geflitful-ness
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Contentiousness, quarrelsomeness Mîne synna þe ic . . . gefremede . . . on hatunge and on geflitfulnesse, Angl. xi. 102, 84
and-werd
Present ⬩ præsens
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Present; præsens On ðisum andwerdan dæge on this present day, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 5
efen-éhþ
A plain ⬩ plānĭties
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A plain; plānĭties On ǽlcre efen-éhþe on every plain, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 36
Linked entry: -néhþ
líchanga
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A gibbet (?) Andlang gemǽres ðæt on líchangan; of líchangan on Pocgingróde, C.D. v. 321, 32
ge-cerring
A turning ⬩ conversion ⬩ conversio
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A turning, conversion; conversio On gecerringce oððe on gǽnhwyrfte in convertendo, Ps. Lamb. 125, 1
wíþig-pól
A pool with willows on the banks
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A pool with willows on the banks On wíðepól, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 188, 30
brémel-þorn
A bramble
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A bramble Andlanges furh on brémelþornan on ðá ealdan díc, C. D. iii. 10, 22
brér-hlǽw
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A hlǽw (q. v.) with briers on it On brérhlǽw, C. D. iii. 82, 21
Linked entry: hlǽw
bula
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A bull On bulan wyllan, C.D. iii. 81, 31. On bulan díc, vi. 62, 26
Candelmæsse-ǽfen
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Candlemas-eve Ǽrest on Eásterǽfen, and óðre síðe on Candelmæsseǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 28
Linked entry: ǽfen
ge-iht
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Yoked together On twá geiht biiugus, on ðreó geiht triiugus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 289, 2
Linked entry: iht
ge-bygu
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A bend Andlang Wilig on hyssa pól; ðæt on ðǽre gebyge, C.D. v. 150, 6
Linked entry: -bygu
úþ-witigung
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Wæs sum mǽden . . . wlitig on wæstme and on úðwitegunge snoter, Hml. S. 35, 83. Add
gærstún-díc
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On becenes grestúndíc; ðet á be díc on Eccen, C. D. v. 330, 35. Add
leóþ-wíse
verse
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A poetical manner, verse Mycel Englisc bóc on leóþwísan geworht a large English book composed in poetry, Chart. Th. 430, 24. Áwend of Lédene on Englisc on leóþwíson, Homl, Th. ii. 520, 10
wræc-weorold
A world of misery ⬩ exile
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A world of misery or exile; Adam wæs gesceapen on neorxnawonge, and for his sylfes synnum ðanan ádrǽfed on ðás wræcworuld, and on eall ða earfeðu, ðe wé siððan drugon, Wulfst. 1. 2
ofer-druncen
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Ic fela dyde þæs ðe ic dón ne sceolde . . . on oferǽte and on oferdruncenne, Angl. xi. 102, 64. On oferdruncne, 99, 78. Beorge manna gehwylc wið oferdruncen him georne, Wlfst. 103, 8. Add
Sardinie
The Sardinians,
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The Sardinians, the people or the island of Sardinia Hú Sardinie wunnon on Rómáne, Ors. 4, 7, tit.; Swt. 4, 16. On Sicilium and on Sardinium ðǽm íglondum, 4, 7; Swt. 164, 23
ofer-gitness
Forgetfulness, oblivion
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Forgetfulness, oblivion On ðam lande ðe ofer-gytnes on eardige (this seems to correspond to in terra oblivionis) v. 12 Ps. Th. 87, 11. On ofergetnisse in oblivione Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 6
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EFEN
EVEN, equal ⬩ æquus, plānus, æquālis
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EVEN, equal; æquus, plānus, æquālis Modes gecynde gréteþ grorn efen winde the disposition of his mind approached sadness equal to the wind, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 22; Reim. 49. On efen, adv. together; simul, una Englas on efen bláwaþ býman angels shall