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leów

(n.)
Grammar
leów, es; pl.(?) leówer, leówera; n.

A thighham

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A thigh, ham Án hríðres læuw a ham of beef, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 355, 7. Leówer pernas, Lchdm. i. lxix, 13. Léwera, lxxiii, 31

Linked entries: læuw leu

lyft-edor

(n.)
Grammar
lyft-edor, es; m.
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An enclosure formed by clouds [? v. lyft] Síðboda lyftedoras bræc the pillar of fire broke through the clouds, Cd. 155; Th. 193, 24; Exod. 251

sealma

(n.)
Grammar
sealma, selma, an.; m.
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A couch Selma, benc sponda, Txts. 98, 955. Gewíteþ ðonne on sealman, Beo. Th. 4911; B. 2460. (Cf. Lazarus answeƀit ist an selmon , Hel. 4008.)

Linked entry: selma

sige-bróðor

(n.)
Grammar
sige-bróðor, m.
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A victorious brother, used in speaking to St. Andrew of St. Matthew, who was not daunted by his heathen captors, Andr. Kmbl. 366 ; An. 183

cwic-súslen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwic-súslen, adj.
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Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12

Linked entry: súslen

clifrian

(v.)
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Clifrode abradit, An. Ox. 50, 20. Hí man clifrode mid ísenum clawum, Hml. S. 12, 187. Mid ísenum clawum clifrian his lima, 14, 43. Add

dæg-langes

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Ac gyf unc swá þince uton gebyddan unc hǽr dæglanges and spurian tó morgen furður sed hodie satis, ut puto, scripsimus, Shrn. 188, 17. Add

gim-rodor

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Add: — Gimroder dracontia, An. Ox. 1075. Gimrodur, 7, 73: Angl. xiii. 30, 60. Gimrodor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 28: 25, 68. Gimro[dor], 106, 68

ísern-feter

(n.)
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an iron fetter ísernfeptor (ísern-, ísaern-fetor) bains, Txts. 45, 272 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 5. ísernfeter, i. 21, 34. ísernfetor forfix, ii. 35, 76

mǽg-wlite

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H. 243, 13), An. 1340. Add

preóst-regol

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-regol, es; m.
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A canonical rule Libbað clǽnre heortan an eówrum preóstregole (regula canonica), Chrd. 88, 15: 89, 33. Éstfullnes lífes be preóstregole deuotio uitę regularis, 93, 11

Linked entry: regol

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, to spoil.
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Rýpeð lurcatur, An. Ox. 20, 1. Sé ðe Godes cyrican rýpe (rípe, v. l.) oððe reáfige si quis ecclesiam Dei denudauerit, Wlfst. 68, 1. Add

sceaþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceaþ-full, adj.
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Hurtfull, noxious Wé becumað fram þám ídlan wordum tó þám sceaðfullum (sceð-, v. l.) ut ab otiosis ad noxia verba veniamus, Gr. D. 209, 26

self-wille

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Sylfwilles þeówdómes voluntarie seruitutis, An. Ox. 236: 1509. Mid sylfwillum lufum ultroneis affectibus, 1233. Add

storm

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Add Stearm tempestas, Mt. L. 16, 3. <b>I b.</b> add :-- Réþes stormes ýste dirae tempestatis turbine, An. Ox. 632

treówleásness

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Add: perfidy; in an ecclesiastical sense, heresy Hé wæs fylgende ðæs arrianiscan gedwolan treówleásnysse (trýw-, v.l.) perfdiae fuit arianae, Gr. D. 162, 20: 240, 13

twi-sehtan

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, and add: The Latin is Filosophos uiderit disiungi dampnum significat. v. Archiv cxxv. 56, 295, where twi-sehtan is given as the true reading

wiþer-wengel

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-wengel, es; m.
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An adversary Bysmrað wiðerwengel naman [þínne] inritat aduersarius nomen tuum, Ps. Rdr. 73, 10. Wiþer-wenglum aduersariis, 290, 1. Þú forbryttest wiþenvenglas (aduersarios), 380, 7

Linked entry: wengel

weder-candel

(n.)
Grammar
weder-candel, f.

The candle of the open air, the sun

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The candle of the open air, the sun Wedercandel swearc, Andr. Kmbl. 744; An. 372. Wedercondel wearm weorodum lýhteþ, Exon. Th. 210, 17; Ph. 187

tó-brǽdedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdedness, e; f.

Extent,an extensive place

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Extent, an extensive place On tóbrǽdednesse ł on brádnesse in latitudine, Ps. Lamb. 117, 5. On tóbrǽdednesse in latitudinem, 17, 20: Ps. Spl. 17, 22