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cyric-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-pæþ, es; m.

A church-path ad ecclesiam semita

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A church-path; ad ecclesiam semita Of ðære díce on ðæne cyricpæþ from the ditch to the church-path, Cod. Dipl. 736; A. D. 1021-1023; Kmbl. iv. 19, 9

dúru-þínen

(n.)
Grammar
dúru-þínen, dúre-þínen, e; f.

A female door-keeperancilla ostiāria

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Se leorningcniht cwæþ to ðære dúreþínene discĭpŭlus dixit ostiāriæ, 18, 16

Linked entry: dúre-þínen

gang-pyt

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

A privylatrīna

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A privy; latrīna On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and their dunghill, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7

mæssepreóst-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-hád, es; m.

The orders of a mass-priest

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The orders of a mass-priest Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic mæssepreóstháde onfeng ex quo tempore accepti presbyteratus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 32: 5, 1; S. 613, 12

Linked entry: preóst-hád

glengista

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To ðon ðæt hwæt hwygo to ðære ongietenisse ðissa mínra þinga ðín gelis and glengista geþeóde ut aliquid per novarum rerum cognitionem studio et ingenio possit accedere, Nar. 1, 20. [?]

Linked entry: glenge

geó-sceaft-gást

(n.)
Grammar
geó-sceaft-gást, es; m.

A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?]

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Ðanon wóc fela geósceaftgásta wæs ðæra Grendel sum thence arose many dire spirits, Grendel was one of them, Beo. Th. 2536; B. 1266

ofer-hlæstan

(v.)

to overload

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to overload Mid ðære herehýþe Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 18, 27. Hié (the ships) mon ne mehte mid monnum oferhlæstan 5, 13; Swt. 246, 11

Linked entry: hlæstan

ofer-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-micel, adj.

Over-much, excessivenimius

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Over-much, excessive: On ðære tíde wæs sió ofer-mycelo hǽlo on ealre worulde, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 40, 3. Bútan hý ouer-micel geswinc habben, R. Ben. 65, 17

an-ælan

(v.)
Grammar
an-ælan, p. -ælde; pp. -æled, -æld [an, ælan to light]

To kindleinflameenlightenaccendereincendereinflammareilluminare

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To kindle, inflame, enlighten; accendere, incendere, inflammare, illuminare Mid andan ðære rihtwísnesse anæld kindled with a zeal of righteousness, Chr. 694; Th. 66, note 2: R. Concord. 5

middæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middæg-líc, adj.

Middaymeridian

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Midday, meridian Ðære middæglícan sunnan scíman beorhtre solis meridiani radiis præclarior, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 23. Fram deófle middæglícum ab daemonio meridiano, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6

unrót-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
unrót-mód, adj.

Sad at heart

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Sad at heart Hé for ðære geómrunga ðæs óþres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte; ac hé unrótmód of his cýþþe gewát, Blickl. Homl. 113, 12

Linked entry: rót-mód

un-sewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sewenlíc, (?); adj.

Invisible

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Invisible Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære unsewenlícran wyrde (Cott. MS. has unwénlícran, and the Latin is: Quid reliqua, quae, cum sit aspera ), Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24

un-gelimplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelimplíce, adv.

Unseasonablyunhappily

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Hér is ðære lyfte fágetung ðurh mislíce stormas ðe ungelimplíce becumaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 538. 33

Linked entry: ge-limplíce

weorold-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-fruma, an ; m.
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and ðæra woruldfrumena valida priscorum heroum facta reminiscens, Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 12, 28

Linked entry: fruma

eá-riþ

(n.)
Grammar
eá-riþ, es; m.

A water-stream aquae rīvus

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A water-stream; aquae rīvus Ðǽr synd fúle eáriþas yrnende there are foul running water-streams, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 5

sund-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
sund-hwæt, adj.
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-Sǽfisca cynn swimmaþ sund*-*hwate, ðǽr se swéta stenc út gewítaþ (-eþ?), Exon. Th. 363, 21; Wal. 57

þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
þwǽre, adj.

Gentleagreeable

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Gentle, agreeable Scs Arculfus sǽde ðæt ðǽr hangade úþmǽte leóhtfæt and ðwǽre ( a lamp giving an agreeable light? ), Shrn. 81, 17

staþolian

(v.)
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Add Ðǽr se án gestæððega cyning ne staþelode ealla gesceafta, ðonne wurdon hí ealle tóslopene, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 26

wæl-grimlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wæl-grimlíce, adv.

With the utmost bitterness

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Ðǽr wæs se mǽsta blódgyte on ǽgðere healfe, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31

Linked entry: grimlíce

weard-dún

(n.)
Grammar
weard-dún, e; f.

A beacon-hill

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cf. weardan hyll. v. wearda) On wearddúne, ðǽr ðæt Cristes mǽl stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 465, 31

Linked entry: wearda