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wille-streám

(n.)
Grammar
wille-streám, es; m.
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Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30 ; Ph. 105

æt-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-healdan, p. -heóld
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To withhold Þinc fram Drihtne ætheóld ( reseruauit ), Scint. 109, 18

god-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
god-sǽd, es; n.
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The fear of God, piety Æþele cnihtas and ǽfæste ginge and góde in godsǽde noble youths and pious, young and good in the fear of God, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 19; Dan. 90

snoru

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Sum æþele gesíðwíf hæfde áne snore ( nurum ) þá hire sunu lytle ǽr him tó wífe onféng, Gr. D. 71, 31. Se sweór bemǽnde his snore, and se brýdguma his brýd, Hml. S. 31, 191. Add

boh-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
boh-scyld, es; m.
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A shoulder shield; ad humerum clypeus, Æthelst. Test. Mann. = bóc-scyld, q. v

un-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynde, adj.

Unnatural

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Unnatural Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of ðære stówe ðe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27

a-mundian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mundian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectdefendtueritutari

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To protect, defend; tueri, tutari, Æthelfl. Test; Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 522, 28

samod

(prep.)
Grammar
samod, prep, with dat.
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With, at Samod ǽrdæge ( with the coming of the dawn ) eode æþele cempa self mid gesíðum, Beo. Th. 2627; B. 1311. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum somod ǽrdæge with day came comfort to the sadhearted, 5877; B. 2942. Cf. mid ǽrdæge

freó

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Add Geboren of freón (freógum, v.l.) and of æþelum cynne liberiori genere exortus, Gr. D. 95, 10

brýd

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Hé onféng æþele brýd, Shrn. 49, 2. Brýda beháta pacta sponsalia, Hpt. Gl. 498, 43

wistle

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In l.2 after 'fistula' insert: (the Latin is: Fistula cum citharis reclamans aethera pulsat, Aid. 146, 20)

mynster-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mynster-líce, adv.

Monasticallyin a manner suitable to a monastery

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æþele mynster getimbrede. Ðá hé ðá ðæt hæfde mynsterlíce ge þeáwlíce gesett, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 37

cynnig

(adj.)
Grammar
cynnig, adj.
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Cynningum, æþelum, 4149. Cynnegum, Angl. xiii. 36, 240

ænbręce

(n.)
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If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

cennend

(n.)
Grammar
cennend, es; m.
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A parent Eádge wǽron þá æþelan cennend Sancte Jóhannes, Bl. H. 161, 32. Be þǽra cennendra gefyrhtum, 163, 26. On þǽm cennendum, 16

preóst-heáp

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Þá ácsode ic hí be þám ylcan wundre beforan þám æþelum werum and þám preóstheápe (clero) and eác beforan eallum þám folce, Gr. D. 302, 25. Add

myrre

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Tó gehealdanne líchoman hǽlo mid Drihtnes gebede, þis is aeþele lǽcedóm. Genim myrran and gegníd on wín . . . Þonne is eft se æþelesta lǽcedóm tó þon ilcan. Genim myrran and hwít récels . . . and þæs récelses and myrran sý mǽst, ii. 294, 17-25. Add

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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; but cf. þone deóran síð = death, Sal. 361) genam ǽþelne of eorðan, Chr. 1065 ; P. 194, 14

un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs hé geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac hé unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]