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for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

FREÓ

(adj.)
Grammar
FREÓ, frió, freoh, frioh, frig, frí, frý; adj.

FREEhaving liberty or immunitynoblegladjoyfullībersui jūrisingĕnuusnōbĭlislætus

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FREE, having liberty or immunity, noble, glad, joyful; līber, sui jūris, ingĕnuus, nōbĭlis, lætus Heó ðá freó on hire fóta gangum blíðe hám wæs hweorfende ipsa lībĕro pĕdum incessu dŏmum læta reversa est, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 32.

ge-irsian

(v.)
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Lǽt þíne godas geyrsian, gif hí áht magon, 7, 113

Linked entry: ge-yrsian

réc

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Hóh ðá wyrte on feówer healfe . . . bærn, dó récels tó, lǽt yrnan ofer þone réc, iii. 56, 30. Add

ǽ-lenge

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lenge, ǽlinge

tedium, weariness

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tedium, weariness Ðý lǽs ǽlinge út ádrífe selflicne secg, (Met. Einl. 6.)

Linked entry: æling

blód

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Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16. Blód wanian, iii. 184, 16. Wer blóda vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8: Ps. Spl. 25, 9.

ed-lesendlic

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Relatiuum, þæt ys edlesendlic (-læs-, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 99, 1: 116, 16. Add:

hófian

(v.)
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to need Sé ðe lǽs hófad (behófað ?) dui minus indiget R. Ben. I. 64, 14. (?)

ofermódlíce

(adv.)
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Ðý lǽs ǽnig durre on eáðmódnesse híwe hit ofermódlice ( superbe ) forcweðan, Past. 51, 3. Add

stæl-þing

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-þing, es; n.
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Theft Þpe lǽs þá þénas þára bróðra gód þurh stælðing (furtim) ætferion, Chrd. 19, 16

wíg-wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-wǽpen, es; n.

A weapon of war

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A weapon of war Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille, Wulfst. 170, 8

yfel-sacian

(v.)
Grammar
yfel-sacian, p. ode
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To calumniate Ðe læs hé mé yfelsacode wið God, Blickl. Homl. 189, 24

Linked entry: eoful-sæc

cwehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwehte, pl. cwehton shook, moved, quoted, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235: Ælfc. T. 36, 9: Ps. Lamb. 21, 8: Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29; p.
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of cweccan

un-gewemmed

Grammar
un-gewemmed, <b>. I.</b>
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Danihel læg seofan niht betwux seofon leónum on ánum seáðe ungewemmed, Hml. Th. i. 488, 5. Add

-hafol

(suffix)
Grammar
-hafol, v. fæst-hafol, wan-hafol: <b>-hafolness</b>. v. wan-hafolness: <b>hafud-æcer, -land</b>.

Similar entry: heáfod-æcer

ǽ-lǽdend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽdend, es; m. [ǽ lex, lǽdend lator, from lǽdan ferre, to move or propose a law]

A lawgiverlegislator

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A lawgiver; legislator, Ps. Spl. 9, 21

híwleás-ness

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Cf. híwlǽs-lǽs, Hpt. Gl. 510, 7) deformatio, An. Ox. 4462. For 'deformitas, Som.' substitute

æmetig

(adj.)
Grammar
æmetig, adj.

Vacantemptybarrenvacuus

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Vacant, empty, barren; vacuus Hit æmetig læg it lay barren, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 16

un-gecirred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecirred, adj.

Unconverted

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Unconverted Ðý læs ðe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lchdm. iii. 442, 1

ge-hlyttrod

(v.)
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(e)de, ode To make clear, clarify, purify Genim wín and fearres geallan . . . gemeng wiþ þý leáce, dó on ǽrfæt, lǽt standan nigon niht, áwring þurh cláþ, and gehlýttre wel. Lch. ii. 34, 7. Gehlýttrod win meracum vinum Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 61