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un-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
un-wyrd, e; f.

Bad fortunemisfortune

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Bad fortune, misfortune Gyf him þince ðæt hé leád habbe, sum unwird him byð tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 170, 5. Ðæt mé nú þyncþ ðætte ic ðás unwyrd áræfnan mæg ðe mé on becumen is ut jam me imparem fortunae ietibus non arbitrer, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 13

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . '. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

æt-geníman

(v.)
Grammar
æt-geníman, p. -genam, pl. -genámon; pp. -genufnen

To take away by forceto pluck outwithdrawdeliverrescueeripere

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To take away by force, to pluck out, withdraw, deliver, rescue; eripere, Cot. 77

fór-moni

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-moni, adj.

Very manypermultus

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Th. 138, 52; By. 239

bi-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fleón, part. -fleónde

To escape, to pass by or undersubterfugere

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To escape, to pass by or under, to go away privately; subterfugere,Cot. 192

Linked entry: be-fleón

un-orne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-orne, adj.

Simpleplainpoormeanhumble

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Th. 139, 18; By. 256

Linked entry: orne

worþig-netele

(n.)
Grammar
worþig-netele, an; f.

A nettle that grows by a homestead

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A nettle that grows by a homestead (?) Sió micle worþignetle, Lchdm. ii. 116, 2

Linked entry: netele

ge-frédmǽlum

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Substitute: Gradually, little by little, imperceptibly Gefrédmǽlum, stundmǽlum sensim, paulatim, Hpt. Gl. 482, 50

weás-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
weás-gelimp, es; n.

What happens by chance, accident, chance

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What happens by chance, accident, chance Mid weásgelimpe fortuitu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 35

tó-swengan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swengan, p. de

To dash asunderdispel by a strokedrive apart.

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To dash asunder, dispel by a stroke, drive apart. Similar entries v. tó-swápan

of-clipian

(v.)
Grammar
of-clipian, p. ode

To obtain by calling

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Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode she had obtained help by her cries, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 219

Ælf-nóþ

(n.)
Grammar
Ælf-nóþ, es; m. [ælf, nóþ boldness, courage]

Ælfnothelf couragenomen viri præclari in audacia

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Th. 137, 8; By. 183

and-standan

(v.)
Grammar
and-standan, [and, standan to stand]

To sustainabidestand bybearsustinere

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To sustain, abide, stand by, bear; sustinere Andstandende ongeán contending against, R. Ben. 1

íre-þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
íre-þweorh, adj.
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Having the mind perverted by rage, Exon. 67 a ; Th. 248. 3 ; Jul. 90

wíþig-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-pyt, wíþig-pytt, es; m.

A pit with willows by it

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A pit with willows by it On wíðigpytt, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 21

geteld-gehlíwung

(n.)
Grammar
geteld-gehlíwung, e; f.
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Shelter afforded by a tent Hyt wæs wundorlic Moyses geteldgehlíwung, Angl. viii. 308, 34

Linked entry: ge-hlíwung

róscian

(v.)

to dry by fire

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to dry by fire. v. ge-róscianWrt. Voc. i. 288, 60 : ii. 116, 31

Linked entry: róstian

of-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
of-fylgan, -fyligan

to come up with, overtake by pursuitassequi,

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to come up with, overtake by pursuit; assequi, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. l, 3

langsum

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Add: in reference to time. of a space of time, long Seó eorþe byð mid þám winterlican cyle þurhgán, and byð langsum ǽr ðám ðe heó eft gebeðod sý, Lch. iii. 252, 7. Langsumum fæce prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio ), An.

be-

(prefix)
Grammar
be-, , bi-, big-, and bí- are often used as prefixes.
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, as,-Bí-cwide, big-cwide a by-saying, proverb; bí-spell, big-spell a by-story, parable; bí-wǽrlan to pass-by; big-standan to stand-by. vide I. 2