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fúllnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúllnes, -ness, e; f.

Foulness ⬩ stench ⬩ fætor

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Foulness, stench; fætor Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs miclan swæcces sóna ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes on weg aflýmede omnem mox fætōrem tenebrōsæ fornācis effŭgāvit admīrandi hūjus suāvĭtas ŏdōris, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

rúm-well

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-well, ( = -full?)

spacious

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spacious Rúmwelle weg spatiosa via, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7,13

wlǽtung

(n.)
Grammar
wlǽtung, e; f.

sickness ⬩ nausea ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement

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sickness, nausea Mid micelre wlǽtunge gewíteþ ðæt sár on weg, Lchdm. i. 80, 14 note. Similar entries v. morgen-wlǽtung, Lchdm. iii. 44, 19. defilement, disfigurement. Similar entries v. wlǽta, Wléttuncg deformatio, Hpt. Gl. 510, 6

þeód-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-herpaþ, (æþ, -oþ), es; m.
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The highway, public road On ðæne þeódherpað, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 24, 2. Þeódherpoð, v. 157, 14, 16. On ðone þeódherpað west on herpað, Chart. Erl. 330, 5. [Cf. O. H. Ger. diet-uuec via publica, Grff i. 669: Icel. þjóð-braut, -gata, -leið, -vegr a high

Linked entry: folc-herpaþ

fæc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
fæc-full, adj.

Spacious

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Spacious Fæcfull ys weg spatiosa est via, Scint. 185, 15

Linked entry: fæc

eorþ-crypel

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-crypel, -cryppel; gen. -crypeles , -cryples, -crypples; m. A creeper on the earth, one having the palsy, a paralytic person; părălytĭcus = παραλυτικός
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In ðære ðe eorþcrypel [se eorþcryppel, Lind.] læg in quo părălytĭcus jăcēbat, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 4: Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 18. Se Hǽlend cwæþ to ðæm eorþcrypele [eorþcrypple, Lind.] Iēsus ait părălytĭco, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 5. To cweðanne ðæm eorþcryple dīcere

rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽde, adj.
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Ready, prompt On hwan mæg se iunga on gódne weg riht[r]an ne (ðe ?) rǽdran rǽd gemittan ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde in quo corrigit junior viam sitam? in custodiendo sermones tuos, Ps. Th. 118, 9. Rǽdan (?) biionges exercitationis, Wrt. Voc. ii

stán-ceastel

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Substitute: An old Roman or British earthwork (?v. castel; ), a heap of stones Iuxta unum aceruum lapidum quod nos stáncestil uocamus, C. D. iii. 388, 13. On ánne stáncastel, 397, 27. Bewestan ðǽre ealdan byrig on ðone stánihtan weg, of ðan wege to ðan

for-dician

(v.)
Grammar
for-dician, for-dícian; p. ode

To barricade

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To barricade, block up a path Hé wilnað ðæt hé ús ðone weg fordíkige (-dícige, v. l.), ðæt wé ne mægen ástígan iter ascensionis abscidit, Past. 361, 4. Ðý lǽs hié himselfum fordíkigen ðone weg ðǽre bóte ne viam sibi meliorationis abscidant, 383, 23.

þocerian

(v.)
Grammar
þocerian, p. ode
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To run to and fro, run about Þoceraþ cursat, currit, cursitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 53. Þocerodan (vitae late praeconia) cursant, 95, 19: 19, 65. Sitte him ðín mód on mínum hrædwǽne, þocrige him on mínne weg mea semita, meis vehiculis revertaris, Bt. 36

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge

buttuc

(n.)
Grammar
buttuc, es; m.
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A small butt (? butt, a provincial term applied to such ridges as run out short at the sides of the field. A small parcel of land is often called the butts, v. N. E. D.) Of ðám heáfdon on ðæne weg; of ðám wege on ðá buttucas; of ðám buttucon on ðone

full-cúþ

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Take here <b>ful-cúþ,</b> and add: familiar. Cf. seld-cúþ Hé him ealdor gesette ús eallum fulcúðne, Brihtnóð geháten, Cht. Th. 242, 3. Hig wǽron farende þurh án wésten on hiora fulcúðne weg, Shrn. 37, 33

un-áwemmende

(adj.)
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not to be defiled (?) Hé gesette unáwemmendne (immaculatam) weg mínne. Ps. L. 17, 33

Linked entry: á-wemman

be-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-brǽdan, p. de.

To be-spread ⬩ cover with

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To be-spread, cover with Se weg wæs bebrǽded mid hwítum ryftum, Shrn. 65, 23

ang-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
ang-sum, anc-sum; adj.

Narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard ⬩ difficult ⬩ angustus ⬩ difficilis

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Narrow, strait, troublesome, hard, difficult, angustus, difficilis Eálá hú neara and hú angsum is ðæt geat, and se weg ðe to lífe gelǽdt; and swýðe feáwa synt ðe ðone weg findon quam angusta porla, et arcta via est, quae ducit ad vitam; et pauci sunt

Linked entries: anc-sum ang-sum-líc

ge-sundlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sundlic, adj.
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healthy Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ꝥ þín útgong and micge sié gesundlic, Lch. ii. 226, 20. safe. Cf. ge-sund ; Se weg is mycele gesundlicra tutior est via, Gr. D. 348, 10. prosperous On þám gesundlicum þingum in prosperity, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 475, 10

Linked entry: -sundlic

á-ferian

(v.)
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Take the last two passages under next word, and add On weg áferide, an uoeg áueridæ avehit , Txts. 43, 246. Siððon þú forð ofer þone bist áferod. Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 14. ꝥ ne sý áfered ut non auferetur , An. Ox. II, 56

glidder

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>glidder, glider;</b> adj. slippery Beðearf seó sáwel on dómes dæg . . . staðolfæstre brycge ofer þone glideran weg hellewítes brógan, Wlfst. 239, 14. lascivious Gehydge glidderre sensu lubrico, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 17. Scild

fore-boda

(n.)
Grammar
fore-boda, (for-), an; m.

A herald ⬩ crier

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A herald, crier Þæt syndan forbodan and Antecrístes þrǽlas þe his weg rýmað, Wlfst. 55, 8

Linked entry: boda

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