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glæs-gegot

(n.)
Grammar
glæs-gegot, es; n.
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What is made of molten glass Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum (of glæsgegotum, v. l.) geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23 (v. note, p. 78)

Linked entry: ge-got

hreóh-full

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For citation substitute Kł. Januarius gif hé byþ on Mónandæg, þonne biþ . . . windig sumor, and hreóhfull geár (cf. estas uentuosa et tempestuosa, 12) biþ, Archiv cxx. 297, 46. See next word

land-efne

(n.)
Grammar
land-efne, es; n.
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Amount of landed property Se cyng lét tóscyfton þone here geond eall þis land tó his mannon, and hí fǽddon þone here ǽlc be his landefne, Chr. 1085 ; P. 216, 3

Linked entry: efne

níd-þeów

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Hláforda gehwylc áh swýþe micele þearfe þæt hé his men rihtlíce healde; and hit bið his ágen þearf þæt hé his neádþeówum beorge swá hé betst mæge, Wlfst. 300, 4. Add

ofer-ild

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ofer-ild, ofer-ildu, ofer-ildo.
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Is þǽre æfteran helle onlícnes genemned oferyldo ; for þan him ámolsniað þá eágan for ðǽre oferyldo, Verc. Först. 107, 3. Ǽlc óþer oferylde and geogeþe reliqui, R. Ben. 115, 11. Add

séma

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Sum wer wæs on þyssere ylcan byrig, þæs nama wæs Aduocatus, sé wæs séma and ríhtend manigra manna ( the Latin is: Quidam aduocatus in hac urbe), Gr. D. 297, 6. Add

strenglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
strenglíce, adv.
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Firmly Þá gecorenan engla gástas selfe swá myccle strenglícor and fæstlícor gestódon, swá myccle swá hí eádmódran wǽron electi angelorum spiritus ipsi tanto robustius quanto humilius starent, Gr. D. 205, 3

sweór

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Se sweór bemǽnde his snore, and se brýdguma his brýd, Hml. S. 33, 191. Hiene ofslóg his ágen sweór fraude soceri sui interfectus est, Ors. 6, 29; S. 278, 18. Add

swiftlere

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Gyf þú swyftleras habban wylle, þonne sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, Tech. ii. 126, 8. Add

twi-fyrclian

(v.)
Grammar
twi-fyrclian, to fork off from,
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separate from another object Þeáh ǽlc leásung hæbbe sume gelícnysse þǽre sóðnysse, þeáh twyfyrclað and tódǽld seó árwyrðnys ( differt tamen dignitas ) þæs sóðan wísdómes fram lícetunge leásre láre, Chrd. 96, 37

Linked entry: -fyrclian

sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationally

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Reasonably, rationally Gif hé gesceádlíce (sceádelice, Wells Frag.) mid eáðmódnesse and mid sóþre lufe hwilcu þing on mynstre tǽle si qua rationabiliter et cum humilitate caritatis reprehenderit, R. Ben. 109, 8

út-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
út-weardes, adv.

Outwardstowards the outside

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Outwards, towards the outside Suá bið sió costung ǽresd on ðæm móde, and ðonne féreþ útweardes tó ðære hýde, ód ðæt nió út ásciét on weorc, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5

hand-bæftian

(v.)
Grammar
hand-bæftian, -beaftan, -beoftan; p. -bæftade, -beafte

To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament

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To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32

Linked entries: bæftian beaftan

healseta

(n.)
Grammar
healseta, an; m.
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27

on-tíned

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
on-tíned, (-tímed ?)

well-supplied

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well-supplied Gif .vii. dæge sunne scíneþ, mycele wæstmas on treówum beóþ ... Gif ðí .x. dæge sunne scýneþ, ðonne byþ sé and ealle æá mid fixum ontíned, Lchdm. iii. 166, 13

Linked entry: -tíned

on-wǽre

(adj.)

unripe

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unripe Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw, and wring þurh cláþ on ðæt eáge, sóna gǽþ of ( the white spot will go off ) gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18. (?)

Linked entry: -wǽre

swigene

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Ðæs mannes bileofa is tó besceáwianne: ǽrest him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoð stille and sméþe, ne sié scearp ne tó afor ne slítende ne swigene, Lchdm. ii. 210, 21

tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tweólíce, adv.

doubtfullyuncertainlyambiguously

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doubtfully, uncertainly Tweólíce and unfæsðlíce hé átiéfreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 13. ambiguously Ondwyrdon hié him tweólíce responso ambiguo, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 3

Linked entry: twí-líce

twist

(n.)

a branchfork

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a branch, fork (?) The faucon moste fallen fro the twiste, Chauc. Squieres Tale, 442. A twyste frons, ramus, Cath. Ang. 399, and see note. Twist the fourchure; a twig, Halliwell's Dict

for-sworcenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sworcenness, e; f.

Obscuritydarkness

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Obscurity, darkness On forsworcennesse sweartes þrosmes and ðæs weallendan pices, Wlfst. 139, 1. Næfð mín niht náne forsworcennysse, Hml. Th. i. 428, 30. Forsworcennyssa obscura, Hy. S. 23, 31: 37, 4

Linked entry: -sworcenness