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un-áræfnedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíce, adv.
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Intolerably Óðer den wæs légum full swýðe egesfullíce, óðer wæs náhte þon lǽs unáræfnedlíce cyle full, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 616, 7

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

cneord-lǽcan

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H. 14 a substitute Seó lár ne mihte þám cneorðlǽcendum cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende, Hml. S. 3, 27

cyme

(n.)
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Add: event, issue Þæs wítedómes sóð se æfterfylgenda cyme þára wísena ( sequens rerum euentus ) geséðde, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 530, 12

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Take here cýþ, cýþþ in Dict., and add: knowledge of, acquaintance with, a matter, subject, &c. Cýð notitia, Scint. 139, 8. Cýððe notitiae, An. Ox. 4214. Cýþþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 72.

Linked entry: cýþ

sige-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
sige-gefeoht, es ; n.
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A victorious battle, a victory On sigegefeohtutn ellreordra cynna in victories over foreign races ; in expugnandis barbaris, Bd. 3, 3 ; S. 525, 25

hærfest-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest-tíma, an; m.
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Autumn Autumnus. ꝥ ys hærfesttíma, cymð tó mancynne binnan seofen nihta fyrste autumn comes on the seventh of August, Angl. viii. 311, 18

midde-niht

(n.)
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Gif hé cymð on middeniht (midde niht ?) . . . Gif hé on dæg cumð, Archiv cxx. 47, 12-16. (?)

cwealm-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm-bealu, gen. cwealm-bealuwes; n. [bealo, bealu bale, evil]

Deadly evil cædis malum

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Deadly evil ; cædis malum Ðæt hit móste cwealmbealu cýðan that it must make known the deadly evil, Beo. Th. 3884; B. 1940

norþ-leóde

(n.)
Grammar
norþ-leóde, pl.

The north-folk of EnglandAngles

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The north-folk of England, Angles Norþleóda cynges gild (ðæs cyninges wergyld mid Engla cynne), L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 2

swegel-candel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-candel, swegel-candell, e;
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f The candle of the sky, the sun Ǽr ðæs beácnes cyme, sweglcondelle, Exon. Th. 205, 5; Ph. 108. Cf. heofon-candel

wæter-bolla

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-bolla, an; m.

Dropsy

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Dropsy Of ðære ádle cymð ful oft wæterbolla, Lchdm. ii. 202, 5 : 206, 11. Wiþ wæterbollan, 108, 4 : 10, 17 : 204, 13

Linked entry: bolla

ofer-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-eald, adj.

Exceedingly old

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Exceedingly old Ðeáh hit gecyndelíc sý on menniscum gewunan, ðæt man mildheortnesse cýðe ðám oferealdum and ðám cildgeongum, R. Ben. 61, 12

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Him ( the phenix ) sette sóð cyning sellícran gecynd ofer fugla cyn, 221, 4 ; Ph. 329. Ic ǽfre ne geseah syllícran cræft. Andr. Kmbl. 1000 ; An. 500 : Rood Kmbl. 8 ; Kr. 4

ge-reordan

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Is hit cyn ꝥ gé þone mid eówrum gástlicum lárum gereordian þe eów mid his woroldlicum gódum gereordað, Ll. Th. ii. 410, 27. Hu heó mihte þurh Godes láre hire sáwle gereordigan, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 19. Ic beó gereordod uescor, An. Ox. 56, 348.

á-dón

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Him hét se cyng ðá eágan út ádón, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 22

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth, Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.

beorþor

child-bearingpartusgestationpartusfoetus

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Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, 5, 23. ꝥ hé wǽre fram Þám módorlicum beorðrum on ꝥ mynster befæst Hml.

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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K. 16. to get by living, to live to do Hé cyng beón sceolde, gif hé hit gelifode he should have been king, if he had lived to do it, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 11. Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

cylen

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On odene cylne macian, Angl. ix. 262, 2. Add