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ge-cwealmbǽran

(v.)
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ge-cwealmbǽran, ge-cwylmbǽran.
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Gl. 470, 45) extorqueretur, i. cruciaretur, An. Ox. 2740. Wé synt gecwylmbérode mortificamur, Ps. L. 43, 22

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hálsere

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Add: a soothsayer (?), diviner, an augur Hálsere commentarius (cf. cotmmenta, i. ficta, fraudes, 39), Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 42. Hálseras extipices, i. auruspices, 145, 18

(int.)
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hí, hig

an interjection

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an interjection Hig lá mé heu me, Ps. Rdr. 119, 5. Hyg lá, Ps. L. 119, 5. Hí lá hí, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

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hremming

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Lettingge, remmincge offendiculo, An. Ox. 971: obstaculo, 5135: 5450. Wearne, remmincge obstaculo, i. impedimento, 2080. Remmincga obstacula, impedimenta, 1426. Remmingcum obstaculis, i. contrariis, 3563. Add

rinc

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Rince hircitallo, An. Ox. 2, 212. Swylce geongum hægstealde, rince, hysse ut effebo hircitallo, 3476. Swá beardleásum rince, 4, 57. v. hysse-, lád-rinc. Add

rówend

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Rówendes naucleri, An. Ox. 2, 6: 6, 7. Þá hwíle þe þá rówendas (nautae) þæs scipes him sóhton óþre geréðru, Gr. D. 306, 3. Add

sundor-folgoþ

(n.)
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sundor-folgoþ, es; m.
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An appointment, office Hé sǽde þæt nán crísten man ne móste habban nǽnne his sunderfolgeþa, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 5. Cf. sundor-notu, -nytt

tó-wrítan

(v.)
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to describe Ptolomeus tówrát ealles þises middangeardes gemet on ánre béc, Bt. 18, 1; S. 41, 27. Hí synd tówrite[ne] describuntur, An. Ox. 1065

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wrang-wís

(adj.)
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wrang-wís, adj.
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Rough, uneven Wrangwíse, wóge sméþiende hylcas salebrosos, i. asperos conplanans anfraclus, An. Ox. 17 70. [Wrong-wise (unrighteous ] reuen, O. E. Hml. i. 175, 256

rotung

(n.)
Grammar
rotung, e; f.

corruption, putrefactiona sore an ulcer

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Th. 29, 8. a sore accompanied with putrefaction, an ulcer Rotung ulcus, Wrt. Voc. i. 20,15

gyltend

(n.)
Grammar
gyltend, es; m.

A debtoran offenderdebitor

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A debtor, an offender; debitor Gyltend lapsus, Rtl. 189, 25. Swá swá we forgyfaþ úrum gyltendum sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris, Mt. Bos. 6, 12

heáh-boda

(n.)
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heáh-boda, an; m.

An archangel

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An archangel Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider gefleógan bade the triumphant Lord his archangel fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 3; Cri. 295

ofer-mæcga

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mæcga, an; m.

A man superior to others, an illustrious persona mighty champion

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A man superior to others, an illustrious person Ofermæcga spræc dýre Dryhtnes þegn the angel sent to save Guthlac Exon. Th. 143, 21; Gu. 664

comp

(n.)
Grammar
comp, es; m.

A battlecontestcertamenpugna

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A battle, contest; certamen, pugna Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 26; Rä. 21, 35: 102b; Th. 389, 3; Rä. 7, 2; Andr. Kmbl. 468; An. 234

ge-stric

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stric, es; m?

Strifemutinyseditionsādĭtio

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Strife, mutiny, sedition; sādĭtio Gesihþ león wédan feóndes gestric getácnaþ the sight of a mad lion betokens sedition of an enemy, Lchdm. iii. 206, 33

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bæþ-stede

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Hé bær iungra manna plegan on handa tó ðám bæðstede belimpende and cliopode: 'Gehýre gé . . . se bæðstede is open,' Ap. Th. 12, 17-21. Add

bár-spere

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Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne, Angl. viii. 324, 19. Bársperum venabulis, An. Ox. 737. Add

be-tweohs

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be-tweohs, -tweox.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Micel tódál ys betweohx þǽre ealdan ǽ and þǽre níwan, Ælfc.

ge-edníwian

(v.)
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ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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D. 255, 28. to restore a disused practice Se cásere Godes cyrcan gegódode . . . and Godes lof geedníwode. Hml.

ge-séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-séfte, adj.

Soft, mildmītis

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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295

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