waroþ-faroþ
A shore-wave ⬩ a breaker
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A shore-wave, a breaker Waroðfaruða gewinn, Andr. Kmbl. 393 ; An. 197
stæf-leornere
A learner of letters ⬩ a scholar
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A learner of letters, a scholar Stæfleornera stoicorum, Hpt. Gl. 479, 64
Linked entry: leornere
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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new, not yet used Ne ásend nán scyp of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp ne hylp ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36. Smyre mid níre (MS. B. ánre) feþere, Lchdm. i. 234, 13. Hé léde hyne on hys níwan byrgene, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60. Gé
Linked entry: níwung
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Wrong, perversity, injustice, error Englas nánes wóges (wós, v. l. ) ne wilíniaþ. Bt. 40, 7 ; Fox 242, 23. Gif wé wilnigen ðæt hie ðæs wós geswícen hos cum conamur instruere, ne perversa sentiatit, Past. 48; Swt. 367, 23. Wóes ł wohfulníse nequitia.
fyrd-leóþ
A war-song ⬩ mīlĭtāre carmen
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A war-song; mīlĭtāre carmen Fyrdleóþ agól wulf on walde a wolf sang a war-song in the wood, Elen. Kmbl. 54; El. 27: Cd. 171; Th. 215, 3; Exod. 577
Linked entry: fird-leóþ
líc-beorg
a hill ⬩ funeral mound ⬩ protection ⬩ to taste ⬩ eat
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m. a hill, funeral mound; or beorg; f. protection; or beorg connected with beorgan to taste, eat, a literal reproduction of sarcophagus?] a sarcophagus Lícbeorg sarcofago, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 50
stán-wyrhta
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A stone-wright, worker in stone, a mason Stánwyrhta latomi, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 16. Stánwyrhtan cementario, Hpt. Gl. 459, 38. From ðǽm stánwyrhtum a cimentario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 40
be-meldian
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To denounce a person, disclose, reveal a secret Þéh hit sume hwíle forholen beó, hit warð á bemeldod (cf. hit bið æt sumum cyrre open, Prov. K. 30), Prov. M. 27
wesan
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To be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. as an independent verb, denoting existence to be, exist Wesendum, beóndum existentibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 63. of animate objects, to exist, live Wesaþ and weaxaþ ealle werþeóde, lifgaþ bi ðám lissum
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
þes
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Iste, þes (þæs, MS. F.), ys æteówiendlíc, and ðǽr biþ, ðǽr man swá bícnaþ be him; ille, hé, ne biþ ðǽr ætforan andwerd, ðǽr men swá be him clypaþ ... ille hé, ipse hé sylf, iste ðes, hic ðes, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 8-13. used adjectivally. alone with
átor-spere
A poisoned spear ⬩ telum venenatum
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A poisoned spear; telum venenatum. Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, to; Rä. 18, 9
Linked entry: spere
beorþor-cwelm
A dead birth ⬩ an abortion ⬩ a miscarriage ⬩ fetus mortuus vel abortivus ⬩ abortus
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A dead birth, an abortion, a miscarriage; fetus mortuus vel abortivus, abortus Cot. 11
Linked entry: byrþor-cwelm
burh-brece
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a breaking into a castle, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 6, note 9
níd-hǽmestre
A woman who has been violated ⬩ a mistress
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A woman who has been violated, a mistress Nédhǽmestran amatricis, Hpt. Gl. 509, 70
Linked entry: hǽmestre
ráp-gewealc
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A coil of rope (?), a cord Rǽpe gewælc funiculum, Ps. Spl. T. 104, 10
Linked entry: ge-wealc
gnorn-hof
A house of grief ⬩ a prison
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A house of grief, a prison, Andr. Kmbl. 2016; An. 1010: 3087; An. 1045
god-sibb
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A sponsor Godsibbas and godbearn sponsors and godchildren, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 94
Linked entry: sib
ge-hrif
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a womb Gemétte hé hí bearn hæbbende on hire gehrife, Hml. A. 134, 595
biscop-dóm
the province of a bishop, a bishopric
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the province of a bishop, a bishopric, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, note 10
ge-mére
A boundary, end ⬩ fīnis
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A boundary, end; fīnis Fram gemérum eorþan a fīnĭbus terræ, Ps. Spl. 60, 2