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hærfest-tíma

(n.)
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hærfest-tíma, an; m.
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Autumn Autumnus. ꝥ ys hærfesttíma, cymð tó mancynne binnan seofen nihta fyrste autumn comes on the seventh of August, Angl. viii. 311, 18

hnescan

(v.)
Grammar
hnescan, p. te
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To make soft Hnesce mulceat Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 19. Þá mettas ðe gód seáw wyrcen and wambe hnescen, Lch. ii. 226, 12

Linked entry: hnescian

láþlíce

(adv.)
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Mid ealswylcan láran Antecríst láðlíce forlǽreð ealles tó manege, Wlfst. 56, 3. Þǽr losað ꝥ cild láðlíce hǽðen, Hml. S. 17. 155. Add

mann-myrþra

(n.)
Grammar
mann-myrþra, an; m.
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A homicide, murderer Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36

Linked entry: myrþra

líf-gedál

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Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondréden on þám deáðe æt heora lífgedále ut in morte minims pertimescant, Gr. D. 337, 27. Add

nearwian

(v.)
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Add: to restrain Þám útyrnendan men ( the man with dysentery) mon sceal sellan þá mettas þá ðe wambe nearwian, Lch. ii. 278, 17

níþig

(adj.)
Grammar
níþig, adj.
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Envious [Ní]þig inuidus, An. Ox. 56, 99. Næs hé ofermód ne níþig . . . Þá níðigan and þá æfstigan (given in note to preceding)

of-drincan

(v.)
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to intoxicate Ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg ofdruncen beón omnis generis potus quo quis inebriari possit, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21 note

samod-síþian

(v.)
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to accompany Swá hwyder swá ic mé hwyrfe, hié mé samodsíðiað ubicumque me conuertero, malorum meorum me umbra comitatur, Verc. Först. 137, 18

scúfan

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scúfan, Add: <b>III a.</b> fig.
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Aldne monno of scýfende veterem hominem disponentes, Rtl. 32, 32. Add Se micla cræftiga hiertende tó scýfð, and egesiende stiérd, Past. 53, 16

wórung

(n.)
Grammar
wórung, e; f.
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Wandering, rambling Ys se syxta heáfodleahter gecweden sleacnes . . . of þǽre byð ácenned . . . unstaþolfæstnes stówe and wórung of stówe tó stówe, Verc. Först. 178

wuldor-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-geweorc, es; n.
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Glorious work; a glorious work Þæs eádigan Cristofurus wuldorgeworc synd nú lang tó ásecganne þe Dryhten þurh hyne geworhte, Angl. xvii. 122, 4

át-land

(n.)
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land where oats are grown Tó þǽre fyrh þæs bisceopes átlondes, Cht. E. 208, 34. [D. D. oat-land. Oatland as local name.]

Linked entry: land

for-nirwian

(v.)
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Dele the bracket in l. 2, and add: to diminish the productivity of. The Latin original is: Fructus arborum deficiunt, Archiv cxxviii. 57

cís

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Add: fastidious, squeamish þe lǽs hit seócmódum bróðrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan ut infirmis mentibus non uertatur in nausiam, Chrd. 23, 9

clǽn-georn

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Add: desirous of cleanliness Góde bæc-yrstran . . . to ǽlcum meteþingum clǽngeorne . . . and wé wyllað þæt þá cócas clǽngeorne beón, Chrd. 19, 19-21

út-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
út-wærc, es; m.

Dysenterypainful evacuation

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Dysentery, painful evacuation Se útwærc, Lchdm. ii. 278, 4. Wyrð ðæt tó útwærce, 278, 15. Wiþ útwærce, 174, 1: 234, 30: 276, 20

ád-fynig

(n.)
Grammar
ád-fynig, es; n.

A damp place where a bonfire was made(?)

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A damp place where a bonfire was made(?) Be eástan pyte tó ðám ealdan ádfini; of ðám finie, C. D. v. 194, 2

Linked entry: fynig

heáfodeht

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfodeht, adj.

Having a head

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Having a head [of plants] Heáfdehtes porres of a leek having a head to it, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 230, 10

broel

(n.)
Grammar
broel, brogel, es; n. [corrupted from the Mid. Lat. brolium or briolium]

A park, warren stored with deervivarium, hortus cervorum,

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A park, warren stored with deer; hence the BROYL, a wood in Sussex, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; vivarium, hortus cervorum, Som