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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

ǽr-glæd

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, very kind Eów mihtig God miltse gecýððe ǽrglade to you mighty God hath shewn mercy exceeding kind, Exod. 293. v. next word

gríg-hund

(n.)
Grammar
gríg-hund, es; m.
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See preceding word

gristan

(v.)
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See preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: gyrst

mór-beám

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See next word, and múr-beám

wén

(n.)
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The word is also m. (or n. ?). add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.

por-leác

(n.)
Grammar
por-leác, es; n.
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Wé hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word

rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtwíslíce, adv.
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Rationally, justly Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif hé nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 5 : Met. 22, 45. v. preceding word

sulh-hæbbere

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-hæbbere, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 79, 24. v. next word

Linked entry: hæbbere

úf

(n.)
Grammar
úf, es; m.

An owl ⬩ vultur

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An owl; the word also glosses vultur Uuf bubo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 28. Úf, i. 29, 45. Ðes úf hic uultur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 48, 17 note

Linked entries: húf húf

weg-férend

(n.)
Grammar
weg-férend, es; m.
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Gl. 137. v. next word

Linked entries: férend wí-férend

á-metendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-metendlic, adj.
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L. 38, 6. v. next word

Linked entry: -metendlic

ge-beácnung

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Substitute: The word glosses cathegoria Gehíwunge oððe gebeácnunge cathegorias (cf. cathegorias (= Aristotelicas categorias, Ald. 43, 7), i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes lára, bodunga, An. Ox. 3128), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 12

ge-wyrms

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrms, adj.
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See next word

Linked entry: ge-wurms

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan

leahter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

un-lifigende

(adj.)
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Þá word þára unlifigendra verba mortuorum, 346, 10. Add

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, a weir. v. mylen-waru.
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Perhaps the word might be taken under wara protection: <b>-waru.</b> Add: v. Cant-, ciric-waru: <b>waru</b> wear. Add:

wíde-feorh

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

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurst ⬩ copse ⬩ wood

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Wermód hér on hyrstum heasewe standeþ wormwood stands dusky here in the woods [Grein takeshyrstum under the previous word], Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 24; Rä. 41, 61. v. horst, hurst, Grff. iv. 1042

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