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un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

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Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon. Th. 167, 27; Gú. 1066. Hé him éce geceás langsumre líf, leóht unhwílen, Apstls. Kmbl. 40; Ap. 20

Linked entry: hwílen

ge-campian

(v.)
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S. 34, 262. to get by fighting Ne byð nǽfre leán þæs sigores, búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod sine labore certaminis non est palma victoriae, Gr.

fealu

(n.)
Grammar
fealu, gen. fealuwes, fealwes; n.

Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a cropnŏvāle

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Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a crop; nŏvāle Andlang weges óþ ðone bróc, ðe scýt to fealuwes leá along the way to the brook, which shoots to the field of fallow ground, Cod. Dipl. 399; A. D. 944; Kmbl. ii. 251, 1

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, strod ?, es; n. ? Substitute: <b>stród,</b> es; n.
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Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13

ge-fragian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fragian, p. ade

To learn by asking

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To learn by asking Gefragade exquisierat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 16

Linked entries: fragian ge-frægen

wrégestre

(n.)
Grammar
wrégestre, an; f.

A female accuser

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A female accuser See lease wrǽgistre, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 208

tirig-hege

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Of langan leáge on tyrighege; of tyrighege, C.D. v. 234, 22

fynt

(n.)
Grammar
fynt, (?), es; m.

A fount, spring(?)

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Of fintes leáge, Cht. Crw. 7, 41, 54

þistel

(n.)
Grammar
þistel, es; m.
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Kmbl. iii. 82, 15: þistel-leáh, iv. 49, 2

Linked entry: brád-þistel

wiþer-crist

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-crist, es; m.

An antichrist

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An antichrist Wiðer ł leáso cristo pseudochristi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 22

helm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
helm-bǽre, adj.

leafy

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Bearing foliage, leafy Helmbǽres bearuwæs frondiferi nemoris. Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 17

Linked entry: helm

mirra

(n.)
Grammar
mirra, merra, an; m.

One who leads astraya deceiver

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One who leads astray, a deceiver Merra seductor, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 63

Linked entry: merra

þúf-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
þúf-bǽre, adj.

Bearing foliageleafy

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Bearing foliage, leafy Bóh þúfbǽres píntreówes frondentis pini stipitem, Hpt. Gl. 458, 67

Linked entry: þúf

helm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
helm-berende, adj.

leafy

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Having foliage, leafy Helmberendum wuldor-beágum frondigeris coronis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 19

CWÁNIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWÁNIAN, part. cwániende; p. ode, ede ; pp. od , ed

To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere

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To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn ; plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere . v. trans Sum sceal, leómena leás, sár cwánian one, void of light, shall bewail his pain, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 18; Vy. 19: 73b; Th. 274, 23; Jul. 537. v. intrans Cwániendra cirm the

Linked entry: mód-c-wánig

metend

(n.)
Grammar
metend, es; m.

One who measures or metes

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One who measures or metes Him leán ágeaf metend ( God ), Cd. 86; Th. 108, 21; Gen. 1809. Middangeardes metend ex Ormista (the A.

talu

Grammar
talu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án torswíþe leás man, Hml. S. 23, 687. Add Talu disputatio, An. Ox. 27, 18.

hoppetan

(v.)
Grammar
hoppetan, p. te

To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound]

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To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound] Swá benne ne burnon ne burston ne hoppetan so that the wounds should neither burn nor burst nor throb, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 352, 1.

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-treebetula

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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick.

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

driht-weras

(n.)
Grammar
driht-weras, pl. m. [wer a man]

Men, chieftains popŭlāres viri

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Ðú móst heonon húþe lǽdan ealle, búton dǽle ðissa drihtwera thou mayest lead all the spoil hence, save the part of these chieftains, 98; Th. 129, 27: Gen. 2150

Linked entry: dryht-weras