rún
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde, and Iobales rúna ealle unnytte, and Nóes and Abrahames and mæniges óðres word ofergytene, Wlfst; 3, 38
tíþ
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betwyx-aworpennyss
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Se dǽl líþ betwux óðrum wordum, and geswutelaþ ðæs módes styrunge. Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind.
Linked entries: betwux-alegednes betwux-aworpennys
unwit-weorc
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A work of folly, foolish work Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé tó lange ne fylgeon unwitweorcum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 2
flán-geweorc
Arrow-work ⬩ jaculatōrius apparātus
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Arrow-work; jaculatōrius apparātus Flacor flángeweorc flickering arrow-work, Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 21; Cri. 676
þrowiend-líc
capable of suffering ⬩ passive
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Hélias wæs ús mannum gelíc, ðrowiendlíc, swá swá wé, 330, 16. as a grammatical term, passive Passiva verba, ðæt synd þrowiendlíce word, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 121, 1. Eal swá gáð ða óðre ðrowigendlícan word, 27; Zup. 161, 15
uma
a weaver's beam ⬩ the name of some plant
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Voc. i. 66, 25: scafus, 282, 8(in each case the word occurs in a list of terms connected with weaving). Huma scafus, Corpus Gl. ed.
Linked entry: huma
clif-wyrt
Maiden-hair, water-wort, fox-glove ⬩ agrimonia
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Maiden-hair, water-wort, fox-glove; agrimonia Clifwyrt, sume men hataþ foxes clife, sume eá-wyrt cliff-wort, some men call fox-glove, some water-wort, L. M. l, 15; Lchdm. ii. 58, 3
Linked entries: clife clyf-wyrt foxes glófa
-isse
-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
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Cf. preceding word and mearc-pæð, -wæd
weg-leást
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Spl. 106, 40. v. next word
west-lang
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Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
fédels
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
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Th. i. 94, 11, on which this passage is founded where the word wongtoþ is used), Schmid. 426, 18
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gealpettung
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Noisy, boastful talking Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gælpettunga ( in his arrogant talking ), þá earnode hé mé þǽre mǽsta[n] gestynþo, Nap. 27. v. preceding word
ge-fóg
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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
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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
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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
angol-twæcce
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
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Voc. ii. 127, 17. v. preceding word