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ge-fremednes

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Cýþde ꝥ þá word sóþe wǽron seó gefre-mednes (effectus) Stephanes deáðes, Gr. D. 318, 15. Add

grotan

(n.)
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See preceding word. (?)

lǽce-wyrt

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Add Abgarus wundrode ꝥ hé wearð gehǽled bútan lǽcewyrtum þurh ðæs Hǽlendes word, Hml. S. 24, 160

lamp-healt

(adj.)
Grammar
lamp-healt, laempi-halt; adj.
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Lye quotes without reference lempe lenitas; Icel. has lempiligr pliant, could the word mean 'unable to bend, stiff, awkward?'

hluttran

(v.)
Grammar
hluttran, [?] to grow or
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make pure, clean, bright, Exon. 54 a; Th. 191, 8; Az. 85. v. next word

Linked entries: a-hluttrian ge-hluttrad

stán-scealu

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scealu, -scalu, e; f.
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Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word

tolcettan

(v.)
Grammar
tolcettan, p. te
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Gl. 435, 36. v. next word

turnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
turnigend-líc, adj.
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Revolving Gif seó heofon turnigendlíc ( volubile ) is, Anglia vii. 12, 109 note. v. preceding word

dreórig-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful Dreórilic frecednys triste periculum, Germ. 402, 66. v. next word, and dreór-lic

for-weorpness

(n.)
Grammar
for-weorpness, e; f.
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L. 1, 17. v. preceding word

Linked entries: weorpness for-worpness

ge-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styntan, p, te
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See next word

ólehtan

(v.)
Grammar
ólehtan, ólectan
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be-hwylfan

Grammar
be-hwylfan, l. be-hwilfan,
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)
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Slape soft, slippery is given in Halliwell as a North-country word. See also E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. (E. Yorks. ), ' slape slippery as a dirty path, ' and Gloss. B. 7 (W. Yorks. ), B. 15 (, Ray's North-country Words).] Cf. slipor

fór-syngian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [syngian to sin]

To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre

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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1

mán-ídel

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-ídel, adj.

Wicked and vain

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Wicked and vain Ðara múþas sprecaþ mánídel word quorum as locutum est vanitatem, Ps. Th. 143, 9, 13

Linked entry: ÍDEL

orgele

(n.)
Grammar
orgele, (? ci.
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Alis. 191) an organ, a musical instrument, v. preceding word

tó-blǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-blǽdan, p. de
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To inflate, puff up Sóð. lufu ná byþ tóblǽdd caritas non inflatur, Scint. 82, 10. v. next word

Linked entry: blǽdan

tó-fær

(n.)
Grammar
tó-fær, es; n.
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Lind. 9, 31. v. next word. III

tín-strenge

(adj.)
Grammar
tín-strenge, adj.
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Spl. 91, 3: 143, 11. v. next word

Linked entry: -strenge

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