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ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus

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Ðú scealt wunian in gewinne thou shalt continue in toil, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 14; Cri. 622: 32 a; Th. l01, 10; Cri. 1656: Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 17. He wæs on gewinne factus in ăgōnia, Lk. Bos. 22, 44.

Linked entry: winn

lang-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sum, adj.

Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering

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Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum 'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585.

a-parian

(v.)
Grammar
a-parian, p. ode; pp. od

To apprehend ⬩ take ⬩ deprehendere

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To apprehend, take; deprehendere Seó wæs aparod on unriht-hǽmede deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 3

á-wér

(adv.)

anywhere ⬩ in any wise

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anywhere, in any wise, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 28; Met. 8, 14: Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 14

balzam

(n.)

balsam

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balsam Se sceal on balzame beón it shall be of balsam, L.M. 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 23

eax

(n.)

an axe ⬩ secūris

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In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23, note 65, MS. B

Linked entries: æx ex

eneleác

(n.)
Grammar
eneleác, es; n.

An onion ⬩ cæpe

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An onion; cæpe We hæfdon porleác and eneleác in mentem nobis vĕniunt porri et cæpe, Num. 11, 5

folc-talu

(n.)
Grammar
folc-talu, e; f.

Folk-reckoning ⬩ genealogy ⬩ pŏpŭli enŭmĕrātio ⬩ genealŏgia

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Folk-reckoning, genealogy; pŏpŭli enŭmĕrātio, genealŏgia On folctale in the genealogy, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 29; Exod. 379

Fres-lond

(n.)
Grammar
Fres-lond, es; n.

Friesland ⬩ Frīsia

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Friesland; Frīsia Freslondum on Hreðles eafora swealt Hrethel's offspring perished in the Frieslands, Beo. Th. 4704; B. 2357

eall-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-hwít, adj.

All-white ⬩ omnīno albus

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All-white; omnīno albus On eallhwítre þryh in an all-white coffin, Th. Diplm. A.D. 970; 241, 11

Linked entries: eal-hwít HWÍT

hrið

(n.)
Grammar
hrið, es; m.

Fever

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Fever Fefer ðæt is micel hǽto and hrið [MS. hruð], L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 7

Linked entry: hruð

lǽd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lǽd-ness, e; f.

production

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A bringing forth, production On ðæs tuddres lǽdnysse in prolis prolatione, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 21 note

nafel-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
nafel-sceaft, e; f.

The navel

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The navel Ðisne lǽcedóm man sceal dó ðan manne se his nafuisceaft in týhþ, Lchdm. iii. 124, 22

glengista

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In the passage Dr. Bradley suggests that for minra should be read niura, and gleáwnis tó for glengista

under-plantian

(v.)

supplantare

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glosses supplantare in: Ðú underplantedest supplantasti, Ps. Spl, 17, 41. Dysig byð underplantud stultus supplantatur, Scint. 169, 2

Linked entry: plantian

þýmel

(adj.)
Grammar
þýmel, adj.

A thumb thick

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In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19

úht-floga

(n.)
Grammar
úht-floga, an; m.

A creature that flies in the early morning

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A creature that flies in the early morning Ðæs wyrmes denn, ealdes úhtflogan, Beo. Th. 5513; B. 2760

un-gewemmedness

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

Purity

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Purity Rihtlíc is mé swá besmitenre fram ðínre clǽnan ungewemmednesse beón áscirod, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 438

wíþig-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-bróc, es; m.

A brook by which willows grow

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A brook by which willows grow In wíðibróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 2. On wíðigbróch, 202, 3

word-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
word-gleáw, adj.

Prudent in speech

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Prudent in speech Cwæð se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 12 ; Dan. 418