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fyrdlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrdlíc, adj.

Militarymartialmīlĭtāris

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Military, martial; mīlĭtāris Hire fær is wiðmeten fyrdlícum truman her course is compared to a martial band, Homl. Th. i. 444, 5: Jos. 11. 10

efen-werod

(n.)
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A band of comrades Efenwerod commanipulares, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 35. Cf. efen*-*heáp

geslit-glíw

(n.)
Grammar
geslit-glíw, es; n.
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Cf. slítan ; : bat see geflit-glíw

wǽg-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-hengest, es; m.

A sea-steeda ship

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A sea-steed, a ship Hé bát gestág, wǽghengest wræc, Exon. Th. 181, 34; Gú. 1303. Hí gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas, Elen. Kmbl. 472; El. 236

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, es; m.

A crowdtroop

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A crowd, troop, band of people Hwearfum þringan to press in crowds, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 8; Jud. 249: Exon. 36 a; Th. 118, 3; Gú. 234

laur

(n.)
Grammar
laur, lawer, es; m.

Laurelbay

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Laurel, bay Laures croppan, seáw, bléda, leáf, Lchdm. ii. 20, 17: 226, 2: 228, 25: 230, 3. Mid lawere gebeágod crowned with laurel, Blickl. Homl. 187, 27

lim-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-leás, adj.
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Without limbs His (Christ's) gástlíca líchama, ðe wé húsel hátaþ, is of manegum cornum gegaderod, búton blóde and báne, limleás and sáwulleás, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 22

un-getreówþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-getreówþ, e; f.

Bad faithbreach of good faith

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Bad faith, breach of good faith Hér sýn on lande ungetrýwða (-treówða, S. B.: -tríwða, MS. C.) micle for Gode and for worulde, M Wulfst. 160, 6

Linked entry: ge-treówþ

sícle

(adj.)
Grammar
sícle, adj.
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In bad health, sickly On .ii. nihte aldne mónan ꝥ cild, ꝥ swá bið ácenned, bið seóc and sícle (unhál, v. l. infirmus), Archiv cxxix. 21, 16

ge-biddan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-biddan, p. -bæd, pl. -bǽdon; pp. -beden; often followed by a reflexive dative [ge-, biddan to ask, pray]

To praypray toworshipadoreōrāreadōrārecŏlĕre

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To pray, pray to, worship, adore; ōrāre, adōrāre, cŏlĕre Uton gebiddan us let us pray, Homl. Blick. 139, 30. Ðonne we us gebiddaþ when we pray. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. Ðonne gé eów gebiddon cum ōrātis, Mt. Bos. 6, 5. Ðonne ðú ðé gebidde cum orāvĕris,

Linked entries: ge-beden ge-bitt

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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A poke, pouch, bag; as a medical term sinus Pohha (poha, Lind.) pera, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 8. Pohha (pocca, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 9, 3. Ðý læs ðider in yfel pohha ( sinus ) gesíge, Lchdm. ii. 208, 18.

fót-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
fót-gemet, es; n.

A foot-measurefoot-bandfetterpĕdis mensūracompes

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A foot-measure, foot-band, fetter; pĕdis mensūra, compes Hí ge-eádmétton on fótgemetum fét his humiliāvērunt in compĕdĭbus pĕdes ejus, Ps. Spl. T. 104, 17

Linked entry: FÓT

yfel-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrde, adj.
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Given to use bad or abusive language Gif mon bið ácenned on Frígedæg . . . hé yfele cræftas leornað, and he æfre bið yfelwyrde, E. S. 39, 354

mann-faru

(n.)
Grammar
mann-faru, e; f.

A going of mena moving band of men

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A going of men or a moving band of men, Wé ðás wic mágun fótum áfyllan, meara þreátum and monfarum, Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 20; Gú. 257

unweder-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
unweder-líce, adv.

In a way that indicates bad weatherthreateningly

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In a way that indicates bad weather, threateningly Tó dæg hit byð hreóh weder; ðeós lyft scínð unwederlíce hodie tempestas, rutilat enim triste coelum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3

cól-pyt

Grammar
cól-pyt, l. col-pyt a place where charcoal is made [v. N. E. D. coal-pit]
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and add Forð hæselholtæ on collpytt; of collpyttæ, C. D. iv. 27, 13. On þone ealdan collpytt þǽr þá þreó gemǽru tógædere gáþ, Cht. E. 206, 23

hweorfa

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Add: a joint, vertebra, v. hweorf-bán Þá hweorfan and ðá cneó popliies et genua, Lch. i. lxxiv, 20. the whorl of a spindle, v. hweorf Hwyorfa vertigo (among words connected with spinning). Wrt.

Linked entry: wendend

mearc-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-þreát, es; m.

A band of men occupying the frontier of a country

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A band of men occupying the frontier of a country Manna þengel mearcþreáte rád (cf. Th. 187, 33: 188, 14), Cd. 151; Th. 188, 25; Exod. 173

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

sceál

(n.)
Grammar
sceál, scál (?)

a shoal,troop, band

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a shoal,troop, band Ic be hondum mót hǽðenre (-ra?) sceálgrípan tó grunde, Godes andsacan, Cd. Th. 281, 8;Sat. 268 . Cf. Mid hishandscále, Beo. Th. 2638; B. 1317