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finc

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Finc fringella, Txts. 62, 423: cintus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 74. On finces stapel, C. D. iii. 135, 20. Add

for-cirredness

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

Perversity

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Perversity onǽldon þǽra geongrena mód forcyrrednesse (-cerr-, v. l.) heora synlustes (ad perversitatem libidinis ), Gr. D. 119, 15

for-delfan

(v.)

to dig up

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to destroy by digging (?), to dig up On ðone díc ðǽr esne ðone weg fordealf, C. D. ii. 28, 33

Linked entry: delfan

gemót-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-leáh, gen. gemó-leáge; f.
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A field where a 'gemót' is held: — - gemótleáge eástewearde, C. D. vi. 94, 10. In gemótleáge, v. 103, 29

geréf-land

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Substitute: Land held by a reeve þa mǽde þa ge-byrað ðám geréflande, C. D. B. i. 544, 1

ge-stalian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stalian, to steal.
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Þæs ylcan his fæder eágum gestalode þá tíd ejusdem patris sui oculis furabatur horas, Gr. D. 98, 28. Add

ge-winfullic

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Swíðe gewinnfullic ( laboriosum ) is man on symbel hine behealde wiþ þæs feóndes searwe, Gr. D. 222, 7. Add

hwíl-þrág

(n.)
Grammar
hwíl-þrág, e : f.
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A space of time Ic þrowode þurh hwílþráge ( per horarum momenta ) swilce ic neálǽhte mínum ende, Gr. D. 243, 19

lifrig

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For ' Connected with the liver' substitute: Clotted, coagulated (cf. N. E. D. livered, clotted, coagulated; livery (of soil) heavy, tenacious)

mód-þwǽrness

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Se fæder wearð mycelre módþwǽrnysse (monþwǽrnysse, v.l.) gelǽded ( ad magnam mansuetudinem perductus), Gr. D. 22, 8: 48, 29. Add

ofer-hygd

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, adj.
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Þá oferhýdigan (superbi) beóð tintregode mid þám oferhigdum (superbis), Gr. D. 316, 5. Cf. ofer-mód; adj. (and sbst.). Add

onweg-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-færeld, es; n.
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Departure Þá se mæssepreóst ongæt and gefeah Benedictes onwegfæreld cum presbyter Benedictum descessisse cognosceret et exultaret, Gr. D. 119, 26

þeófian

(v.)
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Ne willað leng þeófian ne yfeldón ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe, Gr. D. 202, 9-13. Add

þurh-holian

(v.)
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to pierce Þurhhol[od] ( a d is written over the h.v. þurh-delfan) confossa, i. transfixa (mucrone ), An. Ox. 4035

un-gewidere

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ne mihte gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add

wegu

(n.)
Grammar
wegu, e; f.
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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25

wídian

(v.)
Grammar
wídian, p. ode
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To widen, grow wide Þá seáðas weaxað daga gehwilce and wídiað ollae laxatis quotidie sinibus excrescunt, Gr. D. 315, 4

wíf-híred

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-híred, es; m.
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A household of women, a nunnery him wǽre eáðelic se wífhíred healdanne (feminis praeesse), Gr. D. 27, 8

wiþ-teón

Grammar
wiþ-teón, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwílum seleð hálgan wítedómes gást, hwílon eft wiðtýhð (subtrahit) þám módum þára wítegana, Gr. D. 146, 31. Add

wóh-dǽd

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forhogade ǽnig gemet sette his wóh-dǽdum modum suis pravitatibus ponere contemsit, Gr. D. 341, 4. Add