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sadol

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breác weþera fella for sadole (-ele, v. l.) vervecum pellibus pro sella utebatur, Gr. D. 34, 13. Add

tó-dwæscan

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tó-dwæscan, l. -dwǽscan,
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and add Mid his gebedum þæs fýres mægen and strengðe tódwǽscte exorando flammas pressit, Gr. D. 48, 14

þeóh

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wæs togen ofdúne be þám þeón ( per coxas ), and upp be þám earmum, Gr. D. 320, 19. Add

under-feng

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For þám underfénge þyses bisceoplican folgoðes, Gr. D. 3, 6. For þám underfencge þǽre menniscan týdernesse, 154, 5. Add

un-dolfen

(adj.)
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un-dolfen, adj.
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Not dug ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrt-geardss þæs þe þær ǽr undolfen wæs, Gr. D. 202, 4

un-ymbfangenlic

(adj.)
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un-ymbfangenlic, adj.
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Incomprehensible unymbfangenlice syndon his dómas quam incomprehensibilia sunt judicia ejus, Gr. D. 137, 26: 138, 22: 139, 19

Linked entry: ymbfangenlic

west-ende

(adj.)
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ðæs clifes westende, C. D. iii. 419, 6: 449, 14. On ðæs hlincæs wæstændæ, v. 242, 32. Add

fram-eald

(adj.)
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very old, ancient Seó stów wæs gehálgod in framealdum dagum, C. D. iii. 60, 17. [Cf. Goth. fram-aldrs.]

Linked entry: eald

æsc-man

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, C. D. vi. 100, 7. Æscmen piratici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 13. Add:

be-dyppan

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Heó wæs gelǽded ánre and bedypped in wæter (in aquam mersa), Gr. D. 73, 24. Add

Candel-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
Candel-mæsse, an; f.
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CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles; festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ Æt Candelmæssan at Candlemas, L. Eth. ix. 12 ; Th. i. 342, 32. Hér, A.

eardung-hús

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hús wæs geworden geleáffullra manna eardunghús ( habitaculum ), Gr. D. 185, 16. Of ðǽm eardunghúse his de habitaculo suo, Ps. Srt. 32, 14: ii. p. 188, 29. funde áne wéste stówe, in þǽre him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardunghús, Gr.

hrís

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hrís, Substitute: Twigs, small branches, brushwood
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Frondes, s. dicuntur quod ferant virgultas vel umbras, geleáf rís vel bógas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 7. Geleáf hrís frondes, 39, 69. birnan hrís, C. D. v. 157, 16. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- cóm Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel.

méd

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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) þone geættredan drync him bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139.

tó-flówan

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tó-flówan, <b>I a.</b>
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Þá hraþe áblan se ele tófleów geond þone flór swá ǽr dyde in pavimentum oleum defluere cessavit, Gr. D. 160, 16. &lt;b&gt;II d.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Leáf his ne tófléuwð folium eius non defluet, Ps. L. 1, 3.

tó-stregdan

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Add Þonne hit tóstreigdeð (-stregdeð, v.l.) and tódǽleð hit sylf ymb óðerra manna wísan cum ad exteriora sparserit, Gr. D. 5, 1. Tóstrǽdaþ spargimus, An. Ox. 46, 18.

un-myndlinga

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un-myndlinga, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Gelamp hit se sácerd unmyndlinga (unwénlíce, v.l., inopinate) wearð ábysgod wíneard settanne, Gr. D. 88, 16

æf-weard

absens

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Æfweardum absente ðám abbode, Gr. D. 35, 32: 64, 11. cwið yfel ðǽm deáfan, ðone æfweardan tǽlð surdo maledicere est absenti derogare, Past. 453, 2. ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1.

Linked entry: -weard

befer

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D. v. 48, 8. The word occurs in local names, v. C. D. vi. 257, col. 2

hyrwend-líc

(adj.)
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hyrwend-líc, adj.

Contemptibledespicable

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Contemptible, despicable Heruuendlícae contemptum, Ep. Gl. 7 d, 9. Heuuendlíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 31. Ða hirwendlícan contemtibiliora, 15, 62