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disme

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Add: moss (?) Peregrino pulvere, i. musco. Muscus est mus peregrinus ꝥ is disme ( muscus, in the sense of moss, seems to be rendered by disme), An. Ox. 46, 4

drohtnoþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtnoþ, (= drohtaþ, q.v.)
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life, way of life Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð (drohtoð, v. l. ) habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Nǽfre ic geférde heardran drohtnoð, An. 1404

fédels

Grammar
fédels, fédesl.

a fatlingfeeding

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Add: a fatling Foedils altilia, Txts. 39, 134. feeding. The word occurs as a technical term in the following Cyninges fédesl .xx. scillinga forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 6, 8

ge-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-genge, adj.
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.: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Forþsnoterne hæleða gerǽdum (cf. rǽdum snottor, wís on gewitte, An. 469), 1054

ge-staþolung

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Add: placing, ordering Gestaþelung collocalio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 32. Ǽlc endebyrdnes on mynstre sceal been ge-healden . . . be þæs abbodes gestaþelunge (at abbas constituent), R. Ben. 113, 23

gifig

(adj.)
Grammar
gifig, (?); adj.
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)

ge-wriþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wriþelian, (?); p. ode
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To bind together [Lilian] reádum gew[r]iðelode rosbeddum [lilia] purpureis conexa rosetis, An. Ox. 23, 7. [O. H. Ger. ge-ridilón vel ge-wittón discriminare (crinem).] Cf. wriþels

Linked entry: ge-wiþelode

herebeorgian

(v.)
Grammar
herebeorgian, p. ode

lodge

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To take up one's quarters, lodge Wolde his án mon herebeorgian æt ánes mannes (wícian æt ánes búndan húse, v. l.) his unðances, Chr. 1048; P. 173, note I

Linked entry: here-beorg

in-lic

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On inlicum inelfum in imis, i. intimis ilibus, An. Ox. 986. Add

hwistlian

(v.)
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Hwistliende sibilant (coluber linguis trisulcis ), An. Ox. 4703. Swisliende, 2, 370. Add

missenlíce

(adv.)
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Swá nú missenlíce ( or adj. ?) geond þisne middangeard winde biwáwne weallas stondað, Wand. 75. Hé gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add

sacerd

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sacerd, l. sácerd,
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and add Bád se sácerd ( a priest of the Indians) sunnan setlgonges, Nar. 27, 15. Heó gesette hyre gingran þe hire folgode tó sácerde (priestess), Ap. Th. 25, 18

stígend

(n.)
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Add: es; m. One who goes on board a ship, a sailor Sanctus Michael se æþela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida and se þancwirðesta stígend, An. Ox. 32 note

tó-brǽdan

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Add Ic eom tóbrǽdd tendor, An. Ox. 23, 47. add: — Se consul wæs wénende þæt eall þæt folc wǽre gind þæt lond tóbrǽd, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 12

wáfung-stów

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Wáuungstówe wseuerséne circi spectaculo, An. Ox. 8, 188. On wáuungstówe in circi spectaculo, 4, 59. The Latin of Lch. iii. 206, 16 is; In theatum vel in amphitheatrum. Add

rúma

(n.)
Grammar
rúma, an; m.

Separation

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He gede on rum he went apart, Gen. and Ex. 400. On, a roume at a distance, Strat. Dict

sár-benn

(n.)
Grammar
sár-benn, e; f.

A painful wound

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A painful wound Wæs ðæs hálgan líc sárbennum soden, swáte bestémed, bánhús ábrocen, blód ýþum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. Sárbennum gesóht, Exon. Th. 163, 11; Gú. 992

uppe-land

(n.)
Grammar
uppe-land, es; n.

Up-countrycountry as opposed to townrural districts

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Up-country, country as opposed to town, rural districts Ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him of porte and of uppelande, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 3

á-dwínan

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Ðá nigontýne geár gedóð ðæt án dæg mid ðǽre nihte ádwínð, and swylce ic swá cweðe tó náhte gewyrð, Angl. viii. 308, 32. Áduínendan tabida, Txts. 104, 1044. Add