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Gild-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Gild-ford, Gyldford, Guldeford [Gild a fraternity; ford a ford: Domesd. Gilda ad vadum]

a town in Surrey, on the river Wey

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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.

hærfest-wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest-wǽta, an; m.

Autumnal wet ⬩ humor æstatis

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Autumnal wet; humor æstatis, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 7

Linked entry: wǽta

sprǽcful

(adj.)
Grammar
sprǽcful, adj.

Talkative, loquacious

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Talkative, loquacious Wer sprǽcful vir linguosus, Ps. Lamb. 139, 12

sprecol

(adj.)
Grammar
sprecol, specol; adj.

Talkative, loquacious

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Talkative, loquacious Wer sprecul vir linguosus, Ps. Spl. 139, 12

Linked entry: specol

for-spillednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]

A spilling ⬩ waste ⬩ perdition ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio

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Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem. Mt. Bos. 7, 13

Linked entry: for-spillendnes

un-besmiten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besmiten, adj.

Undefiled ⬩ unpolluted ⬩ unsullied ⬩ pure

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Undefiled, unpolluted, unsullied, pure Unbesmiten weg impolluta via, Ps. Spl. 17, 32. Gif heó unbesmiten ( impolluta ) tó him cyrre, L. Ecg. Addit. 12; Th. ii. 234, 6: Nar. 41, 11. Ðæs unbesmitenan líchaman úres Drihtnes, Homl.

Linked entry: be-smítan

segl

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Add Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 34. Æfter siextegum daga þæs þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c. gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle, 4, 6; S. 172, 5. Add Segl larbanum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 40.

scocere

(n.)
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Innan scocera wege, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 107, 9

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26.

flax-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
flax-fóte, flox-fóte, flohten-fóte; adj.

Broad-footed ⬩ flat-footed ⬩ web-footed ⬩ palmĭpes

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Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15

Linked entries: flohten-fóte flox-fóte

nunn-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
nunn-híréd, es; m.

A nunnery

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A nunnery Ðe ǽr ðes nunhírédes wes, Chart. Th. 232, 6

un-gehirt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehirt, adj.

Disheartened ⬩ cowardly

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Disheartened, cowardly Ða ungehyrtan of heora wege áflýman, Wulfst. 192, 24

Linked entries: ge-hirtan un-geheort un-gehyrt

wíd-scofen

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scofen, adj.
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Pushed far, extreme Weá wídscofen, Beo. Th. 1876; B. 936

lufwendlic

Grammar
lufwendlic, friendly.
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For ' amabilis, Lye ' substitute Lufwendlic wer vir amicabilis, Kent. Gl. 661

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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Þeáh wé ús gescirpen mid þý reádestan godwebbe, Wlfst. 262, 21. In ðám godwebcynne bið S. Mihhael gescyrped on dómes dæg, Sal.

ge-wéman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wéman, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, wéman to persuade, entice]

To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre

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Ðæt we ne sceolon ná geþafian ðæt deófol us gewéme fram Cristes bróðorrǽdene we should not allow the devil to seduce us from the brotherhood of Christ, i. 260, 11

Linked entry: wéman

út-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
út-scyte, es; n.

An out-shoot ⬩ outlet ⬩ place where a stream or road runs into another

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'Faraþ tó wega útscytum' ... Útscytas ðara wega sind áteorung woruldlícera weorca, Homl. Th. i. 526, 11-14

dwelian

(v.)
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Sume gedwolmenn cwǽdon ... ac hí dwelodon mid þǽre segene ( they were mistaken in what they said ), Hml. Th. i. 486, 7. Ne dwela ðú on ídel ... and ne wén ðú ná be þé ꝥ þú ungewítnod beó, Hml.

flox-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
flox-fóte, adj.

Web-footed ⬩ palmĭpes

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Web-footed; palmĭpes. Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15, note x

Linked entry: feówer-féte

ge-tynge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tynge, adj.

Talkative

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Talkative Se getynga wer vir linguosus, Ps. Th. 139, 11

Linked entries: tynge ge-tinge

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