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eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

fæst-gongel

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For 'faithful' substitute ' steady-going, ' and for 'faithful soul' substitute ' constant mind. '

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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Plundering Þurh hǽðenra manna gehresp and gestrodu, Nap. 30. See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

hǽlnes

Grammar
hǽlnes, <b>; I.</b>
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Add:after ' salvation, ' 1. 2 : nuuc dies salutis, and at end: cf. halignes

hearma-scinnen

(adj.)
Grammar
hearma-scinnen, adj.
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Of ermine On merðene pyleceon and hearmascynnene, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 32

Linked entry: hearma

horsc

Grammar
horsc, quick.
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D. iii. 456, 15, and see horsc foul

leód-hwæt

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In the passage l. leódhwata, and add: cf. brego-róf, cyning-beald

los-wist

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This word is taken out of its order between los and lose

morþ-wyrhta

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Ðider ( to hell ) sculan mánsworan and morð-wyrhtan, Wlfst. 26, 16. Add

ofdúne-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-weardes, adv.
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Downwards Underféng hine seó ýþ and teáh ofdúneweardes, Gr. D. 114, 33

þyle

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Add: See Vigfusson and Powell's Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. p. 24

ymb-licgan

Grammar
ymb-licgan, <b>. II.</b>
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Wæter wǽt and ceald wangas ymbelicgað, eorðe ælgréno, Met. 20, 77. Add

bleoh

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In ll. 2, 3 for bleoge efenlǽce. l. bleó geefenlǽce, and add:

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
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After dǽdbéterum insert: (poenitentibus), and for Nap. 16 l. Chrd. 80, 24

wǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtian, p.ode

To become wet:

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To become wet: Ðániaþ and wǽtigaþ madescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 39

gaf

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
gaf, adj.
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Dele, and Similar entries see gaf-sprǽc: -gaf; n. See ge-gaf

heals-mægeþ

(n.)
Grammar
heals-mægeþ, e; f.

A virgin embraced and beloved

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A virgin embraced and beloved, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 6; Gen. 2155

Linked entries: mægþ heals-gebedda

freós

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and freós, Dan. 66. (?)

full-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
full-mægen, es; n.

Great power ⬩ authority

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Great power, authority Heofonwara fulmægen and heora hláfordes þrym, Wlfst. 186, 14

slæcorness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcorness, e; f.

Slackness ⬩ laziness ⬩ remissness

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Slackness, laziness, remissness Ic ondette sleacornesse and slápornesse, Anglia xi. 98, 40