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ge-witennes

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Add: departure from this life; death (v. ge-wítan; 2); the anniversary of a person's death On þone endlyftan dæg þæs mónþes byð Sc̃i. Martines gewytennys, Shrn. 146, 32

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

mægþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ-bót, e; f.

The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman

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The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes let the fine to be paid by an unmarried woman be the same as that by a free man (for the same offence), L. Ethb. 74 j Th. i. 20, 9.

tæl-met

(n.)
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tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

cwild-bǽre

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Swá hwæt ofer gemet ys, cwyldbǽre ( perniciosum ) hit byð, Scint. 55, 2: 192, 17. Orsorhnesse cwyldbǽr(r)e securitatis pestiferae, 92, 14. Cwyldbǽre fægernyssa perniciosas pulchritudines, 168, 15. Add

under-gitan

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Þeán ðe se Hálga Gást ne beó swutollíce genemned tó ðám Fæder and tó ðám Suna, swá ðeáh hé byð symle ðǽrtó undergyten, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 30. Add

bi-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen

To write after, by, or out of, to copypostscribere, exscribere,

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[be by, wrítan to write] To write after, by, or out of, to copy; postscribere, exscribere,Past. pref; Hat. MS

ge-wemming

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Náht framað fǽmnhád líchaman þár byð geworht gewemmincg ( corruptio ) módes, Scint. 69, 8. Gewemmincge lenocinii (spurca ludibria ), An. Ox. 2, 318. Cwelmbę́re gewemmincce ę́ttre pestiferum praeuaricationis uirus, 11, 84. Add

oft-rǽde

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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5

brim-man

(n.)
Grammar
brim-man, -mann, es; m.

A seamansailornauta

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Th. 140, 29; By. 295. Brimmannagen. pl. 133, 12; By. 49

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated places, Herb. 41, 1; Lchdm. i. 142, 4: L.

be-stód

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-stód, pl. -stódon

stood by or near, stood around, surrounded

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stood by or near, stood around, surrounded, Gen. 23, 2 : Byrht. Th. 133, 51; By. 68; Similar entries p. of be-standan

snǽd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
snǽd-mǽlum, adv.

By bits, a bit at a time

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By bits, a bit at a time Pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time Lchdm. ii. 356, 13

for-trúwung

(n.)
Grammar
for-trúwung, e; f.

Over-confidencepresumptionpræcĭpītātio

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Over-confidence, presumption; præcĭpītātio On ðære fortrúwunga and on ðam gilpe by presumption and by arrogance, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 6, 4

ge-ascung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ascung, e; f. [acsung asking]

An askinginquiryinterrogātioinquīsītio

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An asking, inquiry; interrogātio, inquīsītio Búton be gemynde and be geascunga except by memory and by inquiry, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 25

Linked entries: geacsung áscung

hand-geswing

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

Stroke given by the hand

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Stroke given by the hand Ðǽr wæs heard handgeswing there were hard blows dealt by the hand, Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115

Linked entry: ge-swing

mere-torr

(n.)
Grammar
mere-torr, es; m.

A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea)

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A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea), Cd. 167; Th. 208, 16; Exod. 484

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

hyge-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-bend, es; m: e; f.
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878

eá-ófer

(n.)
Grammar
eá-ófer, es; m.

A river-bank rīpa flūminis

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A river-bank; rīpa flūminis Be sǽwaroþe, and be eá-ófrum by the sea-shore, and by river-banks. Bt. Met. Fox 19, 43

Linked entry: ófer