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á-wlǽtan

To make loathsomedisfigurepollute

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S. 6, 285. moral Ic mid sweartum synnum míne sáwle áwlǽtte, Angl. xiii. 113, 53. Ðás gyltas ne magon úre sáwle ofsleán, ac hí magon hí áwlǽtan, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 29. Áwlǽttre pollutae, oblitae, Germ. 397, 466

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, adv.

certainlyindeedsurelytruly

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Witodlíce videlicet, Anglia xiii. 387, 318. Wietodlíce, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 20

circul

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Ðys ys ꝥ eahtoðe geár on þám circule, Angl. viii. 327, 36-47. Ðás circulas synt behéfe eallum gehádedum mannum. . . . On þissum circulum ǽrest stent se circul þe gebyrað tó þǽre lengtenlican tíde, 328, 44-7. v. getæl-, tácn-circul

cnyll

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A. 169, 138. the stroke, sound of a bell Fram þám cnylle a primo pulsu, Angl. xiii. 432, 964. Siðþan hý þone forman cnyl ( signum ) tó nóne gehýren, R. Ben. 74, 5. Þone óðerne cnyll secundum signum, R. Ben. I. 82, 13

ge-rádlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rádlic, adj.
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Nú hit gerfist wé þissa epacta ápinsiun, Angl. viii. 300, 44. Nú wé sprǽce habbað ymbe þ <b>bissextuni,</b> hyt byð gerádlic wé ápinsiun his síð, 305, 46.

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 71: 35, 64. Swiling wið hórum (hrum, MS.) and gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3. [H]óras, i. 358, 13.

munuc

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Nú wille wé úre sprǽce áwendan tó þám iungum munecum þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 26. Add

pistol-rǽdere

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Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá hé mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, hé dó of hí þænne hé rǽd pistel; þǽm gerǽddum eft mid þǽre hé sí gescrýd, Angl. xiii. 406, 581-586. Þænne se pistelrǽdere gá upp tó rǽdenne þá rǽdincge, 417, 739.

scort

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Add Dactilus stent on ánum langum tíman and twám sceortum, Angl. viii. 314, 15

són

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Completorium aeque sonore, Angl. xiii. 412, 677: 675. Nihtsang be sóne sungen æfter þeáwe preósta completorium sonoriter celebretur more canonicorum, 425, 864.

wiþ-habban

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Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l.) rueret, ut sapientes dixerunt, si non planetarum occursu moderaretur, Angl. vii. 12, 112.

pyngan

(v.)
Grammar
pyngan, p. de
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To prick Punctus a pungendo dicitur; forðan ys se prica gecweden, forðan hé pingþ oððe pricaþ, Anglia viii. 317, 18. Seó rǽding pingþ ðæne scoliere mid scearpum pricele, 308, 1.

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swég-hleóþor

(n.)
Grammar
swég-hleóþor, es; m.
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Anglia vi. 243) cymeþ, woþa wynsumast, þurh ðæs wildres muð; æfter ðære stefne stenc út cymeþ of ðam wongstede, Exon. Th. 358, 8; Pa. 42. Swég[h]leóþres geswin the melody of vocal music, 207, 5; Ph. 137

wyrm-líc

(n.; adj.)
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wyrm-líc, es; n.
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Th. 292, 13; Wand. 98. fig. cf. wyrm, II a Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, Anglia xii. 501, 22

wǽg-pundern

(n.)

a steel-yardweighing-machine

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Hé sceal habban wǽipundern, Anglia ix. 263, 9. Similar entries Cf. pundern perpendiculum, Hpt. Gl. 476, 77, and pundar

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wæwærð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wæwærð-líc, adj.

Good (?)

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Héræfter wé wyllaþ geopenian uplendiscum preóstun ðæra, geréna æfter Lýdenwara gesceáde, Anglia viii. 335, 30. Similar entries v. next word

spǽtlan

(v.)
Grammar
spǽtlan, spǽtlian; p. ede.

to emit salivato foamto spit on anything

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Spǽtledon (-odon), Anglia xii. 505, 14

Galmanhó

(n.)
Grammar
Galmanhó, Galmahó?

An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St. Mary'sabbātiæ nōmen ăpud Eborācum

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An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Angles and Saxons [Engle and Sexe]. Gst. Rthm. ii. 68, 10-15

rípian

(v.)
Grammar
rípian, p. ode
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To grow ripe, to mature On hærfest wæstmas rípiaþ, Anglia viii. 312, 23. Dó ðæt sunne scíne ðæt ðíne æceras rípion cause the sun to shine, that thy fields may ripen, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 3. Rípian maturescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 27 : Hpt. Gl. 419, 64

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