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án-genga

(n.)
Grammar
án-genga, -gengea, an; m. [án unus, solus; gengan ire]

A lone-goera solitarysolivagussolitarius

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Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165

scip-gild

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gild, es; n.
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A ship-tax, a tax to supply funds for the maintenance of a fleet Swá fela sýðe swá menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 24

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, es; m.
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A wer-wolf, a fiend Ðæt se wódfreca werewolf tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 30 : L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 30 : Wulfst. 191, 16

Linked entry: wulf

Sciþþisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sciþþisc, adj.
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Þá Scyððiscan þeóda ofslógan úre fela, Hml. S. 7, 345. ¶ the definite form used substantively :-- Ðá Scyðiscan wunnon wið hine, 300. Siððan hé ðá Scyððiscan oferwinð, 309

orf-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
orf-cwealm, es; m.

Pestilence among cattle, murrain

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Pestilence among cattle, murrain On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr, Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5. Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10

Linked entry: yrf-cwealm

ǽror

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽror, ǽrror, ǽrur, ǽrer; adv.

Beforeformerlyanteaprius

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Se ðe fela ǽror fyrena gefremede he who before had committed many crimes, Beo. Th. 1623; B. 809. Nemne we ǽror mǽgen fáne gefyllan unless we before may fell the foe, 5302; B. 2654.

be-cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-cwom, pl. -cwómon

came fell

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came fell,Cd. 160; Th.199, 26; Exod. 344;

spáca

(n.)
Grammar
spáca, an; m.

the spoke of a wheelradiusradius, lignum in rota

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Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 1-13. Spácan radii, Wrt. Voc. 1. 16, 23: 284, 47: 66, 54. part of the body [= ribb-spácan] Spácan radioli, 65, 21

un-weód

(n.)
Grammar
un-weód, es; n.

A noxious weed

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Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2

Linked entry: weód

mis-dǽd

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Unrihthǽmed, árleásta fela, mán and morðor, mis-dǽda worn, Met. 9. 7. Úrum misdǽdum impietatibus nostris, Ps. Th. 64, 3, Áhwerf nú fram synnum and fram misdédum mínra gylta þíne ansióne averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, Ps. C. 84. Add

ge-þweran

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Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt, geþwere þonne and þicge, and gemenge ǽr wið flétan, Lch. ii. 264, 25. Geþworen (printed -þroren) flýte lectidiclatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 72: lactudiclum, 52, 6.

on-wunung

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Add Ofsett eorðlice onwunung (the earthly tabernacle) andgyt fela þencendne deprimit terrena inhabitatio sensum multa cogitantem, Scint. 138, 16. dwelling in a place, indwelling, sojourn Seó heorte bið geglenced þurh Godes neósunge, and mid his onwununge

á-wacan

(v.)

to springarise

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fela þeóda áwócon of his iii. bearnum?, Sal. K. 182, 24, 26. Add

Linked entry: wacan

worn

(n.)
Grammar
worn, weorn, es; m.

A swarmbandJlockcrowdmultitudemanya great numbera great quantitymuchmany

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Hé ðæs wítes worn gefélde he felt the multitudinous pain, Cd. Th. 269, 23; Sat. 77. Hé worna fela sorge gefremede, yrmðe, Beo. Th. 4011; B. 2003

Linked entry: weorn

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, berst, es; m.
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We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21

spellian

(v.)
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Add Þá ðá hí him betweónon spellodon and wel fela worda sprǽcon cum vicissim aliqua confabularentur, Gr. D. 75, 21. Þá gebróðra þá ongǽn hine sylfne ánmódlíce wǽron spelliende contra se unanimiter conspirantes, 106, 1.[v. N. E. D. spell; vb. 1..]

wamm-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-cwide, es; m.

Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy

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Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh hé his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 7;Gen. 621

lorh

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Hé sceal fela towtóla habban: flexlínan, spinle, reól, stodlan, lorgas, Angl. ix. 263, 11. In this passage the word seems to belong to the a-stem masculine declension, but in the Epinal-Erfurt glossaries to the i-stem feminine, with i-umlaut of o.

gest-líðnes

(n.)
Grammar
gest-líðnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitablenesshospitalityhospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitableness, hospitality; hospĭtālĭtas Ðá se fóresprecena Godes man fela daga mid him wæs on gestlíðnesse cum præfātus clērĭcus alĭquot diēbus ăpud eum hospĭtārētur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6.

láð-searu

(n.)
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a fell device, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 14; Dan. 436