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wúsc-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wúsc-bearn, es; n.

A beloved ⬩ an adopted child

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A beloved or an adopted child Uúscbearn (wuso, Rush.) filioli, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 33

Linked entry: wýsc

sóþ-cwǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwǽde, (?); adj.

Veracious

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Veracious Sóðcuoed (sóðcweden, Rush.) verax, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 18 : 8, 26. Sóðcuéd, 3, 33

Linked entries: -cwǽde sóþ-cweden

embiht-mon

(n.)
Grammar
embiht-mon, -monn, es; m.

A servant-man, servant, minister ⬩ servus, minister

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Rush. War. 9, 35

fincer

(n.)
Grammar
fincer, es; m.

A finger ⬩ digĭtus

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Rush. War. 20, 27

líf-welle

(adj.)
Grammar
líf-welle, adj.
Entry preview:

From a living spring Lífwelle wæter [wæter cwicwelle, Rush.] aquam vivam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 10

ge-fættian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fættian, p. ode; pp. od

To fatten ⬩ anoint ⬩ impinguare ⬩ pinguefieri

Entry preview:

Rush. 13, 15

Linked entries: be-fættian fættian

un-gegearwod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gegearwod, -gegered; adj.

Not dressed

Entry preview:

Rush. 22, 11

Linked entry: ge-gearwian

ífe

(n.)
Grammar
ífe, (?), an (?) ; f.
Entry preview:

Some kind of plant Rúde ruta, íue iva, brócminte sisymbrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 1-3

Linked entry: iue

stole

(n.)
Grammar
stole, an ; f. : stol, es ; n. (in Northern specimens)
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Geonga in stolum (stollum, Rush.) ł on ofer*-*slopum ambulare in stolis, 20, 46 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 38

æced

(n.)
Grammar
æced, es; n.

Vinegar

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Rush. War. 19, 30

erc

(n.)
Grammar
erc, an ark, a

chest

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Rush. War. 17, 27

bi-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wærlan, p. de; pp. ed [v. bí- in be- II]

To pass by ⬩ præterire

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 11, 42

Linked entry: wærlan

scyte-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
scyte-rǽs, es; m.
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A headlong rush On scyterǽs oððe on fǽrfyll, unforesceáwadlíc in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 43

þurh-clǽnsian

(v.)

to cleanse thoroughly

Entry preview:

Rush. 3, 12

Linked entry: clǽnsian

un-ádrysnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysnendlíc, adj.

Unquenchable ⬩ inextinguishable

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Lind. 3, 17 (unádryssenlíc, Rush.)

un-scortende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scortende, adj.

Not failing ⬩ not running short

Entry preview:

Rush. 12, 33

Linked entry: scortian

wiþer-dúne

(adj.)

glosses ⬩ angusta

Entry preview:

Rush. 7, 14

Linked entry: dúne

heaðu-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-rǽs, es; m.

A battle-rush, charge, onslaught

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A battle-rush, charge, onslaught, Beo. Th. 1056; B. 526: 1119; B. 557: 2099; B. 1047

þriwa

(num.; adv.)
Grammar
þriwa, þrywa, þreowa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þría; adv.

Thrice ⬩ three times

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.: þriowa, Rush.) ter, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 34. Þriuwa, Rush. 75. Þriwa (ðría, Lind.: ðrige, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 14, 30, 72. Þriwa (ðriga, Lind.: ðrige, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 22, 61. Þriwa (þrywa, MS. A.), Jn. Skt. 13, 38: 21, 14. Þriga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 35.

Linked entries: þría þriga

gnídan

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</b> to rub one object against another :-- Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. <b>I b.</b> to rub a surface with material, cover a surface by rubbing :-- Reóde gnídan fucare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49.

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