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fæderen-healf

(n.)
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fæderen-healf, fædren-healf, e; f.

The father's sidepăterna pars

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The father's side; păterna pars Hira nán næs on fædrenhealfe togeboren, búton him ánum none of them on the paternal side was born thereto, except him alone, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 5

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feoh-spillung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-spillung, -spilling, e; f.

Money-wastingprofusionpĕcūniārum effūsioprofūsio

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Money-wasting, profusion; pĕcūniārum effūsio vel profūsio Man ðǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe and feohspillinge man gained naught there except loss of men and waste of money, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 30

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lang-twidig

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-twidig, adj.
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Granted for a long time Ðú scealt tó frófre weorþan eal langtwidig leódum ðínum thou, granted for long to them, shall prove a comfort to thy people, Beo. Th. 3420; B. 1708

Linked entry: twidig

nídness

(n.)
Grammar
nídness, e; f.

Necessity

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Necessity Ðeáhhwæðere mid nýdnysse hire man mót lýfan ðæt heó mid ðam sig tametsi si necesse est, licet viro ejus ei permittere secum esse, L. Ecg. C. 33; Th, ii. 158, 10

be-weallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weallan, p. -weóll, pl. -weóllon; pp. -weallen,

To boil awaydecoquere

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To boil away; decoquere Óþ-ðæt þrydda dǽl sý beweallen till the third part be boiled away, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 328, 17 : 8, 10; Lchdm. i. 360, 1

ge-cwémedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwémedlíc, adj.

Well pleasedbeneplăcĭtus

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Well pleased; beneplăcĭtus Gecwémedlíc is Drihtne beneplăcĭtum est Dŏmĭno, Ps. Lamb. 146, 11. Ne ne on glywcum weres gecwémedlíce oððe welgecwéme biþ him nec in tībiis vĭri beneplăcĭtum ĕrit ei, 146, 10

un-tósprecendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tósprecendlíc, adj.

Ineffable

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Ineffable Rícsiendum úrum Dryhtne, ðæmhiéhstan and ðæm untósprecendlícan (cf. regnante Domino nostro, summo et ineffabili rerum Creatore omnium, 106, 19) ealra þinga and ealra tída Scippende, Chart. Th. 124, 8: 388, 24

un-gewéned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewéned, adj.

Unexpected

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Of ungewénedum ex improviso, Lchdm. iii. 200, 23. Of ungewéndum, 204, 19

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westerne

(adj.)
Grammar
westerne, adj.
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Com Æþelmér ealdorman þider and ða weasternan (westenan, v. l. ) þægnas, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 16

yfel-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
yfel-cweþan, (yfle-)
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Yfelcweþende hine maledicentes ei, Ps. Spl. 36, 23

clústor-loc

Grammar
clústor-loc, pl. -locu (not -loca).
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Substitute for citations Clústor*-*loc (clústorlocae, clústerlocae, Ep. Erf. Gll.) clustella, Txts. 51, 481. Clústerloc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 42: 131, 78. Clústerlocu crustra (ærea portarum clustra, Ald. 148, 30), 90, 57

dæg-rima

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Þú getimbradest dægriman in fabricatus es auroram, Ps. L. 73, 16. Add

godcund-meaht

(n.)
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Ofer seðel godcundmæht his, 25, 31, Mið mægne menigo and godcundmæht cum virtute multa et majestate, 24, 30. (?)

hriddel

(n.)
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Substitute: [<b>hrídel,</b>] <b>hriddel,</b> es; n. A riddel, coarse sieve Man sceal habban . . . syfa, sǽdleáp, hriddel, hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264, 13

mǽg-wine

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Iuxta terminos id est bereueg et Méguines paeð, C. D. i. 50, 14. Méguuines paeð, 54, 30

réceleást

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Ðonne wé hwæthwugu steórweorðes ongietað . . . and wé gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe (reccelíste, v. l.) swelce wé hit nyten cum cogitationes nostrae ea, quae . . . arguenda cognoscunt, pigredine deprimente dissimulant, Past. 195, 4. Add

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé gesealde wǽdligendum mannum ( captivis et indigentibus ), Gr. D. 179, 17. Add

réðigian

(v.)
Grammar
réðigian, p. -ode

To ragebe furious

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To rage, be furious Godes yrre ys ofer hig and his wíte réðegaþ egressa est ira a Domino, et plaga desaevit, Num. 16, 46. Réðegadon furuerunt, insanierunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 71

gung

(adj.)
Grammar
gung, adj.

Young, youthfuljŭvĕnis, adolescens

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Young, youthful; jŭvĕnis, adolescens Ic eom gungre yldo adolescentior sum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 3. Hí ofslógon ǽnne gungne Brytiscne man they slew a young Briton, Chr. 501; Erl. 15, 16

winter-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
winter-feorm, e; f.

A Christmas feast

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A Christmas feast On sumere ðeóde gebyreþ winterfeorm, Eásterfeorm (the Old Latin version translates: In quibusdam locis datur firma Natalis Domini, et firma Paschalis), L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 25