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þurh-brecan

(v.)

to break through

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to break through Wordes ord breósthord þurhbræc, Beo. Th. 5577; B. 2792

wundor-máþþum

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-máþþum, es; m.

A wondrous treasure

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A wondrous treasure Ðone healsbeáh wrǽtlícne wundormáþðum, Beo. Th. 4352; B. 2173

casul

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Ben. Lye substitute Casul byrrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 33

Eást-folc

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Ben. Lye substitute Eástfolcum eeois, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 75

efen-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-hálig, adj.
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Equally holy Se biscop biþ efenhálig Godes apostolum, Bl. H. 45, 18

ge-hlystfull

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Beó þú béntýþe ł gehlystfull depraecabilis esto Ps. L. 89, 13. Add

ge-syndiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-syndiglic, adj.
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Prosperous On gesyndelecum þingum in prosperity, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 475, 10

Linked entries: -syndiglic ge-sundiglic

giscian

(v.)
Grammar
giscian, to sob.
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Ic nú wépende and gisciende misfó, Bt. 2; F. 4, 8. Add

grammatic-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
grammatic-cræft, es; m.
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Grammar On gramaticcræft (gramatisccræfte, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 17

Linked entry: grammatisc-cræft

grammatisc

(adj.)
Grammar
grammatisc, adj.
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Grammatical, of grammar In gramatiscne cræft, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 19

Linked entry: gramatisc

leáse

(adv.)
Grammar
leáse, adv.
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Falsely Hé leáse fleswede (leáslíce ongann), Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 147, 1

sunn-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sunn-hát, adj.
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Heated by the sun(?) Sunh[á]t soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 205

cniht-hád

Grammar
cniht-hád, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gedwolan his cnihtháda errorespueritiae, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 642, 9. Add

grund-wyrgen

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wyrgen, ne; f.

A wolf of the deep ⬩ Grendel's mother

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A wolf of the deep [Grendel's mother]Beo. Th. 3041; B. 1518

Linked entry: wirgen

gýmeleásnys

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleásnys, se; f.

Carelessness ⬩ negligentia

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Carelessness; negligentia Forþgewitenum gýmeleásnyssum præteritas negligentias, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 5

heaðu-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-deór, adj.

Brave, stout in war

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Brave, stout in war, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688: 1548; B. 772

bræhtm

(n.)

a glimpse, glittering, twinkling,

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a glimpse, glittering, twinkling, Bd. 2, 13; Whelc. 142, 23, MS. B

cot-sǽta

(n.)
Grammar
cot-sǽta, an; m.

An inhabitant of a cottage ⬩ a cottager ⬩ casæ habitator

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Ben. Lye

ge-stæððines

(n.)

consistency,

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consistency, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 47: Shrn. 168, 2: 175, 28

Linked entry: ge-stæððignes

ge-teód

(v.; part.)

determined ⬩ decreed

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determined, decreed, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 12 pp. of ge-teón

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