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lútan

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Heó leát tó siege, and hé slóh þá tó mid eallum mægene she bent to receive the blow, and he struck at her with all his might, Hml. S. 12, 211. Add

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis ná niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

martyr-racu

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-racu, e; f.
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An account of martyrs Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ man heora naman on ðisre háligra martyrrace sceolde áwrítan, Hml. S. 23, 367. Hí woldon ðisra háligra martyra martyrrace áwrítan, 334: 342: 773

mǽg-wine

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Add:: The word occurs as a proper name Méguini, Txts. 159, 186, 202 : 161, 293. Iuxta terminos id est bereueg et Méguines paeð, C. D. i. 50, 14. Méguuines paeð, 54, 30

sár-ness

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Add Áwende seó sárnyss ealra his lima tó ðǽre heortan (cf. gehwearf þára leoma sár tó his innoþum membrorum dolor ad vitalia rediit, Gr. D. 282, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 33

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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An unjust claim Hér kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífmon mid unrihte . . . Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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Hé ne dorste geopenian ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, ac hé dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

scearn-wifel

(n.)
Grammar
scearn-wifel, es; m.

A dung-beetle

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A dung-beetle Scearnwifel (-fifel, MS.) scarabeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 69. Halliwell gives sharn-bug, a cockchafer, as a Sussex word. Cf. Ssarnboddes (beetles) þet louieþ þet dong, Ayenb. 61, 32

út-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-líc, adj.

Externalforeign

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Hé his ðeóde fram útlícre hergunge (ab externa invasione) álýsde, 4, 26; S. 603, 20

wearmness

(n.)
Grammar
wearmness, e; f.

Warmness, warmth

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Warmness, warmth Hé wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac hé gewát sóna swá hé ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160

hǽðen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-nes, se; f.

Heathenism, paganismgentilitas

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Hé tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed ad apostasiam conversus est, 3, 30; S. 561, 39

brehtm

(n.)
Grammar
brehtm, es; m.

A noise, tumult, sound, cry;fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor

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A noise, tumult, sound, cry; fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor Ða com hæleþa þreát. . . . . weorodes brehtme then came the troop of heroes. . . . with the tumult of a host, Andr. Kmbl. 2544; An. 1273

hinde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
hinde-weard, hinde-werd; adj.

Hindward

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Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17: Exon. 106 a; Th. 403, 29; Rä. 22, 15

torhtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
torhtlíce, adv.

Splendidly

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Kmbl. 3358; An. 1683

twínen

(adj.)
Grammar
twínen, adj.

Of linenlinen

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Gl. 526, 30: at the same place, byssina is rendered by línen) twínen subucula bissina, Anglia xiii.37, 285

Linked entry: twín

fracoþ-nes

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Hí gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455

gildan

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pay cash, &amp;amp;c.

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Kmbl. 2228; An. 1115 : 2326; An. 1164. Ða forweorþaþ ðe hira wynne tó ðé habban noldan qui elongant se a te, peribunt, Ps. Th. 72, 22. Hé genom him tó wildeórum wynne, Exon.

Linked entry: mód-wén

ge-nemnan

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Add: to give as a name to an object. a proper name of a person Monno . . . wæs genemned hominem Matthaeum nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9. Wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, from þám heó sind genemnode Dæl Reódi, Chr. P. 5, 2.

æce

(n.)
Grammar
æce, ace, es; m.

An akepaindolor

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An ake, pain; dolor Eal ðæt sár and se æce onwæg alǽded wæs all the sore and ake were (led) taken away, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 35: 5, 4; S. 617, 22