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liccian

(v.)
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II a. of an inanimate agent, Lch. iii. 276, 12 (in Dict.)

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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M. 2, 26; Lchdm. ii. 278, 21. Hláf wexenne a wax plaster, Lchdm. iii. 210, 1, 2. Gesufelne hláf, L. Ath. V. 8, 6; Th. i. 236, 36. Ðeorfe hláfas unleavened loaves, Homl.

hefig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-líc, adj.

Grievoustroublesome

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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be anywhere troubled with inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8

Indea

(n.)
Grammar
Indea, India

India

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Ðæt sint India gemǽro in his finibus India est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 15. Hé fór on Indie Indiam petit, 3, 9; Swt. 132, 4. Ðá wilnode ic Indeum innwearde tó geseónne interiorem indiam perspicere cupiens, Nar. 5, 17.

æt-íwedness

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Add: shewing, display On ætýwednysse wun-dorlices tácnes in ostensione admirabilis signi, Gr. D. 19, 3. Ædeáudnesse ( ostensione ) hondo and fóta, Lk. p. ii. 13. revelation, mani-festation Þurh Godes ætýwednesse hé funde ꝥ heáfod, Shrn. 151, 26.

bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

bere-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
bere-wíc, (and? -wíce; f. cf. Lot. berewica)
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B. iii. 367, 12-17

for-screncan

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Add Iacób is gecweden forscrencend, and sé bið unleás forscrencend þe mid gleáwnysse his flǽsclican leahtras and deófles tihtinge forscrencð, Hml. Th. i. 586, 24. Wígstealla forscre[n]cen[n]e (ad) propugnacula subruenda, An.

ge-dafen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dafen, es; n. (or ge-dafenu; f. ?)
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What is due or fitting Þá wæs þǽr ylding þǽre tíde þe man sceolde þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan and gyldan cum mora esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5.

hefeld

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 113, 5. Hefeld, 51, 13. Hefelda liciorum (filis flamma combustis), An. Ox. 3550. Hefeldurn liciis, 7, 256. Heueldun, 4, 65. Hebild seems a mistake for hebild-gerd in the gloss hebild liciatorium, Txts. 74, 602. Cf. hebelgerd, 75, 1219

heard-hara

(n.)
Grammar
heard-hara, heardra, an; m.
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Voc. i. 66, 4: ceffalus, 281, 70: cefalus, ii. 14, 20. Heardhara mugil, 114, 40. Hacod oððe heardra, 55, 81. Heardran mullos, An. Ox. 56, 339. Take here heardra in Dict., and add

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lesan

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Ic lese lego, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 66. Lisit legit, collegit, Txts. 73, 1200.

morþ

Grammar
morþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Heora yfel is egeslic and endeleáslic morð, Hml. S. 17, 154. add: a very evil deed, mortal wrong Heora nán ne mihte ꝥ morð gefremman, Hml. S. 32, 209.

on-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-gelíc, adj.
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Like Óngelíc (the MS. has the accents) is ríc heofna strión simile est regnum coelorum thesauro, Mt. L. 13, 44. Ongelíc ( sic MS.), 47. Ongelíc, 45 : Lk. L. 13, 18: 19. Ongelíc sint cnæhtum similes sunt pueris, 7, 31: 12, 36.

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pistol-rǽding

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge (Acts, c. 2) hú se Hálga Gást on ðisum dæge cóm tó ðám geleáffullan heápe Crístes hýredes, Hml. Th. i. 314, 1.

up-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lang, adj.

tallhigh upright

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tall, high Wǽron hié nigon fóta uplonge pedum alti .ix., Nar. 22, 6. upright Ongeán sunnan upweard licge hé ... ðonne uplang ásitte, Lchdm. ii. 18, 16: iii. 2, 12. Sǽweall uplang gestód, Cal. Th. 197, 7; Exod. 303: Beo. Th. 1523; B. 759.

Linked entry: up-heáh

hand-bred

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bred, es; n.

The palm of the handpalmapalma

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Th. ii. 248, 13

ofer-búgan

(v.)

to avoid, shun

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[Ofer is probably a mistake for fer. v. note on this passage, and for-búgan.]

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on-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
on-cýðig, adj.

Suffering from the want of something (?), not acquainted with, a stranger to anything (?)

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The term is used of Judas, to whom the previous lines 1392-3 refer :--Méðe and meteleás, mægen wæs geswiðrod

Linked entry: un-cýðig

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.

Art, mechanical art, mechanics

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Cf. in a similar list searocræft mechanica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 61), Hpt. Gl. 479, 61. Orþancscipe mechanicam, i. peritiam ł fabricam rerum, 528, 65. Searwa, orþanscipes (-as ?) molimina, ingenia, 502, 54