hleów-hræscnes
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For forcæncednysse l. forsc[r]æncednys; e, and add:
hell-heoþo
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Wite þú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig (l. heoro-dreórig), Sat. 700. Add
leód-bisceop
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Cnut cyning grét his arceb and his leód-biscopas, Cht. E. 229, 18. Add
sméþan
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Se cræftga sceáwað and sméðað artifex considerat et limat, Gr. D. 283, 26. Add
sunna
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Æþele tungol . . . sunna and móne, 29, 37. Add
þurh-smirwan
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to anoint thoroughly Hé mid ele and mid crísman mé þurhsmyrede, Wlfst. 229, 3
Linked entry: smirwan
wacor
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Sið wiþerweardnes biþ untǽlu and wracu (wacru? v.l.), Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Add
weá-cwánian
To lament, wail
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To lament, wail Deófla weácwánedon mán and moiður. Cd. Th. 284, 12; Sat. 320
Linked entry: cwánian
hearp-swég
The sound of the harp
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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss
brunge
broughtest, brought
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broughtest, brought, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 4; Gen. 651; p. and pp. of bringan
of-cumende
derivative
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derivative Eahta synd frumcennede, and seofan of-cumende, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 34
spell-bóc
a book of homilies
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a book of homilies .i. full spelbóc wintres and sumeres, Chart. Th. 430, 21
þædres
Thither
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MSS.) hither and thither, Past. 22; Swt. 169, 13
Linked entry: þideres
for-þindan
To swell up
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To swell up Gif men sié maga ásúrod and forþunden, Lch. ii. 356, 11
Linked entries: þindan for-þunden
á-steóran
To steer ⬩ guide ⬩ govern
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To steer, guide, govern Þú ástýrst and wildest æallum þís middangearde, Shrn. 168, 9
Linked entry: á-stýran
áweg-ádrífan
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Kmbl. 14, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Oft hit getímað þæt swýþe hefigtýme sacu and ungeþwǽrnessa (scandala gravia) on mynstre áspringað, R. Ben. 124, 3.
ge-rád
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Add: stilled, instructed Wite þú, geráda preóst, Angl. viii. 330, 17. On ðám heofonlican life beóð ealle ful wise, and on gástlicre láre full geráde. Hml.
Linked entry: sam-rád
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfð on hire . . . gemynd and andgit and willa . . . . Of ðam willan. cumaþ geþó htas and word and weorc, ǽgðer ge yfele ge góde . . . þurh ðone willan heó wile swá hwæt swá hire lícaþ, Homl. Th. i. 288, 18-30.