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mæder

(n.)

a measure

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a measure Ofgeót mid. iii. mædrum ealoþ, Lchdm. iii. 28, 16. (?)

mǽr-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-hlísa, an; m.

Great famecelebrity

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Great fame, celebrity Mid mǽrhlísan cælebri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 74

Linked entry: hlísa

tigrisc

(adj.)
Grammar
tigrisc, adj.
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Of a tiger Mid tigriscum fellum tygridum pellibus, Nar. 26, 14

Linked entry: tiger

un-stedefull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stedefull, adj.

Unstableapostate

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Unstable, apostate Mid englum unstydfullum cum angelis apostaticis, Rtl. 121, 21

Linked entries: -stedefull un-stydfull

forþ-ágoten

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-ágoten, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Poured forth, profuse Mid forðágotenum bénum, Hml. S. 23 b, 789

Linked entry: á-geótan

ge-blissung

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Add: — Mid mycelre geblissunge cum magna hilaritate, Angl. xiii. 367, 28

ge-baswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baswian, to dye purple or
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crimson Ðá stánas wǽron gebaswad mid his blóde, Shrn. 74, 32

Linked entry: baswian

hyse-byrding

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-byrding, e ; f.
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Child-bearing Mid heofenlicere heseberd-incge celesti puerperio, An. Ox. 946

Linked entry: -byrding

ofer-flówedlicness

(n.)
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superfluity Mid his oferflówodlicnysse superfluitate sua, R. Ben. I. 101, 15

teónlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
teónlíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Achan wearð ðá oftorfod teónlíce mid stánum, Hex. 54, 5. Add

un-gemidlod

Grammar
un-gemidlod, l. -gemídlod.
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Add: fig. unchecked Mid ungemíd-ludre (infreni) tungan, Chrd. 77, l

on-bærnness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bærnness, e; f.

Incense

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Incense Mid onbærnysse ramma cum incenso arietum, Ps. Spl. 65, 14

on-birhtan

(v.)

to illumine

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to illumine God hié onbyrhte mid andgite, Blickl. Homl. 105, 31

ge-grétan

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Man cyrican gegréte mid leóhte and lácum, Wlfst. 73, 20. Ꝥ hí Godes cirican griðian and friðian, and mid leóhte and lácum hí gelóme gegrétan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 17.

ge-swǽs

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Hæfde Ióhannes hire (Mary) gýmene mid geswǽsum ðénungum, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30. Geswǽsum gemetum blandis modis, Scint. 61, 10. Hé mid geswǽsum wordum ólehte þám mǽdene. Hml. S. 7, 83

þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽd, es; m.
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Cnyte mid ánum ðrǽde, Lchdm. i. 218, 20. Mid ánum reádum þrǽde, 100, 19. Mid wyllenan þrǽde, ii. 310, 22. Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28. Þrǽda filorum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 18.

hǽre

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Add: sackcloth used as a garment, a hair-shirt Hé scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreowode, Hml. S. 31, 445. Mid héran eilicio, Ps. Srt. 34, 13. Heó (St.

writ-bred

(n.)
Grammar
writ-bred, es; n.

A writing-tablet

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Ðá álýfde se ðám cnihtum ðæt hí hyne ofslógen mid heora writbredum and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29

egesung

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Send hé him tó swá fela eóroda þe mihton gebígan ꝥ mennisc him tó, oþþe mid egsunge þæt hig bugon tó sibbe, oþþe mid wíge ꝥ hí wurdon gewylde, Jud. Thw. 161, 37. Hé ondrǽde [þæs wítegan] egesunge metuat prophete comminationem, R. Ben. I. 58, 13. Add

geómrung

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Mid geómrunge and mid wópe ( vel gemitu vel fletu ) hí getácniaþ heora módes lufe, R. Ben. 138, 5. Hé for þæs Módes geómerunge (geómrunga, v. l.) næs náuht gedréfed nihil meis questibus mota, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 26. Add