leóþ-word
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A word in a poem, Andr. Kmbl. 2975; An. 1490
lygen-word
lie ⬩ falsehood
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A lying word, lie, falsehood Mid ligenwordum, Cd. 33; Th. 43, 32; Gen. 699
mæðel-word
A word used in a formal address
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A word used in a formal address Þegn Hróðgáres meðelwordum frægn ( of the question put by the coast-guard to Beowulf on his landing ), Beo. Th. 478; B. 236
gilp-word
A boastful word ⬩ a boast ⬩ vaunt
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A boastful word, a boast, vaunt Hí him to gylpworde hæfdon 'ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hí hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce' their boast was 'that they had rather have a halting king than a halting kingdom,' Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 26. Gylpword boastful
bismær-word
A disgraceful or abusive word, reproach, insult ⬩ ignominiosum vel contumeliosum verbum, opprobrium, insultatio
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[ = bismer-word: bismer opprobrium, contumelia; word verbum] A disgraceful or abusive word, reproach, insult; ignominiosum vel contumeliosum verbum, opprobrium, insultatio Mid bismærwordum with insults, L. H. E. 11; Th. i. 32, 5
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þanc-word
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A word of thanks Swá scríþende hweorfaþ gleómen, þearfe secgaþ, þoncword sprecaþ, simle sumne gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 32; Víd. 137
word-snotor
Expert in speech ⬩ eloquent ⬩ learned
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Expert in speech, eloquent, learned Óslác, gamolfeax hæleð, wís and wordsnotor, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 21. Lýfing se wordsnotera biscop, 1047; Erl. 171, 28. Wordsnoteran (Homerum), Hpt. Gl. 463, 53. Wordsnotere oratores, rhetores, grammatici, 481, 72.
word-wís
Wise in speech ⬩ learned
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Wise in speech, learned Ðæs wordwísan sophisle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 39
word-wynsum
Pleasant in speech ⬩ affable ⬩ affabilis
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Pleasant in speech, affable; affabilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 37
wiþer-word
Similar entry: wiþer-weard
wuldor-word
A glorious word
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A glorious word Ðú, ealra cyninga þrym, clypast ofer ealle; bið ðín wuldorword wíde gehýred, Hy. 7, 46
beorht-word
Similar entry: byrht-word
bí-word
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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað þá naman and þá bínaman, . . . syððan hig þá word (verbs) áginnad tó áweganne mid þám bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 7. Dele: -wyrd, and second passage, and add: An adverb
fracoþ-word
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An abusive word, an insult, bad language Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrdu þára nunnena fracoð-wyrda (-worda, v.l.) hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumelias enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 7
frófor-word
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk Hé nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28
gréting-word
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A word of greeting, a salutation Ðá stóp se encgel tó þám mǽdene and cwæð hire tó, 'Ave', ꝥ is on úrum gereorde grétingword, Archiv ci. 313. Ave and salue synd grétingword, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 209, 14
leáfnes-word
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A pass-word Ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, B. 245
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teosu-word
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An injurious word Þá hé swíðust óðre men mid tesowordum tǽl[d]e in his renceo, þá earnode hé mé þæs écan teónan, Nap. 62. Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, þá earnode hé mé þára mǽstan benda, 27, 39
wealh-word
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Add: Angl. xi. 101, 42
word-predicung
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(Verbal) preaching, a sermon Þá hyrdas sceolon . . . him ætýwan rihte drohtnunge ge mid gódum bysnum ge eác mid wordpredicungum ( cum uerbo predicationis), Chrd. 66, 23
Linked entry: predicung