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smeá-mete

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Sylle man tó middægþénunge twám and twám án tyl cýssticce and sumne smeámete (cibaria alia) . . . and on ǽfen twám and twám án cýssticce and sume smeámettas (cibaria alia), Chrd. 15, 2-5: 14, 36, 37. Add

wullian

(v.)
Grammar
wullian, p. ode

To wipe with wool

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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24

tóbrocen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tóbrocen-líc, adj.

Frail,perishable

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Frail, perishable Ðysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlíc and feallendlíc and tóbrocenlíc the wealth of this world is transitory and decaying and frail, Wulfst. 263, 13

be-hwylfan

Grammar
be-hwylfan, l. be-hwilfan,
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and

Eowland

(n.)
Grammar
Eowland, es; n.

Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden Oelandia

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Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden; Oelandia Wǽron us ðás land, ða synd hátene Blecinga ég, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, on bæcbord we had, on our left, those lands which are called Blekingey, and Meore, and Oeland, and Gothland, Ors. 1

under-stregdan

(v.)

to under-strew

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to under-strew Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and ðǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum he was stripped and sent to prison, and there had sea-shells and sharp stones strewed under him, Shrn. 51, 13

weorc-níten

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-níten, es; n.
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n

Linked entry: níten

manigfeald-lic

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Unárimedlicu goldhord þǽr wǽron inne and úte, and monigfealdlicu hié wǽron and missenlicra cynna, Nar. 5, 11. [Þurh mistlice and mænigfealdlice unriht and gyld, Chr. 1104 ; P. 239, 22.] Add: —

Súþr-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íg, the people or
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the district of Surrey Cantwara him tó cyrdon and Súðríg and Súð-Seaxe, Chr. 823; Erl. 63, 20. Hí heafdon ofergán ealle Centingas and Súð-Seaxe and Súðríg and Bearrucscíre, 1011; Erl. 144, 28. v. next word

langsum-ness

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Add: length Langsumnys longitudo An. Ox. 1699. Langsumnyssa, Angl. viii. 336, 39. patience, long-suffering Geþyld and líðnes and sybb and hyrsumnes and langsumnes, Nap. 41

þero

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vii. hríðru and six weðeras and .xl. cýsa and .vi. lang þero and þrítig ombra rúes cornes, Chart. Th. 40, 8

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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the land of the folk or people. It was the property of the community. It might be occupied in common, or possessed in severalty; and, in the latter case, it was probably parcelled out to individuals in the folc-gemót, q. v. or court of the district, and

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Add: Hoc caelum þeós heofen, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 86, ii. the overarching vault of sky, the sky, firmament, Similar entries v. heofon-hróf, -hwealf Hé cwæð, 'Geweorðe heofen', and þǽrrihte wæs heofen geworht (cf. Gen. I. 6, 8),Hml. Th. i. 6, 1-2. Heofon biþ

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

ofer-hygdig

Grammar
ofer-hygdig, pride.
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Utan wé beón gemyndige ússa sáwla þearfe, and forlǽton wé morþor and mán and oferhýdyg and æfeste, Verc. Först. 93, 15. Add

leóht-brǽdness

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Substitute: Wantonness, levity, frivolity Þonne ys se óeth;er heáfodleahter gecweden gífernes . . . of þǽre bið acenned ungesceád bliss and sceandlicnes and leóhtbrǽdnes and ídelsprǽc (inepta laetilia, scurrilitas, levitas, vaniloquium), Verc. Först.

féðan

(v.)
Grammar
féðan, p. de; pp. ed

To leaddūcĕre

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To lead; dūcĕre Bearn fergaþ and féðaþ fæder and módor father and mother carry and lead the child, Exon. 87a; Th. 327, 21

Linked entry: féþung

ge-swógung

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Add: — þám men bið þurst getenge and nearones and geswógunga, Lch. ii. 194, 3: 160, 6. Se mon geswógunga þrowað and módes geswæðrunga, 206, 9. Hí heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, 176, 13

án-streces

(adv.)
Grammar
án-streces, adv. [an one; streces, gen. of strec a stretch]

At one stretchwith one effortcontinuallysine intermissione

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At one stretch, with one effort, continually; sine intermissione And fóron on ánstreces dæges and nihtes and went at one stretch day and night, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 25

Linked entry: án-reces

canonic

(n.)
Grammar
canonic, es; m.
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A canon, prebendary; canonicus Ðæt Godes þeówas, biscopas and abbodas, munecas and mynecena, canonicas and nunnan, to rihte gecyrran that God's servants, bishops and abbots, monks and mynchens, canons and nuns, turn to right, L. Eth. vi. 2; Th. i. 314

on-clifiende

(adj.)
Grammar
on-clifiende, adj.

Sticking to, persistent

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Sticking to, persistent On forhæfednysse and on clǽnnysse fæsthafule and onclyfiende in abstinence and purity constant and persistent, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 37

Linked entry: clifian