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lád-rinc

Grammar
lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

mearc-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-stede, es; m.

Desolate ⬩ border-land

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Desolate, border-land Saga mé from ðam lande ðǽr nǽnig fira ne mæg fótum gestæppan ... Hé on ðam felde geslóg xxv dracena,.. forðan ðás foldan ne mæg fira ǽnig, ðone mearcstede, mon gesécan, fugol gefleógan, ne ðon má foldan neát, Salm.

fǽhþ

feud

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Add: in a general sense Themistocles gemyndgade Iónas þǽre ealdan fǽhþe þe Xersis him tó geworht hæfde, hú hé hié mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 16.

fríþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fríþ, adj.

Stately ⬩ beautiful ⬩ splendĭdus ⬩ pulcher

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Stately, beautiful; splendĭdus, pulcher Seó fríþe mǽg the stately woman, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 22; Rä. 10, 9

árweorþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
árweorþ-full, adj.
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Ic mæg habban árwurðfulle lícðénunge, Hml. Th. i 86, 33

leóþ-gidding

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Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw, sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga, hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 2. Add

níd-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-lic, adj.
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Necessary Swígendum ná éþelíce mæg lácnung gedafenlicre and neódlicre sprǽce beón gegearwnd, Scint. 41, 2

be-efesian

(v.)

to cut the hair of a person

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to cut the hair of a person Hwá mæg mé beefesian?, Hml. S. 33, 84

seár

(adj.)
Grammar
seár, The MS. reading at Lch. i. 384, 14 may be retained. v. Siever's Grammar, § 35, Anm, 2.

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stílan

(v.)
Grammar
stílan, p. de ; pp. ed
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To steel, temper, harden Sum mæg stýled sweord, wǽpen gewyrcan, Exon. Th. 42, 28 ; Cri. 679

Linked entry: stýled

á-ildan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ildan, p. de
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To put off, delay Ic hit áyldan ne mæg eam declinare nequeo, Gr. D. 21, 22

Linked entry: ildan

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

nytt

(v.)
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Æfre hé mæig findan on ðám hé mæig nyt beón and ðá nytte dón ðe him fylstan scylan, Angl. ix. 261, 2

on-swífan

(v.)

to swing, turn ⬩ to turn aside, divert

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Th. 5112; B. 2559. to turn aside, divert Ne mæg mon ǽfre ðý éð ǽnne his cræftes beniman, ðe mon oncerran mæg sunnan onswífan and ðisne swiftne rodor of his rihtryne, Met. 10, 40

weorf-tord

(n.)
Grammar
weorf-tord, es; n.
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Dung of beasts Hé mæg of woruftorde ðone þearfendan áreccan de stercore erigens pauperem, Ps. Th. 112, 6. v. preceding word

Linked entry: tord

blód-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
blód-sceáwung, e; f.
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Ꝥ mon mæg gelácnian þenden of þǽre lifre sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 222, 9

Linked entry: sceáwung

íþrung

(n.)
Grammar
íþrung, (?), e; f.
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Amelioration, a making easier Ne mæg éðrunge (? edringe, MS.) ǽnge gehátan geómrum gáste, geóce oððe frófre, Seel. 107. See preceding word

Linked entry: éþring

múþ-sár

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-sár, es; n.
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A pain of the mouth Haran geallan mæg wið pipor gemenged wið múðsáre ( contra dolorem oris ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 25

weard-dún

(n.)
Grammar
weard-dún, e; f.

A beacon-hill

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cf. weardan hyll. v. wearda) On wearddúne, ðǽr ðæt Cristes mǽl stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 465, 31

Linked entry: wearda

ge-sibling

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sibling, es; m. [sibling a relation]

A relation ⬩ prŏpinquus

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A relation; prŏpinquus Mǽg vel gesibling prŏpinquus, Ælfc. Gl. 92; Som. 75, 39; Wrt. Voc. 51, 81

Linked entry: sibling

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