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un-sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sláw, -slǽw, -sleáw; adj.

Not slownot sluggishactivereadyquick

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Skt. ii. 25, 375

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weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the law that should govern the world Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28

blód-gyte

bloodshed

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Tácnað ꝥ micelne blódgyte on sumre þeóde, Lch. iii. 180, 12. Wer þe is blódgita ł wer blóda vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8. On blódgytum in sanguinibus, 105, 38. Tácnað ꝥ gewinn and blódgytas, Lch. iii. 182, 3. Add

Linked entries: gyte blód-gíta

bytme

(n.)
Grammar
bytme, (-ne), byþne, an ; f.
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D. iv. 39, 7. On bitnan burnan, v. 84, 8. On ðǽre dæne bytnan, 78, 12: 137, 35

Linked entries: byþne bytne botm

eácnung

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Add: increase Eácnunge supplemento, i. au(g)mento, An. Ox. 1000.

fág

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Voc. ii. 100, 68. Fág, 7, 21. Faag farius, 108, 27. Fág, 35, 9. Fáh barius, varius, 125, 24. Ceruleus, i. glaucus, fáh, deorc, color est inter album et nigrum, subniger, 130, 35.

flasce

(n.)
Grammar
flasce, an; f.
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Take here flaxe in Dict., and add

ge-stihtung

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S. 60, 24: 62, ii.

ge-tilian

(v.)
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Add: to gain, get by labour Ic geann ðæs landes ... mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod bið I grant the land ... with all the produce got from its cultivation, C. D. iii. 294, 8. Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt hé mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml.

lár-spell

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Th. ii. 384, 25. Add

mearcung

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Th. ii. 264, 14. cf. mearcian; Gif ic ásceáde mid mearcunge ( praenotatione ) þára namena, Gr. D. 7, 3. a mark Wrítera mearcunga notariorum caracteres, An. Ox. 2847. a description Steorwigele, mearcunge (stiorwigle ł mearcunge, Hpt.

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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Substitute: to blaspheme (In the passage Bl. H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88.

reótan

(v.)
Grammar
reótan, ;p. ; reát.

to make a noiseto make a noise in grief, to lament, wail;to weep, shed tears

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Voc. ii. 21, 94. Reát (hreát ?) ;desteruit; (;stertuit ?;),;somniavit,; 139, 17. ; to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail; Reóteþ meówle, seó ðe hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46.

Linked entries: hrútan wreótaþ reót

Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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Kmbl. iii. 248, 31. In loco qui solito æt Uueatlingaceastre nuncupatur uocabulo, 297, 7

ge-ǽbiligan

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Ic hálsige þé ꝥ þú ne beó geǽbylged ongén þíne þeówene, Hml. S. 30, 349. Add

on-sting

(n.)
Grammar
on-sting, es; m.

Authority

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Ic nelle geþafian ðæt ǽni man ǽnine onstyngc hæbbe nolo permittere ut quis jus habeat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 17.

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on-tyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit

Linked entry: on-tige

swebban

(v.)
Grammar
swebban, p. swefde, swefede; pp. swefed.

to send to sleep, lullof the sleep of death, to put to death, killo send to sleep, to cause to dieto lull, assuage.

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Ic hine sweorde swebban nelle, aldre beneótan, 1363; B. 679. Ne móton wyt wrecan torn Godes, swebban synnig cynn, Cd. Th. 152, 35 ; Gen. 2531

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waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.

Waremerchandise

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Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oferbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2.

CEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
CEALD, cald; ra; ost; adj.[ceald = cald, q. v.]

Cool, COLDfrigidus, gelidus

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M. cont. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Forst se biþ fyrnum ceald frost which is intensely cold, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809. Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: cald cyld