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norþeást-hyrne

(n.)
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a north-east corner Stód þǽr án ród on ðǽre eorðan on ðám norðeásthyrnan, Vis. Lfc. 71

on-tíned

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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

pipor-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
pipor-cweorn, e; f.
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A pepper-mill, pepper-grinder Grinde reádes caules sǽdes áne handfulle on piporcwyrna, Archiv lxxxiv. 326 d

prættig

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Pæti, An. Ox. 56, 36. Pætigere callide (deceptionis ), 4980. Add

scyttels

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Scettels pessulus, An. Ox. 46, 33. Hé ne mihte þá scyttelsas unscyttan, Hml. S. 31, 863. Add

segl-gird

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Voc. ii. and add Segelgyrdum antemnis. An. Ox. 38, 1

smeágend

(n.)
Grammar
smeágend, es; m.
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A searcher, an examiner, inquirer Ðú þe eart módes smeágend and manna heortan, Hml. S. 12, 193

spitu

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Swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 11. Add

spíwan

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spíwan, <b>I c.</b>
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Ǽr þám þe hé hyne áspíwe, and þonne hé hine spíwan onginneþ . . . Lch. i. 316, 18. Add

swǽlan

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Add: — Swǽlende adurens (genas maculis livor respergit adurens, Vit. Cuth. poet. 46, 9), An. Ox. 32, 15

sýl-beám

(n.)
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36

twelf

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add: as a number Geýc twelf þǽrtó, Angl. viii. 301, 20. Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21

wamb

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wamb, I.
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Wé þis ne róhton; ac wé lufedon micle swíðor úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Add

wóger-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wóger-lic, adj.
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Wooerlike, amorous Mæssepreóstas ne beón an þám geférscypum þǽr man wógerlíce (amatoria) leóð singe, Chrd. 78, 34

cíping

Grammar
cíping, <b>; I a.</b> add.
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Voc. i. 37, 10. dele gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10

rysc-steort

(n.)
Grammar
rysc-steort, es; m.

A promontory where rushes grow

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A promontory where rushes grow Æt riscsteorte of ðam hriscsteorte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 217, 12-13

Linked entry: steort

wece-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wece-drenc, es; m.

An emetic

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An emetic Wecedrenc . . . sele ðæt lytlum súpan . . . óþ ðæt hé spíwe, Lchdm. ii. 268, 31: 170, 8

ǽmet-bed

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmet-bed, ǽmet-bedd, es; n.

An ant-hill

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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21

Linked entries: bed bed-gerid

fýr-crúce

(n.)
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fýr-crúce, an; f.

A cooking-vessel, kettle

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A cooking-vessel, kettle Fýrcrúce cucuma, Txts. 55, 621: cucuma, i. cacabus, caldarius, An. Ox. 44, 1

brengnes

(n.)
Grammar
brengnes, -ness, e; f.

An offering;

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An offering; oblatio Onsægednissa and brengnesse ðú nolde sacrificia et oblationem noluisti, Ps. Spl. T. 39, 9