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Íren-síd

(n.)
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epithet of Edmund Eádmund cing Írensíd wæs geclypod for his snellscipe, Chr. 1057 ; P. 187, 36

Linked entry: -síd

-ling

(suffix)
Grammar
-ling, es; m.
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Add: v. byrd-, cýþ-, efen-, heáfod-, mæst-, rǽp-, reád-, sib-, þeów-, þeówet-, under-, wǽdl- (?), wiþer-ling

mixen

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Him (Yob) wæs his myxen forlǽten ꝥ hé þǽruppan sittan mihte, Hml. S. 30, 200. Add

súþe-weard

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Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðeweardum. Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 24. Add

un-feor

Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr. I.
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Ðá wæs þǽr unfeorr (náht feorr, v.l. non longe ] sum mynster, Gr. D. 103, 23. Add

smiþ-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-cræftiga, an; m.

One skilled in the smith's art

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One skilled in the smith's art Tubal Cain smiþcræftega wæs Cd. Th. 66, 15; Gen. 1084

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Having powerpowerfulstrong

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Having power, powerful, strong Hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum Ors. 4, l; Swt. 156, 22.

bisceop-scír

(n.)

a diocese

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Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26. Add

ís

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On ðǽm mere wæs micel ís and yfel . . . þá on forewearde niht snáð ꝥ ís ðára háligra líchoman, Shrn. 61, 35-62, 2.

riht-gelífed

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Wæs geworden ꝥ seó ryhtgelýfde (-lýfede, v. l.) lǽr wæs weaxende; and ealle þá þe þǽre rihtgelýfdon (-lýfedan, v. l.) láre wiþerwearde wǽron perplura catholicae obseruationis ecclesiis Anglorum contulit . . .

áþ-swyrd

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-swyrd, es ; n.

An oathjuramentum

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An oath; juramentum Gemyndig wæs áþswyrdes [MS. áþswyrde] his memor fuit juramenti sui, Ps. Surt. 104, 9

eardigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
eardigendlíc, adj.

Inhabitable habitābĭlis

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Inhabitable; habitābĭlis Seó stów eardigendlíc wæs geworden lŏcus habitābĭlis foctus est. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 21

in-líxan

(v.)
Grammar
in-líxan, -líxian

to shine

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to shine, grow light Sunnadæg inlíxade [wæs in-líxende, Rush.] sabbatum inlucescebat, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 54

Linked entry: líxan

íð-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-dǽde, adj.

Easy to do

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Easy to do Hit wæs Gode ýðdǽde, ðá hé hit swá gedón habban wolde, Wulfst. 15, 18

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Basewantonlewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

þyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrstig, adj.

Thirsty

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Thirsty Ic wæs ðyrstig sitivi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 35. Ðyrstende ł ðrystig (þyrstigne, Rush.) sitientem, 37

Linked entries: þrystig þurstig

un-gecnáwen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecnáwen, adj.

Unknown

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Unknown Hé fela þinga forðteáh ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 13

Linked entry: ge-cnáwan

un-áseowod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áseowod, adj.

Unsewedwithout seam

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Unsewed, without seam Seó tunece wæs unásiwod (-seowod, MS. A.) erat tunica inconsutilis, Jn. Skt. 19, 23

Linked entry: á-seówan

un-gesceþþed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceþþed, adj.

Uninjuredentire

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Uninjured, entire Wæs his líchama geméted ungesceþþed corpus inventum est inlesum, Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 11

Linked entry: ge-sceþþan

wiþ-gemetness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-gemetness, e; f.

Comparison

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Comparison In ða wiþgemetnesse wæs lytel gesewen in comparatione tenuissima videbatur, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 36