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pípe

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Add Gif þonne gít sió ádl egle, gebringe inne þurh pípan oððe horn, swá lǽcas cunnan, Lch. ii. 224, 28. the channel of a small stream. v. N. E. D. pipe; 8 a. See the quotation from C. D. iii. 380, 2

wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Wæs micel wundor ꝥ án wulf wearð ásend þurh Godes wissunge tó bewerigenne ꝥ heáfod wið þá óþre deór . . .

út-fær

(n.)
Grammar
út-fær, es; n.

A going outegressexit

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Ðæt wé symle ðone mǽran gylt forfleón þurh útfære ðæs læssan, Homl. Th. i. 484, 8. Ðeáh heó nán útfær ne gemét, 4 10, 10. On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13

ge-stun

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stun, es; n. [stunian to stun]

A noisestuncrashwhirlwindstrĕpĭtusfrăgorturbo

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Þurh gestun per turbĭnem, Cot. 157

Linked entry: -stun

ge-earnung

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Þurh Sce Ælféges hálgan gegearnunga, Chr. 1023 ; P. 156, 8. action that deserves gratitude Gif hí þá geearnunga eallegemundon þe hé him tó duguðe gedón hæfde, By. 196. v. eft-ge-earnung; ge-arnung

feorh-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-cwalu, ferh-cwalu, e; f.

Life-slaughterdeathvītæ cædesmors

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He sóhte hú he sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan he sought how he could invent a death most painfully, through the worst torments, 74 a; Th. 276, 28; Jul. 573

Linked entry: ferh-cwalu

níþ-hete

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-hete, es; m.

rancoroushateenmityafflictiongrievous troublemalicewickedness

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rancorous, hate, enmity Áwehte ðone wælníþ Nabochodonossor þurh níþhete, Cd.

Linked entry: -hete

streám-racu

(n.)
Grammar
streám-racu, e; f.
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Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3158; An. 1582. Fram streámracum óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru a flumine usque ad terminos orbis terrae, Ps. Th. 71, 8

fant-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
fant-hálgung, e; f.
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Þurh þá fonthálgunge gewyrð sóna Godes midwist, and ðurh ðá orðunge þe se sácerd on þæt wæter orðað, þonne hé font hálgað, wyrð deófol þanon áfyrsad, Wlfst. 36, 2

hete-lic

malignanthardsevere

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Hé ferde on hetelicum wintra, on swá swíðlicum cyle ꝥ sume men swulton þurh þone, Hml. S. 31, 59

nam-cúþ

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Sum wer wæs namcúð and hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 15. His ꝥ mǽre cynn wzs swíþe namcúð eallum folce, Hml. S. 23, 630. of things Asteriscus ys namcúð tácen, Angl. viii. 333, 39

súþ-land

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Add: land to the south, south shore of a river Hý heóldan þurh þá brycge áá bi þǽm súþlande (sýð-, v. l. ), Chr. 1052; P. 181, 15. a country to the south Þá þá in þám súðlandum wédde seó arrianisce éhtnes dum persecutio Ariana in Africa insaniret, Gr

tiger

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Ðá cwǽdon þá apostoli tó ðám folce, 'Þás réðan deór gehýrsumiað Godes mihte ... þurh ðæs naman sind þás réðan tigres betwux eów swá tame swá scép, Hml. Th. ii. 492, 10-21. Add

hand-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-weorc, es; n.

Handiwork, work done by the hand

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Þurh ðæt handweorc by manual labour, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 19

Linked entry: hand-geweorc

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Hell oncneów Crist ðá ðá heó fórlét hyre hæftlingas fút þurh ðæs Hǽlendes hergunge Hell acknowledged Christ when it let out its captives through the harrowing of Jesus, Homl. Th. i. 228, 17.

Linked entry: heregung

sife

(n.)
Grammar
sife, es ; n.
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Ásift smale þurh smæl sife sift fine through a fine sieve, Lchdm. ii. 94, 2 : 72, 28. Man sceal habban . . . syfa . . . hérsyfe, Anglia ix. 264, 13

Linked entries: sibaed sibi syfe

wyrm-galdere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdere, es; m.

A serpent-charmersorcerer

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Ðá gelýfde se wyrmgaldere tó Gode þurh ðæt wundor, Shrn. 103, 5, 9

wundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-cræft, es; m.

wondrous skillgreat cunningmiraculous power

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Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55. Godspell wrítan wundorcræfte, Andr. Kmbl. 26; An. 13: 1290; An. 645: Exon. Th. 427, 3; Rä. 41, 85

cwelan

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Ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, and hé feóll cwelende, Hml. S. 12, 55. Lífes lǽcedómes forwirnan ðǽm cwelendum monnum, Past. 377, 6. Add

manna

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manna, man.
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Oncnáwað þurh þás word sóðne mannan ácennedne of mǽdenlicum líchaman, i. 198, 10. Add