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fíftíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftíne-wintre, adj.
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Fifteen years old Ðá hé wæs fífténewintre, Bl. H. 213, 1. Ꝥ man nǽnne gingran mann ne slóge þonne xv-wintre man, Ll. Th. i. 240, 28

ge-baþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baþian, p. ode
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Hé næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20

Linked entry: baþian

ge-hwætness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwætness, e; f.
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Quickness, rapid movement Atomes . . . rímcræftige men óðerwhíle hátað for his gehwætnysse momentum (cf. Momentum . . . hé ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum 6), Angl. viii. 318, 37

Linked entry: hwæt-ness

ge-spédan

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Gespéd ł gesundful síðfæt hé dǽþ ús prosperum iter faciet nobis, Ps. L. 67, 20. Seó hǽl wearð gespéd on Iudan handum. Hml. S. 25, 286. Add

hreófla

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Tiberius wæs swá unhál myd myslýcum wundum ꝥ hé wearð hreófla, Hml. A. 181, 17

leoþu--wǽcan

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Dele first passage (for which see Sǽs geliþewǽcað brymmas ponti mitescunt freta, Hy. S. 6, 28), and for last passage substitute :-- Leoþewǽcan mitigare, pacificare, An. Ox. 3802

mús-fealle

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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre to note mehte, ne forða músfellan, ne ꝥ gít lǽsse is, tó hǽpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 8. Add

ofer-leóran

Grammar
ofer-leóran, I. add: <b>I a.</b>
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to pass by, abandon Þonne wǽre him wén ꝥ hé oferliórde and forléte þone gewunan his ágenre stíþnysse fortassis sui vigoris usum excederet, Gr. D. 106, 5

preóst-heáp

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Þá ácsode ic hí be þám ylcan wundre beforan þám æþelum werum and þám preóstheápe (clero) and eác beforan eallum þám folce, Gr. D. 302, 25. Add

scræf

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Add Mín hús is gebedhús, and gé hit habbað gedón sceaðum tó screafe (gescræfe, Mt. R. 21, 13), Hml. Th. i. 406, 3. v. heort-, stán-scræf

seóc-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc-mód, adj.
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Not strong-minded Hræce hé and snýte bæftan him, and þæt fortrede, þe lǽs hit seócmódum (infirmis mentibus) bróþrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan, Cnid. 23, 9

wudu-bill

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Sume dæge sealde hé him írengelóman, ꝥ is háten wudubill quadam die ei dari ferramentum jussit, quod ad falcis similitudinem falcastrum vocatur, Gr. D. 113, 18. Add

á-stemnian

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>á-stefnan, á-stemnian</b> to establish, institute Mynster hí sylf ástemnedon monasterium ab ipsis conditum, Bd. pref.; Sch. 4, 13

ærcebiscop-stól

(n.)
Grammar
ærcebiscop-stól, es; m.
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Æfter him féng Mellitus tó arceƀstóle, Chr. 616; P. 22, 37: 988; P. 125, 16. Hé gesæt his arceƀstól inthronizatur cathedra archipresulatus sui, 1048; P. 172, 4

BREÁD

(n.)
Grammar
BREÁD, breód, es; n.

A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD ⬩ buccella, panis

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Hí ge-éton ðæt breád manducaverunt panem, 6, 23

Linked entry: breód

brún-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-fág, adj.

coloured, dyed ⬩ Of a brown colour, brown-hued ⬩ fulvi coloris

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[brown, fág coloured, dyed] Of a brown colour, brown-hued; fulvi coloris Ætbær brúnfágne helm he bore away the brown-hued helmet, Beo. Th. 5223; B. 2615

ofer-fyllan

(v.)

to fill to overflowing, (of eating)to feed to excess

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Hý beóþ oferfyllede óthorn; spíweþan, R. Ben. 136, 25

Linked entry: fyllan

slíf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
slíf-leás, adj.

Sleeveless

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Hæbban hý scapulare, ðæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleáse R. Ben. 89, 13

híw-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
híw-gedál, es; n.

A separation of man and wife, ⬩ divorce:

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A separation of man and wife, divorce: Hé sylle hyre hyra híwgedáles bóc det illi libellum repudii, Mt. Bos. 5, 31; 19, 7; Mk. Skt. 10, 4

hlǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnsian, p. ode

To make lean; ⬩ macerare, ⬩ castigare.

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Hpt. Gl. 433. 'Carnis maceratio fleises lensing.Mon lenseþ his fleis hwenne he him ȝefeð lutel to etene,' [Cf. O. E. Hom.i. 147.]