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ceáp-ealeðel

Grammar
ceáp-ealeðel, l. ceáp-ealo-þelu (?). The passage cited occurs in a section headed 'Ut sacerdos tabernas fugiat.'
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Voc. i. 37, 7; as þel=plank, a word containing a derivative of it might have served to o

ge-íþan

Grammar
ge-íþan, <b>ge-éðtan</b> in Dict., and add: to be gentle. v. eáþe,
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Linked entry: -íþan

tapor-æx

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The word seems Slavonic as to its first part, cf. Russian topor an axe, and to have come from Scandinavia to England

un-sidelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sidelíce, adv.
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Linked entry: sídelíce

wíde-feorh

(n.)
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Th. 102, 15. v. next two words

angol-twæcce

(n.)
Grammar
angol-twæcce, -twæccean; f.

An earth-worm

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An earth-worm Genim angoltwæccean take an earth-worm, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm, ii. 100, 8

platung

(n.)
Grammar
platung, e ; f.
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Voc. ii. 127, 17. v. preceding word

tó-ætícan

(v.)
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to increase Swelce eác tóætécte disse gedréfnisse storm Sǽberhtes deáþ avxit autem procellam hujusce perturbations etiam mórs Sabercti, Bd. 2, 5 ; S. 507, 6. v. next word

gríg-hund

(n.)
Grammar
gríg-hund, es; m.
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gristan

(v.)
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See preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: gyrst

mór-beám

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See next word, and múr-beám

exámeron

(n.)
Grammar
exámeron, es; n.

A work on the six days of creation ⬩ hexæmĕron = ἑξαήμερον = ἕξ, six, ἡμέριος, ον

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A work on the six days of creation; hexæmĕron = ἑξαήμερον = ἕξ, six, ἡμέριος, ον relating to a day Exámeron, ðæt is be Godes six daga weorcum Hexameron, that is concerning the six days' works of God, Hexam. Norm. I.

-isse

(suffix)

-issa

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-issa, which in later English became the common suffix to mark the feminine gender, is found before the Norman Conquest in the word abbud-isse abbess

seolh-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-wæd, (?), -pæð (?), es; n.
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Cf. preceding word and mearc-pæð, -wæd

west-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
west-lang, adj.
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Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word

fédels

Grammar
fédels, fédesl.

a fatling ⬩ feeding

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The word occurs as a technical term in the following Cyninges fédesl .xx. scillinga forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 6, 8

feng-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
feng-tóþ, (?)
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Th. i. 94, 11, on which this passage is founded where the word wongtoþ is used), Schmid. 426, 18

Linked entry: fæng-tóþ

ge-fóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fóg, adj.
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Fit, suitable Be þæs monnes mihtum sceal mon þá lǽce-dómas sellan þe þonne gefóge synd heáfde and heortan, Lch. ii. 238, 21. v. un-gefóg, and preceding word

gifig

(adj.)
Grammar
gifig, (?); adj.
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)

nídþearf-líce

(adv.)
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Add: usefully Mé sylfum þynceð ꝥ ic ná ne ongyte fornytlíce and nýdbearflíce þá word þe þú sædest videor mihi utiliter non intellexisse quae dixeras, Gr. D. 174, 20

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