scrift-scír
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Bútan hé hæbbe þæs biscopes gewitnesse þe hé on his scriftscíre sý, Ll. Th. i. 212, 22. Add
spere-sceaft
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The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27
Sunnan-dœ́g
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Sunday, the Sabbath Sunnadoeg, Mk. L. 6, 2: 16, 9. In sunnedoeg in sabbato, Jn. p. 4, 9
úle
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Add: The word occurs in local names, Úlan-bearh. -beorh, -cymb, -del, -hyrst, -wal, C. D. vi. 345
wæfþ
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Hí ne wundriað mæniges þinges þe monnum nú wæfðo (wærþo, MS.) and wunder þynceð, Met. 28, 82. Add
wel-willedness
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Sé sóð ys freóndscype þe náht sécd of þingum freóndes bútan sylfe welwyllednysse (beniuolentiam), Scint. 198, 3. Add
wirgung-galere
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The reading wyrinc- seems to be a mistake for wyrm-. Cf. a similar mistake noted under willung heat
ful-bryce
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Add: Violation of the sanctity of a cleric where manslaughter occurs. Cf. líf-lyre, 11: feorh-lyre, 14
festermann
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Þis synd þá festermenn þe Ósferð funde, C.D.B. iii. 369, 3, and often, v. Beiblatt 24, 281. Add
crísten-ness
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For þǽre crístennysse (crístnesse, v.l. ) þe gé underféngen, Ll. Lbmn. 412, 12. Þurh þíne crístennysse, 413, 32. Add
sand-hliþ
a sand-hill by the sea
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a sand-hill by the sea Gewát him ofer sandhleoþu tó sǽs faruþe, Andr. Kmbl. 471; An. 236
weargol
Evil
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Evil Ðis is seó wyrt ðe wergulu ( the crab apple; pirus malus, Cockayne) hátte, Lchdm. iii. 34, 14
Linked entry: wergulu
hand-hrægl
A cloth for the hands, towel, napkin ⬩ mantile
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A cloth for the hands, towel, napkin; mantile, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 70; Wrt. Voc. 26, 67
rihtes
Right, straight
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Right, straight Foran rehtes in ða róde straight on to the cross, Cod. Dip. Knrbl. iii. 392, 6
ofer-sprǽdan
to overspread, cover
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to overspread, cover Beón ðǽr (in the house for strangers) symble bedd genihtsumlíce ofersprǽdde, R. Ben. 84, 23
offrung-disc
A paten
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A paten Ánnæ offringdisc into Nunnamynstær (he gives) one paten to the Nuns' monastery, Chart. Th. 553, 17
Linked entry: disc
slipung
Viscidity
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the text has slipegrum wǽtum. v. slipig) wǽtan ðæs miltes Lchdm. ii. 166, 24
ge-síþman
A 'gesith;' ⬩ comes
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H.] the 'gesith,' L. In. 30; Th. i. 122, 1
ge-þicgan
To take
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To take Seoððan wæs méce geþiged [Th. geþinged] afterwards was the sword taken, Beo. Th. 3881; B. 1938
swín-líca
The figure of a swine or boar
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The figure of a swine or boar Wǽpna smið (ðone helm) besette swínlícum, Beo. Th. 2910 ; B. 1453