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cniht-leás

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H. 113 b' substitute for ðǽre sárignysse wæs him ána cnihtleás on his inran búre, and hine sylfne ðǽrinne beclýsde, Hml. S. 23, 395

crismal

(n.)
Grammar
crismal, (e?), es; m. or n.
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A chrisum-cloth Mid þám crismale þe man him on utan þæt heáfod déð, man tácnað þæne cristenan cynehelm þe on heofenum áh, Wlfst. 36, 17

clyppan

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gelæhte hine be þám swuran and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30, 336. Ꝥte clioppende (cliopende, R.) wæs ut complexus esset, Mk. L. 9, 36. Add

cirps

(adj.)
Grammar
cirps, adj.
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hæfde cyrpse (cyrspe, crispe, v. ll.) loccas fægere capillis pulcherrime crispis, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 561, 3

Linked entry: cyrps

costian

(v.)
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Ðára ácorenra mód wile costian, Past. 465, 11. Costtad conprobatur, Am. Ox. 12, 7. Add

ed-geong

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Áríseð se Fénix of dǽðe and bið edgung . . . á emb þúsend wintra hine forbærneþ and eft ediung úp áríseþ, E. S. viii. 479, 85-89. Add

flán-geweorc

Arrowsjavelins

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Arrows, javelins, a flight of arrows Sumum wíges sped giefeð æt guðe, þonne ofer scildhreádan sceótend sendað flacor flángeweorc (fluttering flights of arrows), Cri. 676. Substitute:

fore-féran

(v.)
Grammar
fore-féran, p. de

To precede

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To precede, go in front of forefoerde hiá antecedebat eos, Lk. L. R. 22, 47. Þá foreférendan qui praeibant (Lk. 18, 39), Bl. H. 15, 20

freónd-líþe

(adj.)
Grammar
freónd-líþe, adj.
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Gentle with friends or relations Gif bið on .xxix. nihta ealdne mónan ákenned, se bið gód and freóndlíþe, Lch. iii. 158, 19. v. E.S. 39, 340

gefeá-lic

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Gyf him þince ꝥ mid cyninge sprece, him cumeð gefeálic gifu tó and gód, Lch. iii. 172, 3. Fæger and gefeálig fugles tácen, Ph. 510. Add

hígan

(v.)
Grammar
hígan, hégan

to exaltworship

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cf. þá hǽdengild hýran ne wolde, wíg weorðian. Ap. 47] hégan (héran?) ne willad ne þisne wíg wurðigean, Dan. 207

leád-gota

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gota, an; m.
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A lead-founder Gif smeáwyrhtan hæfð . . . Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18

Linked entry: gota

sǽ-bróga

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-bróga, an ; m.
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A sea-terror Ðeáh hine ealle séýðan nioðan cnyssende wǽron mid eallan sǽbrógan ðe (se sǽ, cf. Verc. Först. 110, 12) forðbrinð, Sal. K. 84, 13

scín-híw

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wénde ꝥ hit wǽre sumes gástes scínhýw, Hml. S. 23 b, 170. Se swicola deófol hine gesewenlicne on manegum scínhíwum þám hálgan æteówde, 31, 712. Add

sigor

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Tó þon ꝥ synderlíce sigor hæfde betwyh þám óþrum hellegástum quatenus ruinae illius singularem inter ceteros palmam teneret, Gr. D. 189, 25. See next word. Add

þǽnan

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Dele the second passage, for which see beþian, and add ontýnde þone ǽspryng godcundra gewrita, and þǽnde ( rigabat ) þá mǽdwe geleáffulra móda, Gr. D. 34, 20

wlátere

(n.)
Grammar
wlátere, es; m.
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A spectator Hæbbe ǽfre se láreów gearwe stemne tó bodunge, ꝥ mid his swigan ne gebylge þæs úplican wláte dóm (superni expectatoris iudicium), Chrd. 96, 24

wóhhian

(v.)
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to go astray mentally, rave, wander Þá wénde se cniht ꝥ dwolode and wóhhade (wihade, v.l. wóhade ?) cum anne puer insanire crederet, Gr. D. 314, 7

Linked entry: wihade

wilde-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wilde-deór, es; n.

A wild beast

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wæs mið wildedeórum erat cum bestiis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 13

Linked entry: deór

ofer-hragan

(v.)

to come in stormsto sleeta storm

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Wǽtum oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305

Linked entry: hragan