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un-áwend

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwend, -áwended; adj.

Unchangedunaltered

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Unchanged, unaltered Hláfordes rihtgifu stande ǽfre unáwend (-áwended, MS. B.), L. C. S. 82; Th. i. 422, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 231, 17. Ic wille ðæt se fréols stonde unáwent, 219, 20

brogdettung

(n.)
Grammar
brogdettung, e; f.

shakingquiveringfeigningpretence

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shaking, quivering Mid unáblinnendlicre brogdettunge (brótetunge, v. l.) ealles líchaman incessanti totius corporis motu quassi. Gr. D. 183, 12. feigning, pretence Gehýwunge ł brogdetunge (leásunga, Ps. Spl.) figmentum, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 13

Linked entries: brótetung brodetung

ceaster-geat

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Ðis is ðæs wuda gemǽre ... ðæt is, ǽrest æt ceastergeate ceasterwege; ondlong ceasterweges middelwege; of middelwege eft ceastergeate; of ðǽm geate longan leáge, C. D. iii. 260, 4-7

Linked entry: ceaster-weg

læccung

(n.)
Grammar
læccung, (?), e; f.
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Blaming Ðá forðgáð of welerum mínum ne onsién (faciem seems to have been read) on leccungæ ( bysmre, Ps. Spl. C.) quae procedunt de labiis meis non faciam irrita, Ps. Cant. 88, 35

Linked entry: leccung

mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
mǽran, mǽrian
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to bound, form the boundary of land Ondlang ríðies ðæt hit cymð Cearwyllan ; ðonne mǽreð hit Cerwylle seoððan, C. D. iii. 404, 16. Ǽrest westan-norðan hyt mǽrað Wódnes díc, 456, 15

stán-hlinc

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hlinc, es; m.
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A stony hlinc (q. v.) On stánhlinces ende, C. D. iii. 82, 6. On ðone stánhlinc; ðonne of stánhlince, 414, 16. Of ðǽre ǽc stánhlincan; of stánhlincan reáde burnan, 78, 36

heáfod-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-líc, adj.

Chief, capital

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Chief, capital For heáfodlícum gyltum pro capitalibus criminibus, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 134, 3. Ðæt ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, adj. [án one, feald fold]

ONE FOLDsimplesingleone alonesingularpeculiarmatchlesssimplex

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ONE FOLD, simple, single, one alone, singular, peculiar, matchless; simplex Swá mid þrýfealdre swá mid ánfealdre láde either with a threefold or with a simple exculpation, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 364, 2: 5; Th. i. 362, 10. Ánfeald áþ a simple oath, L.

FALS

(n.)
Grammar
FALS, es ; n.

FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit falsum

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A FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit; falsum Bútan ǽlcon false without any fraud, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 29: L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16.

þri-líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-líðe, (?); adj.

Having three months named Líða

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Beda de temporum ratione, c. 13. v. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. c. vi

ancleów

(n.)
Grammar
ancleów, m. l. n., and add: ,ancleówe; f.
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Voc. ii. 87, 67: An. Ox. 8, 381. His loccas hangodon ðám anccleówum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 25. Niðer ðá andcleówa, Ll. Th. ii. 370, 3. ðá andcleów talo tenus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 273, 4. þá ancleów, Hpt. Gl. 526, 29

cyrf

(n.)
Grammar
cyrf, e; f?

A cutting off, an instrument to cut with abscissio, ferrum abscissionis

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A cutting off, an instrument to cut with; abscissio, ferrum abscissionis Cyrf abscissio, R. Ben. 28. Be ðisum cyrfe of this cutting, Homl. Th. ii. 406. 33. Cyrf ferrum abscissionis, C. R. Ben. 40

Linked entries: æcyrf fel-cyrf

cursung

(n.)
Grammar
cursung, e; f. A maledictio, damnatio, gehenna = γέεννα

CURSING, curse, torment, hell;

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CURSING, curse, torment, hell; He lufode cursunge, and heó cume him dilexit maledictionem, et veniet ei, Ps. Spl. C. 108, 16: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 29: 10, 28: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 20, 47

friþ-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-sócn, e; f.

A peace-refugean asylumasȳlum

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A peace-refuge, an asylum; asȳlum Ðæt he friþsócne geséce that he may seek a refuge of peace, L. Eth. ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 8: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 25

mynster-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-preóst, es; m.

A priest who conducts service in a minster

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A priest who conducts service in a minster lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre, ne binnan weohstealle bútan his oferslipe, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8

píe

(n.)
Grammar
píe, f.
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An insect Hundes píe (péo, Ps. Spl. C.) cynomia, Ps. Surt. 104, 31. Lús peducla, hnitu ascarida, píe ladasca, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 45-47. Ladasca píae, briensis hondwyrm, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 48

Linked entry: péo

weorold-wíg

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíg, es; n.
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The warfare of this world Ne gebyraþ him ( the priest ) náðor ne wífe ne woruldwíge, L. Edg. C. 60; Th. ii. 256, 35. Worldwíge, L. Eth. ix. 30; Th. i. 346, 23

wód-frec

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-frec, adj.

Furiously greedyragingravening

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Furiously greedy, raging, ravening Ðæt se wódfreca werewulf (the devil) swýðe ne slíte, ne fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26 ; Th. i. 374, 30. Wódfræca, Wulfst. 191, 16

Linked entry: frec

byrgels

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ðone héðenan byrgels, C. D. iii. 421, 35. In hǽðenan byrigels, 380, 24. On ðá hǽðenan byrigelsas; ðonne of ðám byrgelsum, 407, 2. Byrgelsum bustis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 2: 12, 6. Add

fór-sceótan

Grammar
fór-sceótan, l. for-sceótan

preventstop

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to rush in the way of, prevent, stop Ðá Petrus wolde befrínan þone Hǽlend, þá forsceát se Hǽlend hine, Hml. Th. i. 510, 31. Ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, C. D. iii. 168, 35

Linked entry: for-scít