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bródig

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Inclined to sit (of a hen) Oft seó bródige henn, þeáh heó sárlíce cloccige, heó tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 25. Substitute:

Cumere

(n.)
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Cumere, (-as ?); pl.
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The Britons of Strathclyde Ealle ðá cyningas þe on þysum íglande wǽron Cumera and Scotta cómon tó Eádgáre, Hml. S. 21, 451. v. Cumber-land in Dict

deófol-cræft

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Se moncwealm wæs swá ungemetlic, ðæt hié mid deófolcræftum sóhton hú hié hit gestillan mehte, and gefetton Escolafius þone scínlácan, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 7. Add

fird-láf

(n.)
Grammar
fird-láf, e; f.
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The remnant of an army, the survivors of a battle Þǽr feóllon ðá hǽþenan fíf ðúsend ofslagene, and Lisias fleáh mid þǽre fyrdláfe. Hml. S. 25, 377

Linked entry: here-láf

firgen

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Fled þr (fleó þ?) on fyrgen, hæfde hál westu may the pain flee to the hills, and you have your head sound (? ?), Lch. iii. 54, 17. Add

for-meltan

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Formelteþ liquitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 22. ꝥ ís formealt on eallum þám mere and þ wæter waerð áwend tó wynsumum baðe, Hml. S. II, 198. Add

ge-beácn

(n.)
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ge-beácn, es; n.
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Signs, movements intended to express a meaning Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drygdon, ... and siððan mid gebeácne his bletsunge bǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13

ge-irfeweardian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-erfeweardian</b> in Dict., and add Cynren his geyrfeweardað ( hereditabit ) land, Ps. L. 24, 13. Geyrfweardiað hereditabant, 36, 11

Linked entry: ge-yrfeweardian

heáh-mód

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Add: high-spirited Hú þá wihte (a cock and a hen) mid ús heáhmóde (heán-, MS. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17

hociht

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hociht, l. hóciht(e)
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full of mallows,having many bends, On ðá olde lake tó hóctan ýðe, C. D. vi. 227, 9. and add [For ii in l. 3 read iii.]

leoþu--wǽcan

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Dele first passage (for which see Sǽs geliþewǽcað brymmas ponti mitescunt freta, Hy. S. 6, 28), and for last passage substitute :-- Leoþewǽcan mitigare, pacificare, An. Ox. 3802

mór-beám

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Add: — Cyme tó þám treówe þe man háteþ mórbeám, Lch. i. 330, 19. Heora mórbeámas, Ps. L. 77, 47. [ Lat. morus.] See next word, and múr-beám

niþere

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Niðrę deorsum in terra, Hpt. 33, 247, 114. Ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr níþere, Bt. 41, 13; F. 234, 13. Add

ofer-leóran

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ofer-leóran, I. add: <b>I a.</b>
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to pass by, abandon Þonne wǽre him wén ꝥ hé oferliórde and forléte þone gewunan his ágenre stíþnysse fortassis sui vigoris usum excederet, Gr. D. 106, 5

on-hǽtan

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Add Þá mǽdenn onǽldon and onhǽtton þǽra geongrena mód tó forcyrrednesse heora synlustes puellae discipulorum mentes ad perversitatem libidinis inflammabant, Gr. D. 119, 14. Cf. in-hǽtan

peru

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Take here pere(-u) in Dict., and add Ðonne þé æpples lyste . . . Gyf þú peran wille, Tech. ii. 124, 19. Manigfeald æppelcyn, peran. Lch. ii. 180, 14

reád-leáf

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Dele '(?)', and add Andlang mearce tó reádléfan bécan, C. D. iii. 14, 7. On þæt reádleáfe treów; of ðám reádleáfan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 28. (?)

sceppe

(n.)
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a specific quantity of grain or malt iii. sceppe mealtes and healf sceppe hwǽte . . . án sceppe malt, Nap. 55. [From Icel. skeppa. v. N. E. D. skep.]

scræf

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Add Mín hús is gebedhús, and gé hit habbað gedón sceaðum tó screafe (gescræfe, Mt. R. 21, 13), Hml. Th. i. 406, 3. v. heort-, stán-scræf

sícle

(adj.)
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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