for-hwirfedness
Perverseness
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Perverseness Ðú lufodest ealle forhwyrfednesse word, Nap. 24
Linked entry: -hwirfedness
be-hwylfan
To cover or vault over ⬩ operire ⬩ obruere
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To cover or vault over; operire, obruere Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorþe his wuldres word the word of his glory may not cover over heaven and earth Cd. 163; Th. 204, 28; Exod. 426
Linked entries: á-hwilfan be-hwylfan
þridding
The doing of a thing for the third time
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Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31
Linked entry: þirding
heaðu
war
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war; a word occurring only in compounds. The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht
tygele
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A lamprey Tigle murenula (the word occurs in a list of the names of fishes; murenula is elsewhere glossed by ǽl, 66, 5: 281, 66; sǽ-ǽl, q.v.), Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 66. Cf. (?) preceding word
Linked entry: tigle
eftgian
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To repeat, iterate Hit is áwriten: 'Ne eftga ðú ðín word on ðínum gebede.' Ðæt is ðæt mon eftgige his word scriptum est: 'Ne iteres verbum in oratione tua.' Verbum iterare est, Past. 421, 11, 12
on-beran
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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Ǽghwylc gecwæþ ðæt him heardra nán hrínan wolde íren ǽrgód ðæt ðæs aglǽcan blódge beadufolme onberan wolde everyone agreed that no weapon would wound Grendel's claws, no sword would destroy (or harm) the monster's hand, Beo. Th. 1985; B. 990
loxe
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 5. Cf. [?] Grff. ii. 163
Linsa ⬩ lynx-wood
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Linsa [sylvestris, Gottheit] or loxan wudu = lynx-wood
swearc
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Weak, feeble, faint, v. next word, and swearcan
un-gewitlíc
Senseless ⬩ foolish
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Senseless, foolish Ungewitlíce word, Lchdm. ii. 176, 2
wiþo-bend
wood-bine
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wood-bine Nim weoþobend, Lchdm. ii. 312, 12
Linked entry: weoðo-bend
metod-sceaft
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The word might be masculine. Cf. fram-sceaft
neáh-nunnan-mynster
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See preceding word
wamm
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Add: — Wom[mum?] maculoso, An. Ox. 17, 48
yfel-dónd
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Add:: Cf. gód-dónd, and see next word
ágend
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In B. 3075 the word denotes the Deity
a-screpan
to bear out
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Dele, and see preceding word
ós
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Whether ós in the sense of god occurs as an independent word is doubtful.
Linked entry: ésa
leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Leóhtre ic eom micle ðonne ðes lytla wyrm I am much lighter than this little worm, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 19; Rä. 41, 76. Líhtre tolerabilius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 15.
cnot-mǽlum
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glosses strictim, Angl. xiii. 35, 201. v. next word