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for-wyrþendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-wyrþendlic, adj.
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Perishable Forwyrdendlice welan perituras divitias, Scint. 43, 11. Cf.(?) for-wirdan

hundfeald-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hundfeald-lic, adj.
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Hundred-fold Hundfealdlic hé onféhð centu*-*plum accipiet, Scint. 58, 2

openung

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Add: opening Openung múþes his apertio oris illius, Scint. 96, 11

slá-wyrm

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Eal swá sláwyrm (regulus) áttru hit tósend, Scint. 105, 9. Add

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.
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A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland Óhthere sǽde ðæt sió scir hátte Hálgoland ðe hé on búde. Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in.

burna

(n.)
Grammar
burna, an; m.
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Scír burna biþ gedréfed: bróc biþ onwended. the clear stream is disturbed: the brook is turned aside, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 37; Met. 5, 19. He hine bibaðaþ in ðam burnan he bathes himself in the stream, Exon. 57b; Th. 205, 3; Ph. 107. Burna latex, Wrt.

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Þú wást ꝥ ic sylfa unfyrn sceall beón sweltende scis quia ego modo te (the dying abbot) secuturus sum 226, 4

feax-wund

(n.)
Grammar
feax-wund, e; f.
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Gif in feaxe bið wund inces lang, geselle ánne sciłł. tó bóte. Gif beforan feaxe bið wund inqes lang, twégen sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 17

fóre-beón

(v.)

to be before or over ⬩ to preside ⬩ præesse

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Scint. 32, 58

fyrian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrian, p. ode; pp. od

To make a furrow ⬩ to plough ⬩ till ⬩ proscindĕre aratro

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To make a furrow, to plough, till; proscindĕre aratro, Scint. 32

ed-gildend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-gildend, es; m.
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One who requites, remunerates Edgyldend remunerator, i. redonator, Scint. 127, 17

Linked entry: gildend

fæderen

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Gálnyss forspillednyss ys fædrenre (paternę) yrfewyrdnysse spéde, Scint. 87, 2. Add

fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fremedlíce, adv.
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Perfectly Þurh þæt fremedlíce ( perfecte ) ys ge-herud, Scint. 129, 3

forþ-fering

Grammar
forþ-fering, l. -féring,
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and add On dæge forðféringe in die defunctionis, Scint. 65, 8

on-orþung

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Mid blǽde deóflicre onorþunge flatu diabolicę inspirationis, Scint. 112, 12. Add

un-gemetgod

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Þár byþ ongemetegud (immoderatus) hleahter and plega, Scint. 173, 6. Add

un-wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
un-wríþan, p. -wráþ; pp. -wriðen

To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.)

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Unwríþan distringere, Scint. 232, 2

feðer-

(prefix)

four-

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four-, used only in the compounds, — feðer-fóte, -sceátas, -scette, -scíte, -scitte

scortlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scortlíc, adj.
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Short, of time, not lasting Sceortlíc ł hwílendlíc momentaneum, Scint. 214, 16

flǽsc-besmitenness

(n.)
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carnal defilement On nánre flǽscbesmitennysse ( carnis contagio ) ge-brosnude, Scint. 69, 11

Linked entry: be-smitenness

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