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luh

(n.)
Grammar
luh, (a borrowed word apparently, Welsh llwch; cf. pól and Welsh pwll]; n.

A lochlough

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Ofer luh ł lytel , Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 22: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1

ge-sete

Grammar
ge-sete, l. ge-set,
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Hæleða éðel, leóda gesetu, An. 1261. v. fyrn-geset, fyr-gesetu, -geset, -gesetu

éstfulnes

(n.)
Grammar
éstfulnes, -ness,e ; f.

Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal dēvōtio

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His éstfulnesse wiðteáh se esol ðe he onuppan sæt the ass, on which he [Balaam] sat, opposed his zeal, Past. 36, 7; Cot. MS

un-cwíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwíd, un-cwídd; adj.

Undisturbed by chargesin undisputed possession

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Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwýd (-cwýdd, MS. G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H. I. 14, 5; Th. i. 526, 3), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 22

Linked entry: cwíd

wód

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Þá cóm þǽr fǽrlíce yrnan án þearle wód cú . . . þá geseah se hálga wer ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml. S. 31, 1040

efen-wyrhta

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Hí woldon efenwyrhtan beón on and on lande, Chr. 972; P. 119, 11. Ic gewilnode mid him tó farenne ꝥ ic þe má emwyrhtena on þǽre þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Hml. S. 23 b, 358. Gemang þám emnwyrhtum, 97. Add

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan tó and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shootstalkplantbush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

a-ferscean

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferscean, [a, fersc fresh]

To freshento become freshsalsuginem deponere

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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18

ge-wérgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wérgian, -wérigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To wearyfatiguefatīgāre

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To weary, fatigue; fatīgāre He gewérgad sæt he sat wearied, Beo. Th. 5697; B. 2852: Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 12; Gú. 1243. Mauritanie wǽron mid ðam gewérgode the Mauritanians were wearied by it, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 7.

senep

(n.)
Grammar
senep, (-ap, -op), es; m.
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Senepes sǽd. Mk. Skt. 4, 31: Lchdm. ii. 20, 11. Mid sinope gníde, 186, 6. Gerénodne senep, 184, 9 : 20, 22

Linked entry: senap

a-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gildan, -geldan, -gieldan, -gyldan; p. -geald, pl. -guldon; pp. -golden

To payrenderrepayrestorerewardrequitepermitallowredderesolvererependereretribuereconcedere

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Ðá me sǽl ageald as opportunity permitted to me, Beo. Th. 3335; B. 1665: 5374; B. 2690: Cd. 93; Th. 121, 11; Gen. 2008. Aguldon me yfelu for gódum retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis, Ps. Spl. 34, 14.

swígan

(v.)
Grammar
swígan, p. de.
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Hé oft ána sæt swígende múðe saepe solus residens ore tacito, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 13. Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde, Blickl.

steóra

(n.)
Grammar
steóra, stiéra, styra, an; m.
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Swelce se stióra slépe on midre and forlure ðæt stiórróður ... Se biþ swíðe onlíc ðæm stióran ðe his stiórróðor forliést on quasi dormiens in medio mari et quasi sopitus gubernator amissoclavo ...

Linked entries: steórere stiéra

hreóh

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., tempestuous Sió hlúde ýd on ðǽre hreón procella saeviens, Past. 437, 16. Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 14. fierce, cruel of pain, &amp;c.

grund

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Áworpen tó sǽs grunde, Past. 31, 18. Grundas abys[s]i Kent.

un-tóslegen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tóslegen, adj.

Not beaten to pieces

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Not beaten to pieces Þeáh ðæt scyp sí úte on ðære on ðám ýðum, hyt byð gesund untóslegen, gyf se streng áþolaþ, for ðam hys byð se óðer ende fæst on ðære eorðan and se óðer on ðam scype, Shrn. 175, 22

Linked entry: tó-sleán

ýþ-láf

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-láf, e; f.
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Ofer ýðláfe on lǽdan, Andr. Kmbl. 998; An. 499. Dǽlan on ýðláfe ealde mádmas, Cd. Th. 215, 18; Exod. 585

ge-scirdan

(v.)
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, cf. ic eom synnum forwundod, Sae. 131 : or (?) evil (for myrce as epithet of the devil cf. mirki ménskaðo, Hel. 1062), ruined deófol deáðreów duguðum bereáfod, An. 1315. (?)

Linked entries: scirdan ge-scyrdan

un-ámelt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámelt, adj.

Unmelted

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Unmelted Unámaelte (-melti, Erf.) smeoruue pice, saevo, Txts. 87, 1581

Linked entries: á-miltan á-meltan