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-ling

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-ling, -linga, adv.
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Add: v. brád-, ecg-, neód-, nid-, níw-, un-mynd-linga, -lunga

wirþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirþu, indecl.: wirþ, e; f.

honourdecoration dignity

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Similar entries Cf. weorþ-mynd, III

Linked entry: wyrþo

ǽle-puta

(n.)
Grammar
ǽle-puta, m. l. ǽle-púte; f.
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Myne vel ǽlepúte capito, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 75. and add

tó-hopung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopung, e; f.

Hopeexpectation

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Hope, expectation Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge ðæs écean Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 155

Linked entry: -hopung

mirran

(v.)
Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.

to be a stumbling-block toto hinderobstructto wastesquanderTo err

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to be a stumbling-block to, to hinder, obstruct Ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ ( scandali occasionem praebere ), Past. 59, 6; Swt. 453, 4. Sió ofersmeáung mirþ ( is a hindrance to ) ða unwísan, 15, 5; Swt. 97, 17. Ðæt eów læst þinga mierþ sine impedimento

Linked entries: meoring myrran

wíf-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lufu, an ; f.

Love for a woman

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Cf. wíf-myne

sweor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.
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A collar, band or chain for the neck, necklace Myne vel sweorbéh monile vel serpentinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 50. Swurbeáh monile, 74, 58. Swurbéh murenula vel torques, 16, 57.

mene

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Hé geg'ængde mé mid orle of golde áwefen and mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode, Hml, S. 7, 37. Add

á-seón

(v.)

to look at

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to look at Nelle ic mýnes Dryhtnes andwlitan áseón, Hml. A. 190, 255

Linked entry: á-siwen

ge-munan

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Ge-mynen remintscentur, 21, 28. Add

ge-mynetian

(v.)
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Ger. munizón: Icel. mynta.]

Linked entry: mynetian

æt-strengan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-strengan, p. de
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To deforce, withhold wrongfully Gif hláford gelómlíce his gafoles myngað, and geneátman áheardað and hit þencð tó ætstrengenne, Ll. Th. i. 270, 21

Linked entry: strengan

bed-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cófa, l. -cofa; m.; -cofe; f. , and add
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Hyt ys belocen on mýnre bedcofan, Hml. A. 189, 242

ǽle-puta

(n.)
Grammar
ǽle-puta, an; m.

An EEL-POUTcapito

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mynas and ǽleputan what fishes catchest thou? minnows and eel-pouts, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33

mis-rǽdan

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Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b>I d.

mód

Grammar
mód, <b>. I a.</b>
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Se wísdóm is hálig and hine sylfne ætbrét fram módes híwunge and mynd-leásum geðóhtum, ii. 326, 3.

hígung

(n.)
Grammar
hígung, e; f.

Strivingendeavoureffort

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Striving, endeavour, effort Se flǽscbana hæfde ꝥ getogene sweord on his handa and mid stranglice hígunge (nisu forti) áhóf þone earm upp in heánesse and mynte sleán þone Godes wer, Gr. D. 254, 34

ge-inseglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inseglian, -insegelian; p. ode; pp. od, ud

To sealto impress with a sealsignareobsignare

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whether these thingis ben seelid in myn tresouris? Wyc; nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis? Deut. 32, 34. Annas and Caiphas ðæt loc geinseglodon Annas et Caiphas illud claustrum obsignarunt, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 2.

Linked entry: in-seglian

á-gotenness

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Mýnes blódes ágotenys, Shrn. 96, 33. For ágotennysse þínes blódes, Hml. Th. i. 594, 17. Mid teára ágotennysse cum lacrymarum effusione , Ll. Th. ii. 136, 20: Lch. iii. 428, 11. Add