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hundfeald-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hundfeald-lic, adj.
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Hundred-fold Hundfealdlic hé onféhð centu*-*plum accipiet, Scint. 58, 2

openung

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Add: opening Openung múþes his apertio oris illius, Scint. 96, 11

slá-wyrm

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Eal swá sláwyrm (regulus) áttru hit tósend, Scint. 105, 9. Add

sporning

(n.)
Grammar
sporning, e; f.

A stumbling, stumbling-block

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A stumbling, stumbling-block Þurh spornincge per offendiculum Scint. 134, 5

be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown

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Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5. Wé besencton obsorbuimus. Bl. Gl. Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 29.

steóres-mann

(n.)
Grammar
steóres-mann, es; m.
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Be ðon ðe mon on scipe bereáfod sý. Gif man beó æt his ǽhtan bereáfod, and hé wite of hwilcum scipe, ágyfe steóresman ða ǽhta

Linked entry: steór-mann

Rómáne

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Þá gesáwon hié Rómáne scipa on ðǽm sǽ irnan, 4, 1; S. 154, 4. Rómáno scipa, S. 3, 23. Hú Rómáno (o altered to e) æfterre gewinn and Punica wearð geendod, 4, 35. Add

un-áreccendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áreccendlíc, adj.

Not to be related ⬩ indescribable

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Not to be related, indescribable Unáreccendlíc blis inenarrabile gaudium, Scint. 26, 15

á-cofrian

(v.)
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Wunda opene raþe ácofriað ( exalant ), belocene þearle wundiað, Scint. 40, 12. Add

Linked entry: -cofrian

cúþ-nes

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For 'Scint. 38 . . . to know' substitute Þinges cúðnesse, Hml. A. 200, 165

efen-þrowung

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Be efenþrowunge níhstan de compassione proximi, Scint. 147, 8: 148, 12. Add

gilping

(n.)
Grammar
gilping, e; f.
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Boasting, arrogance, vainglory For ídelre gylpincge pro vana gloria Scint. 144, ll

hirwing

(n.)
Grammar
hirwing, e; f.

Evil-speaking ⬩ blasphemy

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Evil-speaking, blasphemy Of heortan manna ... forðstæppað ... hyrwincga (blasphemia), Scint. 137, 12

mis-wenian

(v.)
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to misuse, abuse Miswenige (printed-penige) abutatur, Scint. 224, 10: 225, 8

nyhtsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
nyhtsum-ness, e; f.
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Abundance Of nihtsumnesse (abundantia) blisse gesibsum mann byð oncnáwen, Scint. 11, 13

on-færeld

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Be onfærelde yfelra andwerdra de incursione malorum presentium, Scint. 212, 5. Add

orsorglíce

(adv.)
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Add Þæt fram þysum lífe orsorhlícur (securius) sí gefaran, Scint. 48, 3

wild-deóren

(adj.)
Grammar
wild-deóren, adj.

Of wild beasts

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Of wild beasts Mid wilddeórenum tóþum cum feralibus dentibus Scint. 99, 7

tó-bríting

(n.)
Grammar
tó-bríting, e; f.

Crushing, ⬩ destruction

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Crushing, fig. destruction Tóbrýtincge forestæpþ ofermódignyss contritionem precedit superbia, Scint. 82, 12

Linked entry: bríting

feðer-

(prefix)

four-

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four-, used only in the compounds, — feðer-fóte, -sceátas, -scette, -scíte, -scitte

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