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ful-þiclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-þiclíce, adv.

Full thicklyvery oftenvery frequentlypersæpefrequentissĭme

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Full thickly, very often, very frequently; persæpe, frequentissĭme Heó spræc to Adame fulþiclíce she spoke to Adam very frequently, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 6; Gen. 705

Linked entry: þiclíce

earfoþ-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-sǽlig, adj.

Unblessedinfēlix

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Unblessed; infēlix Ne biþ ǽnig ðæsearfoþsǽlig mon on moldan there is not any man on earth so unblessed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 1; Crä. 8

Linked entry: sǽlig

scip-réðra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-réðra, an; m.
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Hé on scyp code, and myd hys scypréðrum hys segl up áhóf, and forþ seglode, St. And. 38, 32

un-temed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-temed, adj.

Untamedwild

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Untamed, wild Untemed (Wright prints untamed, but see Wülcker 226, 14), wilde edomitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 40. Un-temed hors, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 17

Linked entries: temian un-tamed

wræc-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-wíte, es; n.

Punishment

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Punishment Seó ǽreste módor ðyses menniscan cynnes wræcwíte middangearde bróhte, ðá heó Godes bebodu ábræc, and on ðis wræcwíte áworpen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 5, 24-26

yfes-drype

(n.)
Grammar
yfes-drype, es; m.
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Erl. 141, 16, where see note

Linked entries: efes-drypa drype

æt-standend

(n.)
Grammar
æt-standend, es; m.
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A bystander, an attendant Seó heofenlice cwén cwæð tó hire ætstandendum, Hml. Th. i. 450, 31. Hé þone Hǽlend bodode eallum ætstandendum, Hml. S. 29, 255

ge-bén

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Lye. and add: — Waciað . . . on gebedum, and gif seó cyrce bið geopenad þurh eówre gebéna, habbað hí eów siþþan ǽfre, Hml. S. 3, 331

glasin

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See Angl. xxxiii. 137 for a Celtic origin of the word

hirde-wyrt

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Hirdewyrt seó lǽsse, 250, 11. Add:

ofer-þeccan

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Seó líchamlice lustfulnes ꝥ mód mid þeóstrum oferþeceþ carnalis delectatio mentem obscurat, Gr. D. 323, 9. Þú oferþece (cooperies) hine mid hǽran, Chrd. 37, 12. Add

plýme

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Haec prunus (plunus, v. l.) ðis plúmtreów, hoc prunum seó plýme, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 20, 18. Ðonne þú plýman habban wille, Tech. ii. 124, 20. Add

tíþ

Grammar
tíþ, l. tygþ, týþ.
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S. 31, 219. See next word. Add

reónung

(n.)
Grammar
reónung, e ;f.;

Whispering, muttering

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;Whispering, muttering; Nánes mannes stefn oððe reónung gehýred ne , bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes ;nullius musitatio uel vox audiatur nisi solius legentis,; R. Ben. 62, 14

Sceáfa

(n.)
Grammar
Sceáfa, an; m.
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See also Scyld Scéfing, Beo. Th. 7; B. 4

Linked entry: Scéfing

wǽpned-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-hád, es; m.

The male sex

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The male sex Swá hwæt swá wǽpnedhádes beó ácenned quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, Ex. 1, 22: Num. 1, 2. Ærfeweard wépnedhádes, Chart. Th. 483, 17

wáwan

(v.)
Grammar
wáwan, p. weów; pp. wáwen

To blow, be moved by the wind

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To blow, be moved by the wind Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte, Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81

heáh-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-strǽt, e; f.

High road

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High road Swá in ða heáhstrǽt so into the high road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 167, 21. Tó ðære hǽhstrǽte to the high road, 246, 20

Linked entry: heáh-weg

on-styreness

(n.)
Grammar
on-styreness, e; f.

Movement

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Movement Nalæs ðæt án óðra lima ac swylce eác ðære tungan onstyrenesse non solum caeterorum membrorum, sed et linguae motu, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 17

sóþ-secgan

(v.)

to say trulydeclare

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to say truly, declare Sóðsæges pronuntiat, Jn. Skt. p. 4, 11: 6, 15 Similar entries (see sóþ = pro ). Ðes man is sóþsecgende, Blickl. Homl. 187, 29