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bí-genge

(n.)
Grammar
bí-genge, (?), an; f.

attendant

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A female worshipper, attendant Bígencge (but cf. bígengcest, An. Ox. 2065, a gloss of the same passage) cultricem, ministraticem, Hpt. Gl. 455, 16

sin-freá

(n.)
Grammar
sin-freá, an ; m.
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A perpetual lord, a husband Nǽnig nefne sinfreá none but her wedded lord, Beo. Th. 3873 ; B. 1934. Cf. sin-híwan

ge-aforud

Grammar
ge-aforud, l. ge-uferod.
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Spl. 36, 37 exaltatum is glossed by geaforadne, but the correct form, geuferudne, occurs in Ps. Rdr. 36, 35

fýr-hús

a room with a fire

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Substitute: a room with a fire Búr camera, fýrhúscaminatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 7. Fýrhúses (printed -hýses) hlýwing caumene refugium, Angl. xiii. 397, 461

un-sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sóþ, adj.

Untrue ⬩ false

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Untrue, false Unsóþe (Wright gives unseþe, but Wülcker Voc. 243, 15 unsoþe) sage (-a, Wülcker) falsa dicta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 80

getyng-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
getyng-cræft, es; m.
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Rhetoric [v. ge-tynge; I. 3; but the word is put as a gloss to mechanica] Getincgcræft mechanica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 50

be-warian

(v.)

to guard ⬩ protect

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is cernit) þá burn, Hpt. 31, 15, 405.

Linked entry: be-warenian

nefne

Grammar
nefne, <b>. II.</b> add: <b>II a.</b> without negative,
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only, nothing but Dó tó drence nǽdran geworhte swá lǽcas cunnon, and þonne hié ǽlcra drincan willen, drincan hié nemne wæter, Lch. ii. 202, 18

mealm-stán

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Wrít þysne circul mid þínes cnífes orde on ánum mealmstáne (printed mealan stáne; but see Archiv cxxix. 48, n. l), Lch. i. 395, 4. Add

bræd-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
bræd-ísen, brǽd-ísen ?.
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.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long

swipor

(adj.)
Grammar
swipor, adj.
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., but see Anglia i. 151) níð, Salm. Kmbl. 616; Sal. 307

cot

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Æt Sceolles eald*-*cotan, iv. 122, 21. v. búr-cot, and next word. Add

gewif-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
gewif-sǽlig, adj.
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Fortunate: — Gewifsǽli furtunatus, þone gewifsǽligan (but gewilsǽligan according to Wülcker's reading, see Wülck. Gl. 406, 2) fortunatiim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 6, 5

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle

un-temed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-temed, adj.

Untamed ⬩ wild

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Untamed, wild Untemed (Wright prints untamed, but see Wülcker 226, 14), wilde edomitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 40. Un-temed hors, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 17

Linked entries: temian un-tamed

hlec

(adj.)

leaky

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., but hlec, 2, 480: Hpt. Gl. 529, II), tócinen bát rimosa, scissurosa barca An. Ox. 5456. Lecum rimosę Germ. 400, 69. Add:

droht

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Droht conversationis (but cf. drohtnunge religionis, conversationis, 466, 34. An. Ox. 2507 has droh), Hpt. Gl. 465, 29: 428, 49; An. Ox. 933

ge-mimorlíce

(adv.)
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Capitul gemimorlíce tó rec[c]anne (printed secanne, but v. reccanne, 39, 6 : 48, 2) lectio memoriter recitanda, R. Ben. I. 44, 4. Add

un-tweónigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweónigende, adj.

Not to be doubted ⬩ indubitable

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Not to be doubted, indubitable God untwýnigendre mildheortnesse God of mercy which must not be doubted (but the Latin is: Deus inestimabilis misericordie), Anglia xi. 115, 45

Linked entry: un-twýnigende

heáh-mód

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. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17

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