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ge-wýscendlic

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Add: desirable Gewíscendlicum obtabili, Angl.xiii. 373a 109. adoptive, made by adoption Gewíscendlice adoptivas (filias) Hpt. Gl. 404, 58

hreófl

(adj.)
Grammar
hreófl, adj.
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Hé wæs ge dumb and hreófl (hreóf, v. l.) scabiem habebat, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 8. Add

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.
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Dryhtne þeówode totum se lacrimis paenitentiae . . . mancipauit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 13

lætlíce

(adv.)
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Add: latlíce Þane latlíce ( morose ) wé wyllað beón gesǽd, R. Ben. I. 76, 4. Lætlícor tardius 68, 3

leóþ-wíse

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Þás þing magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 3. Add

méting

(n.)
Grammar
méting, e; f.
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Ben. 46, 2

neáh-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-mynster, a neighbouring monastery or
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convent In þám neáh-mynstre (neáhnunnmynstre, néhnunmynstre, v. ll.) uicino uirginum monasterio, Bd. 4, I; Sch. 337, 16

yfel-libbende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-libbende, adj.
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Ben. I. 118, 10. Cf. wel-libbende

út-wǽpnedmann

(n.)
Grammar
út-wǽpnedmann, es; n.

A strangeroutsider

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A stranger, outsider Hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes ceápiaþ externorum sibi virorum amicitiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18

Linked entries: wǽpned-mann út

wǽg-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-sweord, es; n.

A sword with wavy ornamentation

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Woorsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 40) Wrætlíc wǽgsweord, Beo. Th. 2982; B. 1489

heald-nes

(n.)
Grammar
heald-nes, -ness, e; f.

Holding, keeping, observance

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Holding, keeping, observance Ealles mǽst ymb eástrena healdnyssa maxime in Pascha observando, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

heals-gebedda

(n.)
Grammar
heals-gebedda, an; f.

A bedfellow, consort around whose neck the arms are thrown, one dearly loved

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A bedfellow, consort around whose neck the arms are thrown, one dearly loved, Beo. Th. 126; B. 63

Linked entry: heals-mægeþ

heaðu-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-steáp, adj.

Standing out prominently in battle

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Standing out prominently in battle [an epithet of the helmet], Beo. Th. 2494; B. 1245: 4312; B. 2153

ofer-hlýde

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hlýde, adj.

Over-loud, noisy

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Ben. 30, 14. Similar entries v. preceding word

of-þrysman

(v.)
Grammar
of-þrysman, -þrysmian

to destroy by choking

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to destroy by choking Gewilnunga ðæt word ofþrysmaþ (-þrysmiaþ, MS. A. ) concupiscentiae verbum suffocant. Mk. Skt. 4, 19

on-tyhtan

(v.)

to incite, instigate, impel

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to incite, instigate, impel Wæs ðæt gifeðe tó swíð ðe ðone ðyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086

ge-sleccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleccan, p. -slæhte

To make slackenfeebleweaken

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To make slack, enfeeble, weaken Súslum geslæhte weakened by torments, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 8; Cri. 149

ge-smyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyltan, p. te; pp. ed [smylt serene]

To appeasequietplācāre

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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8

Linked entry: smyltan

hild-freca

(n.)
Grammar
hild-freca, hilde-, an; m.

A warrior.

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Beo. Th. 4721; B. 2366: 4416; B. 2205: Andr. Kmbl. 251; An. 126: 2141; An. 1072

Linked entry: hilde-freca

tó-forlǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-forlǽtenness, e; f.

Intermission

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Ben. Interl. 45, 11: Homl. Th. i. 596, 15 : ii. 382, 1

Linked entry: tó-forlǽten