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secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Secgan spell, Bt. 13 ; Fox 36, 31 : 30, 1 ; Fox 106, 30. Andsware secgan to return answer, Elen. Kmbl. 752 ; El. 376 : 1131 ; El. 567. Sang secgan to sing a song, Cd. Th. 279, 10 ; Sat. 235. Naman sæcgean, Ps. Th. 141, 8.

Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian

bót

mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance

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Th. i. 256, 4. ꝥ he hine sylfne inlagige tó bóte (i. e. make himself entitled to offer bót for a crime, which, but for the king's grace, would be bótleás (v. 81)) . . . Gif hit þonne tó bóte gegá, 340, 13-16.

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each

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; Hé (Hannibal) com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum . . . and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Iof (munti fór MS. C.).

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDE ⬩ skin

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Hiora hýd biþ swíde gód tó sciprǽpum their [walruses'] hide is very good for ship-ropes, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 2.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Fox 279; Men. 141: 359; Men. 181. Ðæs ymbe lytel, Chr. 1038; Erl. 167, 6.

Linked entries: emb ymbe ymb-útan emban

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Gif ic ðæs sægde, ðæt mín sylfes fót ásliden wǽre si dícebam: " Motus est pes meus, " Ps. Th. 93, 17

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

firen-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
firen-synnig, adj.

Sinful ⬩ făcĭnŏrōsus ⬩ scĕlestus

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Sinful; făcĭnŏrōsus, scĕlestus Firensynnig folc sinful people, Exon. 28a; Th. 84, 25; Cri. 1379

ge-rotian

(v.)
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Först. 77, 1

Linked entry: rotian

forht-ferþ

(n.)
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The compound, perhaps, rather than forht ferþ, may be read in An. 1551: 1598.(?)

un-fúl

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fúl, adj.

Not foul ⬩ good ⬩ insulsum

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Not foul, good; but the word glosses insulsum, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 50

Linked entry: fúl

fiþer-dógor

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-dógor, adj.

quadriduanus

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Lasting four days; quadriduanus Latzarum feoðordðger deád Lazarum quadriduanum mortuum, Jn. p. 6, 8

Linked entry: feówer-dógor

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)

face-protectors

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Another suggestion, which accepts a compound form, is to read hleór-bergan face-protectors

lár-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
lár-sum, adj.
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Först. 95, 23

mǽr-flóde

(n.)
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a boundary channel Forð on ðá díc tó mǽrflódan, C. D. iii. 408, 31

Linked entry: flóde

ofer-clipian

(v.)
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to cry out, exclaim Ofercliopode ꝥ folc exclamavit turba, Lk. R. L. 23, 18

Linked entry: clipian

cwilm-ness

(n.)
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Först. 112, 13. v. cwealm-ness in Dict

Linked entry: cwealm-ness

beág-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
beág-wíse, an; f.

Ring-fashion ⬩ circular-form

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Ring-fashion, circular-form Oflǽthláfas on beágwísan ábacene oblationum coronas, Gr. D. 343, 15

gǽste-dóm

(n.)
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Först. 96, 8

hweól-godwebb

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-godwebb, es; n.
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A robe of fine material circular in form Hweglgodwebbum cycladibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 15

ymb-weorpan

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Sió sunne wæs eall útan ymbworpenu mid þryfealde gyldene hringe, Verc, Forst. 97, 16. Add

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