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gin-wísed

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Cf. gin-fæst for the sense of gin- in this compound

Linked entries: wísian wísan

handlung

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Add: Cf. the corresponding passage in Gr. D. 164, 29 Þone þe se Godes wer (Benedict) ná gehrínende ac on lóciende (non tangendo, sed respiciendo) álýsde

leóþ-wrenc

(n.)
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leóþ-wrenc, es; m.
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19

Linked entry: wrenc

mǽr-bróc

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Of Afene in mǽrbróc . . . on ðone nearuan byge on Afene; upp andlang strémes, ðæt eft upp on mǽrbróc, C. D. iii. 436, 33-437, 8. Add

mund-wist

(n.)
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mund-wist, e; f.
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Protection, guardianship Ðá ænglas him andsweredon, 'Ac syó hige ( the soul ) ánumen of úre mundwiste, for ðan ðe mid fúlnesse hyó wæs in gangende,' Nap. 46

sceaft

(adj.)
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add: In the phrase scæfta munda perhaps sceaft was intended to denote the extended thumb, v. N. E. D. shaftment. v. web-sceaft: lang-sceaft; adj

sceand

(n.)
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sceand, m.
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm

smeá-gelegen

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Beclýsingca, smeáge legena (so in the MS, Napier takes smeáge as adjective (v. smeáh), so two separate words instead of a compound), An. Ox. 4142. Add

Linked entries: smeáh ge-legen

wund

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wund, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Heó wearð gestanden on þá breóst mid cancre þǽre wunde cancri ulcere in mamilla percassa est, Gr. D. 279, 27. v. feax-, heáfod-, syn-wund. Add

ymb-hwyrft

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ymb-hwyrft, <b>. IV.</b>
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On þreódǽlede emhwyrfte in triquadro (terrarum) ambitu, An. Ox. 1685. Engliscra and óþra þeóda wiðinnan embhwyrft (ambitum) Brittisces íglandes wunigendra cincg, Angl. xiii. 365, 4. Add

sǽ-upwearp

(n.)

jetsum

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what is thrown up on land by the sea, jetsum Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod . . . ða sǽupwearp on eallen þingen æt Bramcæstre, Chart. Th. 421, 33

fyrþriend

(n.)
Grammar
fyrþriend, es; m.

One who promotes, advances, &amp;c., a patron

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., a patron God eallum þám þe wel þencaþ simle is fultum and firþriend, C. D. B. ii. 389, 17

ofer-heáfod

(adv.)
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ofer-heáfod, adv.

Generally, in every case

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Generally, in every case Ǽlc man oferheáfod sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre on ðære byrig ðe hé tó gehýrde, Homl. Th. i. 30, 4

twín-wyrm

(n.)
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twín-wyrm, (twin- ?), es; m.

buprestis

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The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35

freóls-dæg

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Hú on freólsdagum (in sanctorum natalitiis) seó nihtlice wæcce tó healdenne sý ... sealmas sýn gesungene þe tó þám freólsdæge belimpað, R. Ben. 39, 4-9. Add

ge-wunsum

(adj.)
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ge-wunsum, adj.

Pleasant

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Pleasant Swíðe gewunsum hit biþ ðæt mon wíf hæbbe and bearn it is very pleasant to have wife and children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 8

windel-stán

(n.)
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windel-stán, es; m.

A tower with a winding staircase

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A tower with a winding staircase Windelstán coclea, gewind circuitus ascensus (the word occurs in a list of names of buildings), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 3

á-blysian

(v.)

to redden with shame, to blush, to be ashamed

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Add:passage from a-blísian in Dict

Linked entries: blysian a-blísian

spreca

(n.)
Grammar
spreca, speca, an; m.

A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor

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A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor Forht folces weard héht him fetigean sprecan síne, Cd. Th. 161, 18;Gen. 2667

Linked entry: speca

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a basket ⬩ trunk

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'Lepe quod est tertia pars duorum bussellorum;' in Sussex, time of Ed. I.] a weel for catching fish Leáp corbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6: calatus, 127, 73. Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. 287, 27: ii. 46, 40. Leáp vel wilige cophinus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp