nægel
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D. 248, 23. v. hand-, wer-nægel. Add
wǽtan
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Add: to become wet, emit moisture Hí gemétton ꝥ stán-clif swǽtende and wǽtende rupem maneis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 10
wíf-fæst
Married
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Married Gif wíffæst wer (uxoratus) hine forlicge be his ágenre wylne, L. C. S. 55 ; Th. i. 406, 14. Cf. wíf-leás
sóþfæstness
truth ⬩ faithfulness ⬩ good faith ⬩ sincerity ⬩ truth ⬩ righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ truth of speech or thought
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gen. with weg) weg tó wuldre, Elen. Kmbl. 2296; El. 1149.
hú-meta
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Cf. 2 Hé áxode þá weardmen húmeta hí dorston hí swá wel fédan, Hml.
teóðung-dagas
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Tithing-days, days amounting to a tithe of the year, a term applied to the thirty-six week days in the six weeks of Lent from the first Sunday in Lent until Easter-day Gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas, ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðingdagas; and
mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.' 'Chalk, maume, or loam.']
for-sweógian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre
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To pass over in silence, keep silent; sĭlentio prætĕrīre We ne durron forsweógian ... gif we hit forsweógiaþ we dare not keep silent ... if we keep it silent, L. Ælf. P. 1; Th. ii. 364, 11. 13
a-þýan
To press ⬩ premere
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To press; premere Wel on aþýdum sceapes smeruwe boil in pressed sheep's grease, L. M. 1, 8 ; Lchdm. ii. 54, 1
Linked entry: aþýdum
cwiferlíce
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Substitute: Actively, zealously Ðonne hé wel þénaþ and úres Drihtnes heorde cwiferlíce gealgað and tó rihte manað, R. Ben. 122, 2
efen-metan
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To compare Mon efenmeten wes neátum homo comparatus est jumentis, Ps. Srt. 48, 21. [Cf. O. H. Ger. eban-mezón comparare.]
foreþancul
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Se foreðancula wer vir providus, Past. 305, 2. Dó mé rihtwísne and forþancolne (prudentem. v. foreþancfull), Angl. xii. 513, 3. Add
híg-síþe
A hay-scythe
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A hay-scythe Se Godes wer . . . bær on his eaxle his hégsíþe falcem fenariam in collo deferens, Gr. D. 37, 14
Linked entry: hég-síþe
Grécas
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,
gum-cynn
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Wé synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the noble race of the Greats, B. 260. Swá hwylc mægða swá þone magan (Beowulf) cende æfter gumcynnum, 944
híw-cúþ
Familiar, ⬩ well known
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Ða syndon heowcúþe ðe wé geseón ne mágon those things are familiar that we cannot see, Blickl. Homl. 97, 23. Híwcúþe, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 122;Met. 10, 61
Linked entry: híred-leóf
formesta
Foremost ⬩ first ⬩ best ⬩ most valiant ⬩ prīmus ⬩ strēnuissĭmus
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Foremost, first, best, most valiant; prīmus, strēnuissĭmus Wæs he se wer se formesta ĕrat vir ipse strēnuissĭmus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 37
sengan
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To singe, scorch Gýme eác swán ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, sæncge, L. R. S. 6 ; Th. i. 436, 16
ymb-sceáwung
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Wer se ðe giðenceþ ymbsceáwung ( circumspectionem ) Godes, Rtl. 46, 5: 84, 27
ge-streccan
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Substitute for passage Bet him gestreht and wel ges[t]reht gesihð beorhtnysse getácnað lectum sibi stratum et bene stratum uiderit, claritatem significat