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frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.

A word of consolationconsolatory talk

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A word of consolation, consolatory talk Hé nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

wárig

(adj.)
Grammar
wárig, adj.

Stained with sea-weeddirty

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Ex. 90

DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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TheDEVIL ; diabŏlus. m. Nú þencþ menig man and smeáþ hwanon deófol cóme? Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse

Linked entry: deóful

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Take here <b>geolhstor</b> in Dict., and add Gelostr supuratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 74. Geolstor tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 2, 228. Þonne yrnð ꝥ gillister út, Lch. ii. 24, 18. Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6. Hreófligum wyrmse

broel

(n.)
Grammar
broel, brogel, es; n. [corrupted from the Mid. Lat. brolium or briolium]

A park, warren stored with deervivarium, hortus cervorum,

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A park, warren stored with deer; hence the BROYL, a wood in Sussex, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; vivarium, hortus cervorum, Som

a-cumend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-cumend-líc, adj.

Tolerablebearabletolerabilis

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Tolerable, bearable; tolerabilis Acumendlícre byþ Sodoma lande and Gomorra on dómes dæg, ðonne ðære ceastre tolerabilius erit terræ Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorúm in die judicii quam illi civitati, Mt. Bos. Io, 15

ettan

(v.)

to pasture land depascĕre

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to pasture land; depascĕre Eal ðæt land ðæt man áðer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg all the land that they could either pasture or plough, Ors. I. I; Bos. 20, 41

lætsum

(adj.)
Grammar
lætsum, adj.

Slowlate

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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18

ge-hwyrfednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrfednes, -hwyrfenes, -ness, e; f.

A conversionchangeconversio

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A conversion, change; conversio Ðara geleáfan and gehwyrfednesse quōrum fīdei et conversiōni, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 13. In ða tíd heora gehwyrfenesse tempŏre suæ conversiōnis, 4, 5; S. 572, 39

Linked entry: ge-hwerfnes

fore-gehátan

(v.)

to orderto promise

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to order Foregehéht praecipit, Mt. p. 14, 11: praecepit, 18, 9. to promise Hiá foregehéhton him feh þte hiá sealla walldon promiserunt ei pecuniam se daturos, Mk. L. R. 14, 11

Linked entry: ge-hátan

cyn-lic

Grammar
cyn-lic, convenient.
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Suá cenlic (cendlic, Ep. Erf) percommode, Txts. 85, 1534. v. un-cynlic, and cine-lic in Dict. Add

hráca

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Hráca of breóste flegma ex pectore, Chrd. 23, 7 Flegmata, ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii 299, 36. Hráca ł snofol flegmata, An. Ox. 31, 3. Add

ile

(n.)
Grammar
ile, m.
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Add: ill, es; n. sole of the foot Ilia plantarum, Lch. i. lxxi. 12. Ila, lxxiv. 23. hard skin Ile callus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 51. Wearras, ilas callos, 13, 48

lísan

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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge (peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum, Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. [v. N. JS. D. leese.] Add: —

nicor

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In l. 2 read niccres, and add In þǽre áweóllon swá ǽmettan þá nicras (printed þam cras) hypopotami ueluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11. 13. [The form crás should be deleted.]

syll

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Þreó gyrda tó þillianæ, and .iii. sylla tó lyccanne tres virgatas plancas ponere, et tres suliuas, id est, ires magnas trabes supponere, C. D. B. iii. 659, 5, and often. Add

woffung

Grammar
woffung, For first example substitute
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Hé ongann gebiddan ꝥ him God forgeáfe mid hwám hé mihte gestillan þæs hátheortan mæssepreóstes woffunga coepit exorare ut ei redderet unde presbyteri furentis insaniam mitigare potuisset, Gr. D. 65, 13

Colne-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Colne-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f.

COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii

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COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne; Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii Hí fóron to Colneceastre they went to Colchester Chr. 92i; Erl. 107, 9; 108, 5

fæst-hydig

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-hydig, adj.

Steadfast in mind constans anīmo

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Ex. 102

geápung

(n.)
Grammar
geápung, e; f.

A heapingheappilecŭmŭlus

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A heaping, heap, pile; cŭmŭlus Fóþ him on, and on geápunga eówre niðerunge gelǽdaþ accĭpĭte, et in cŭmŭlum damnātiōnis vestræ dūcĭte, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 14, note 13, MS. B