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ge-fellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fellan, p. -felde; pp. -felled

To fill ⬩ fulfil

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To fill, fulfil Se gefelde xx daga he had fulfilled twenty days, St. And. 4, 23

earfoþ-cirre

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-cirre, adj.
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Hard to turn, difficult to convert Hé wæs swíðe earfaðcierre tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 100, 17

Linked entry: tór-cirre

heáhdeór-hund

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Add: The Latin version of the charter has: Omnes canes suos venaticos, Cht. Th. 504, 1

an-medla

(n.)
Grammar
an-medla, on-medla, on-mædla, an; m.

Pride ⬩ pomp ⬩ arrogance ⬩ presumption ⬩ superbia ⬩ fastidium ⬩ arrogantia ⬩ præsumptio

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Pride, pomp, arrogance, presumption; superbia, fastidium, arrogantia, præsumptio For ðam anmedlan ðe hie ǽr drugon for the arrogance which they before had practised, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 16; Sat. 74.

Linked entry: on-médla

hreác

(n.)
Grammar
hreác, es; m.

A heap ⬩ stack ⬩ rick ⬩ reek

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Healfne æcer gauolmǽde on hiora ágienre hwíle and ðæt on hreáce gebringan [to mow] half an acre of 'gafol-meadow' in their own time and to bring the hay together in a reek, Chart. Th. 145, 4. Hreácas acervi, Cot. 18, Lye

Linked entry: hrǽc

for-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-trúwian, -trúwigan; p. ode, nde; pp. od, ud

To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre

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Ða fortrúwodan the presumptuous, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 25, 26. Ða fortrúwudan, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 2, 12. Ðǽm fortrúwodum monnum to presumptuous men, 49, 5; Hat. MS

ge-pyndan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-pyndan, p. -pynde; pp. -pynded, -pynd
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To pound, impound, shut up; circumclūdĕre Nellaþ hie gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód they will not restrain and shut up their mind, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 283, 13; Hat. MS. 52 b, 26. Ðæt wæter biþ gepynd the water is shut up, 38, 6; Swt. 277, 6; Hat.

a-driógan

Grammar
a-driógan, -drióhan

to bear

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MS. has a-drióhan

æfst

(n.)

envy

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envy, Past. 13, 2 ; Hat. MS. 17 a, 12 : Cd. 1 ; Th. 3, 1; Gen. 29

ge-dyrstig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dyrstig-nes, -ness, e; f.

Boldness ⬩ audacia

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Boldness; audacia, Past. 13, 2; Swt. 79, 17; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15 : Nar. 19, 11

hearp-slege

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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpslege plectro, An. Ox. 52, 1. Add:

loccod

(adj.)
Grammar
loccod, loccode; adj.
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Having locks, provided with hair Loccad crinitns, An. Ox. 56, 13. v. hwít-, líg-loccod[e]

Linked entry: -locced

lóf

(n.)
Grammar
lóf, es; m. ? Substitute: lóf, es; m.
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A fillet, band Wrǽdas, cyne-wiþþan, lófas ( the MS. has the accent) redimicula, An. Ox. 5241

sceacged

(adj.)
Grammar
sceacged, adj.

shagged

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Having hair on the head, shagged Sceacgede comosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 71. Sceagode, 132, 7

Linked entries: feaxede sceacga sceagod

wemm

(n.)

a spot

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a spot Wið wemme (cf. 34, 9 which has wenne) on eágum Lchdm. ii. 2, 8. (?)

Linked entry: wæm

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft

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Wið ealra bealwa gehwylc ðara lybláca against every harm from sorceries, Lchdm. i. 402, 11.

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

deáþ-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-fǽge, adj. [deáþ death, fǽge fated, doomed]

Death-doomed ⬩ morti addictus

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Death-doomed; morti addictus Deáþfǽge deóg the death-doomed had dyed it, Beo. Th. 1704; B. 850

feax-eacas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eacas, -eacon?

Hair hanging down the forehead ⬩ forelocks ⬩ antiæ frontis ⬩ sive a fronte dependentes

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Hair hanging down the forehead, forelocks; antiæ frontis, sive a fronte dependentes, Cot. 6, Som. Ben. Lye

fenn

(n.)

a fen ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt

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a fen, marsh, mud, dirt, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 20: Ps. Spl. 17, 44