stalu
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A stale Hearpan stala the pieces of wood into which the strings are fixed (?): ceminigi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 66 (cf. 40)
þel-fæsten
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A fortress of planks (Noah's ark) Nolde seó culufre under salwed bord syððan ætýwan on þellfæstenne, Cd. Th. 89, 17; Gen. 1482
wer-bold
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Weir-building Se gebúr sceal his riht dón . . . tó werbolde .xl. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 37
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wiþ-sleán
To counteract
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To counteract Hí woldon ðæra hálgena líc besencan on flóde, ac se ælmihtiga Scyppend wiðslóh ðam unrǽde, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 324
wróht-berend
An accuser
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An accuser Wróhtberend excussor, accusator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 14. Bearn wróhtberendra (wórhtberendra, Ps. Lamb. ) filii excussorum, Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5
wráþ-scræf
An evil cave ⬩ a den
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An evil cave, a den Wom wráðscrafu wráþra gésta the foul dens of evil spirits, Exon. Th. 424, 18; Rä. 41, 41
and-gite
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Gif þú his ondgitan ǽnige hæbbe, An. 1523. Add
Ciltern-sǽte
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The occupants of the Chiltern district Cilternsǽtna landes is feówer þúsend hýda and án hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 25
deórwyrþ-lic
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Mid þínum deórwyrðlicostan blóde praetioso sanguine, Hymn. ad Mat. 20
firm
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A fixed contribution of food Leófstán dóð tó þis fermfultum án sceppe malt. . . tó fyllincge intó þan ealdan fyrme, Nap. 55. 33
firwit
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Voc. ii. 137, 57: An. Ox. 905. Fyrwittre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 77. Take here fyrwit in Dict., and add
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geond-springan
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Gl. 473, 2) percrebruit (gloria ejus per totius mundi cardines ), An. Ox. 2840
ge-brosnodlic
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Add:. corruptible: — Ðysse worulde wela is hwýl-wendlic and feallendlic and gebrosnodlic. Wlfst. 263, 12. Ic c] corruptibilem, An. Ox. 8, 11
gearo-wita
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Swilce sió smeáung and sió gesceádwísnes is tó metanne wiþ þone gearowitan uti est ad intellectum ratiocinatio, Bt. F. 224, 4. Add
ge-wistfullung
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Feasting, a feast, delightful thing Sanda gewistfullunga (opulentas) ferculorum dilicias, An. Ox. 1632. Gestreónfulle gewistfullunge sumptuosas opulentias (has epulent- been read?), 1931
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getyng-cræft
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Rhetoric [v. ge-tynge; I. 3; but the word is put as a gloss to mechanica] Getincgcræft mechanica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 50
hirdenn
A hardening
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A hardening xii ðúsendum sí ða sceatpra ðonne seó án flán ðe sý fram hundtwelftigum hyrdenna geondhyrded, Sal. K. P. 150. 28
in-cleof
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an inner chamber, a lair Swá swá leó on incleofe, Ps. Rdr. 9, 30. Unryhtwísnesse hé smeáde on incleofe his, 35, 5
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mæslere
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A sacristan, keeper of a church Gá tó Abundium þám mæslere (cf. cyricweard, 4) vade ad Abundium mansionarium, Gr. D. 228, 15
mete-þing
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An operation connected with cooking Hí man geornlíce tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón and tó ǽlcum meteþingum. clǽngeorne, Chrd. 19, 19