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gold-finger

(n.)
Grammar
gold-finger, es; m.
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Alf. pol. 59; Th. i. 96, 5: L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 12

self-myrþere

(n.)
Grammar
self-myrþere, (?), es; m.
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One who destroys himself, a suicide Betweónan selfmyrþras (-an ? but cf. Icel. myrða to murder: O. H. Ger. murdit jugulal: Ger. morden) inter biolhanatas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 61. Cf. self-bana

Linked entry: -myrþere

be-snyðian

(v.)
Grammar
be-snyðian, p. ede; pp. ed

To depriveprivare

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Kmbl. 2650; An. 1326: Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 29; Rä. 27, 1

Linked entry: -snyðian

ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A societymeetingan assemblycœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23

sleahe

(n.)
Grammar
sleahe, slǽ; f.
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A slay (or sley), a weaver's reed, an instrument of a weaver's loom that has teeth like a combWrt. Voc. ii. 117, 23.i. 282, 6. Slahae pectica. Slǽ pe[c]tica

Linked entries: slǽ slahae slege

un-fremful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fremful, adj.

Unprofitablenot advantageous

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Unprofitable, not advantageous Unfremful bið ðæt folc beó bútan steóre oððe bútan ǽ him eallum tó hearme, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 126. Unfremful imperfectum (incomplete, not of use), Hpt. Gl. 524, 66

Linked entry: fremfull

un-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþanc, es; m. n.

Evil thought

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Áfyrsiaþ of mínre gesyhðe ða ungeðanc eówra heortena auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis, Wulfst. 48, 20

un-láf

(n.)
Grammar
un-láf, e; f.

A child not left by a father at his deatha child born after the father's deatha posthumous child

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A child not left by a father at his death, a child born after the father's death, a posthumous child Unláb posthumus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 67. Unláf, 69, 2: 93, 70

á-brácian

(v.)
Grammar
á-brácian, -brǽcian (?); p. ode
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Ger. ka-práchit impressa: ki-práhtia (ac. pl.) celata: Ger. prägen.]

Linked entries: á-brectat -brácian

albe

(n.)
Grammar
albe, an; f.
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An alb Albe alba, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 41. Mid gyrdle alban cingulo albe, Angl. xiii. 406, 589. Mid alban gescrýdd, 426, 878. Mid alban ( albis ) gescrýdde, 408, 618. Alpan, 403, 543

andig

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Andig zelotypus, An. Ox. 364. Andiges invidi, 2708. Andigum invido, Scint. 75, 11. Add

ágend-líce

(adv.)
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As if something belonged to one's self, imperi- ously :-- Gé budon suíðe ríclíce and suíðe ágendlíce vos cum austeritate imperabatis eis et cum potentia . Past. 145, 5. Cf. ágend-, (-ágen)freá. Add

be-swicenness

(n.)
Grammar
be-swicenness, e; f.

deceptionsurrender

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deception Oncierde þ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. surrender; Similar entries cf. swícan, Eal werod tó þǽre beswicenesse fóron cuncta acies ad deditionem transit, Prud. 45 a

Linked entry: -swicenness

cweorþ

(n.)
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The name of the RUNE-(cw-)rune Cweorð (RUNE), at the end of the Runic poem Hickes' Thesaurus i. 135: see also Wimmer's Runen*-*schrift, p. 85

cócer-panne

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Gl. 514, 38, and add Hyrstepanne vel cócorpanne frixorium, i. sartago, cremium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 2. Cócerpannan sartagines, An. Ox. 4673. Cócur*-*pannan, 8, 278

deáwig

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Substitute for first passage Deáwig sceaftum with the dew on their spears, Exod. 344; and add :-- Deáwigre roscido, An. Ox. 84. Mid déwium (dǽwigum, Hpt. Gl. 421, 65) roscidis, rore madidis, 655

ed-gift

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Cf. ǽ-gift. Add

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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an urn Embrin bothoma (the m is altered into ni, Corp. Gl. H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

ess

(n.)
Grammar
ess, es; m.
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Fissum on twám essum . . . fusum, án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, 178, 5

fámig

Grammar
fámig, fǽmig.
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Fǽmigum, An. Ox. 34: 4334: Hpt. Gl. 507, 71. Add:

Linked entry: fámgian