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mere-líðende

(adj.)

sea-faringa sea-faring person

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sea-faring, a sea-faring person, Cd. 71; Th. 84, 34; Gen. 1407: Beo. Th. 515; B. 255: Andr. Kmbl. 705; An. 353

mold-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
mold-wyrm, es; m.

An earth-worma worm in the grave

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An earth-worm, a worm in the grave Ðec ( the body ) sculon moldwyrmas monige ceówan, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 7; Seel. 72

bi-bod

(n.)
Grammar
bi-bod, es; n.

A command, decree, an ordermandatum, jussum

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A command, decree, an order; mandatum, jussum,Exon. 25 a; Th. 71, 22; Cri. 1159: Hy. 4, 34; Hy. Grn. ii. 283, 34

Linked entry: be-bod

un-níþing

(n.)
Grammar
un-níþing, es; m.

Not a rascalan honest man

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Not a rascal, an honest man He beád ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 2

Linked entry: níþing

deágian

(v.)
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Add: dégan Gewésan, deághian inficere, i. miscere ł fucare, An. Ox. 5196. Dégian (dégan tingere, Hpt. Gl. 524, 59), 5220. Deágedum coloratis, 5330

fold-hrérende

(adj.)
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earth-stirring, epithet of an animal that stirs the ground with its feet, mating foot prints on the ground, treading the ground. Add:

ge-hlǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlǽnsian, p. ode
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Gehlǽnsedum macilento, i. tenuato An. Ox. 2123

ge-strínend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strínend, es; m.
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Gestreónendra adquisilorum, An. Ox. 796

ge-swicu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swicu, (?i-stem, fem., cf. Sievers' Grammatik, 268),
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Cessation Witun þá ðe ðyllicne gylt þurhteóð, and náne geswice dón nell[], Hml. A. 148, 123 note. v. ge-swíc

Linked entry: ge-swic

ge-cwidrǽden

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Gecwydrǽdden conspiratio, An. Ox. 2975. Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene (cf. seó gerǽdnis ... gecweden, 228, 7), gelǽst sý, Ll. Th. i. 236, 5. Add

gicelig

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An. Ox. 2497. Þá giceligan heáhtorra bearewæs glaciales alpium saltus 2034. Gycelie (gylicie, MS.), 7, 122

ge-trymming

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trymming, ge-tryming, e; f.
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Getremincgum sancxionibus, An. Ox. 11, 109

heáfod-burh

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Heáfodburg ( Decapolis ), An. Ox. 61, 3. Þá gesætton þá wytan þá cnihtas on twám heáfodburgum, Hml. S. 2, 320. Cf. ealdor-burh. Add

heaþor

(n.)

restraintconfinement

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restraint, confinement Cyning . . . healdeð mé (a sword) on heaðore, Rä. 21, 13. Ǽghwá mec (an onion) reáfað, hafað mec on headre, 66, 3

Linked entry: heador

lám

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Lám hoc argillum An. Ox. 28, 32. Ic eom láme wiðmeten comparatus sum luto (Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13. Add

ild-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ild-full, adj.
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An. Ox. 5454. I[l]defulle, 2, 478

leás-wiht

(n.)
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A false creature, seducer, pander Lócade leáswiht (leás wiht ? Satan ) geond þæt láþe scræf, Sal. 727. Leásuhta bepǽcunge lenonum lenocinio An. Ox. 4014. (?)

ofer-brǽdan

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Án scínende weg wæs oferbrǽd mid godwebbenum pællum, Gr. D. 176, 1. Mid lilian blóstmum of[er]brǽded, Sal. K. 148, 22. Add

on-sang

(n.)
Grammar
on-sang, es; m.
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An incantation Þá drýas mid langsumum onsangum (galdrum, v. l. incantationibus) hí gólon on (hyre on gólon, v. l. ), Gr. D. 73, 26

sixtig-feald

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Sixtifealdne sexagesimum (fructum ), An. Ox. 1407. Syxtifealdum ber[þenunm] sexagenis fasciculis, 1407. Add