gr. D. 279, 14

næced

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Add: næcedu Þǽr is hunger and næcedu, and þǽr is yrmðo and nearones, and þær is unmǽte cyle and unáhefendlic hǽto geméted. Verc. Först. 169

wær-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
wær-wyrde, adj.

Cautious of speech, prudent in speech, careful of one's words

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Cautious of speech, prudent in speech, careful of one's words Wærwyrde sceal wísfæst hæle breóstum hycgan, nales breahtme hlúd, Exon. Th. 303, 22; Fä. 57

mán-feld

(n.)
Grammar
mán-feld, es; m.

The field of crime

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The field of crime Mon hǽtt ðæt lond Mánfeld ðǽr hié mon byrgde obruta est in campo, qui nunc Sceleratus vocatur, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 20

recu

(n.)
Grammar
recu, e; f.
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Guidance, direction, correction (v. reccan, VII, VII a) Seó (Hilda) gódre rece and hǽlo intingan þegnade occasionem salutis et correctionis ministravit, Bd. 4, 23 : S. 594, 42

un-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
un-gifu, e; f.

An evil gift

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An evil gift Hæfð se yfela gást hérongeán seofonfealde ungifa ... ða yfelan ungifa ðæs árleásan deófles syndan ðus genamode insipientia, stultitia..., Wulfst. 52, 7-20: 58, 14

leád-gota

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gota, an; m.
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A lead-founder Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfð . . . Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18

Linked entry: gota

ofer-þeccan

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Þú oferþece (cooperies) hine mid hǽran, Chrd. 37, 12. Add

fugelian

(v.)
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Add

pirige

(n.)
Grammar
pirige, an ; f.
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A pear-tree Ðeós pirige haec pirus, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59 : Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 51 : 80, 9. Pirge, ii. 117, 35. On gerihte tó ðære pirigan, Chart. Th. 148, 28.

Linked entry: pyrige

brún-basu

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Balla loca prasinum (cf. calcido ut ignis lucet haec est prasinum, Corp. Gl. H. C. 77) brún-basu, 125, 16. Bánwyrt ys brúnbasuw, Lch. i. 294, 10. Brúnbasewum purpureo , An. Ox. 1269. Brúnbasum, 5139. Brúnbaswere, 5072. Brúnbasne coccineum , 5125.

ge-hwilc

Grammar
ge-hwilc, <b>;
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</b> add In gehwylcum men ( in vivente quolibet ) þá hwíle þe hé leofað se gǽst byþ hæfd on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 303, 23

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettle ⬩ ruin ⬩ frustrate ⬩ degenerate ⬩ deteriorate ⬩ perdere ⬩ degenerare

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Hic et hæc et hoc nugas ðæt is abroðen on Englisc Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2

Linked entry: a-bruðon

nergend

(n.)
Grammar
nergend, nerigend, neriend, es; m.

A saviour ⬩ preserver

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Nergendes hǽs God's command, Cd. Th. 173, 29; Gen. 2863. Nergende leóf, 77, 35; Gen. 1285.

ge-les

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cf. 5, 7; Sch. 585, 1 where gelice and geliese are two readings), þeós gémen þé wæs, and þis þú hyrde dydest hic labor, hoc studium, haec tibi cura, hoc pastor agebas, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 108, 14.

seolh

Grammar
seolh, gen. seóles.
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Haec anhelitu suo pedes ejus fovere coeperunt, ac villo satagebant extergere (Vit. Cuth. c. x.), Hml. Th. ii. 138, 11. Seólas simones, An. Ox. 41, 2. .vii. fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, 54, 1. Add