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friþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
friþ-leás, friþe-leás, freoðo-leás; adj.

Peaceless ⬩ not included in a treaty of peace ⬩ pācis expers

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Peaceless, not included in a treaty of peace; pācis expers Gif hwá ðæne friþleásan man healde if any one keep a peaceless man, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 5

Linked entries: friþe-leás friþ

fúl-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fúl-líce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Foully ⬩ shamefully ⬩ fœde ⬩ sordĭde ⬩ turpĭter

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Foully, shamefully; fœde, sordĭde, turpĭter Gif hwá fúllíce hine sylfne besmíte si quis fœde seipsum polluĕrit, L. M. I. P. 40; Th. ii. 276, 7: C. R. Ben. 44: Scint. 24

fyrn-geár

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-geár, es; n.

A former or by-gone year ⬩ priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus

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A former or by-gone year; priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus Fyrngeárum fród old with by-gone years, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 3; Ph. 219: Menol. Fox 483; Gn. C. 12

Penwiht-steort

(n.)
Grammar
Penwiht-steort, es; m.
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The Land's End in Cornwall Se here ... wendon eft ábútan Penwiht-steort (Penwið-, MS. C. : Penwæd-, MS. D.) on ða súþhealfe, and wendon in tó Tamermúþan, Chr. 997; Erl. 135, l0

ge-cwémednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwémednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Satisfaction ⬩ pleasure ⬩ contentment ⬩ beneplăcĭtum

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Satisfaction, pleasure, contentment; beneplăcĭtum Gode to gecwémednesse to the pleasure of God, L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 376, 38. Gode to gecwemednysse to God's contentment, Homl. Th. i. 180, 10

stedig

(adj.)
Grammar
stedig, adj.
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Sterile, barren Se ðe eardian déþ stedigne qui habitare facit sterilem, Ps. Lamb. 112, 9. Nǽron ðíne heorda stedige (steriles), Gen. 31, 38. Cf.(?) stede, IV c, and see next word

un-gesadelod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesadelod, adj.

Not saddled

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Not saddled Eahte hors, feówer gesadelode and feówer ungesadelode (unsadelode, MS. G.) ... feówer hors, twá gesadelode and twá ungesadelode (unsadelode, MS. G.), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414. 5-10

Linked entry: un-sadelod

gegaf-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
gegaf-sprǽce, adj.
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Given to buffoonery, scurrilous Hé wæs gegaf-sprǽce (cf. nunquam se ad sanctae conversations habitum venire, jurando, irascendo, deridendo testabatur, Gr. D. bk. 4, c. 38), Hml. Th. i. 534. 2

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mǽd-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-æcer, es; m.
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr tó hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað tó Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28

Streónes-halh

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Add: Another instance of the name is found in Worcestershire Of ðére strǽte in Streóneshalh; of ðám hale, C. D. vi. 214, 29. Cf. On Streónhalh; be Streónenhalæ, iii. 464, 8

styfic-leáh

(n.)
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a cleared lea (?) Tó Bedegáres styuicleáge (given as sþicleáge from another MS.), C. D. B. iii. 694, 10. Cf. stivecleiam, 638, 2, and see Philol. Soc. Trans. 1895-8, p. 541

swinsian

(v.)
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Swynsiendum adtonito (adtonito is found Vit. Cuth. poet. C. 31, 4, and five lines later dulcisonis occurs, to which word swynsiendum seems more properly to belong), Hpt. 33, 238, 9. Add

syll

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Þreó gyrda tó þillianæ, and .iii. sylla tó lyccanne tres virgatas plancas ponere, et tres suliuas, id est, ires magnas trabes supponere, C. D. B. iii. 659, 5, and often. Add

bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr, a pasture.
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Dele '(?)' and cpds. at end, and add On hnutleáge bǽre eastewearde, C. D. v. 207, 20. v. den-bǽr, pól-bǽr, weald-bǽr, wer-bǽr, wudu-bǽr

hafecere

(n.)
Grammar
hafecere, es; m.

A hawker

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A hawker Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter, nor a hawker, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7

godspell-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bóc, e; f.
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A copy of the gospels Saltere and pistolbóc and godspellbóc a psalter, a copy of the epistles, and a copy of the gospels, L. Ælf. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 13

CÉN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
CÉN, es; m.

a torch ⬩ piuus ⬩ bold

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Thes. vol. i. p. 135; Runic pm. 6; Kmbl. 340, 17: Exon. 76a; Th. 284, 28; Jul. 704. this Rune appears sometimes to stand for the adj. céne bold, II q. v

Linked entry: C

haca

Grammar
haca, 'For Gl. Mett. 658
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On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde (haccan is the form in the MS. printed C. D. B. iii. 395, 18), vi. 41, 24. Here there might be reference to the enclosures being bolted, or to their construction with hurdles, cf. hæc, and see hake in N. E. D

maga

(adj.)
Grammar
maga, adj. used as subst.

Powerful ⬩ strong ⬩ a powerful person

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Se maga and se unmaga ne mágon ná gelíce byrdene áhebban, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 262, 2: L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 160. Ne mæg se unmaga ðam magan gelíce byrðene áhebban, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 7

ened

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Voc. i. 62, 8, 9. Fuglas þá þe heard flǽsc habbað, páwa, swan, æned, Lch. ii. 196, 20. On eneda wylle, C. D. B. iii. 203, 1. ¶ in local names: Tó ænedwille, C. D. v. 179, 36. Tó enedforda, 216, 35. Add