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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

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:

rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtwíslíce, adv.

Rationally ⬩ justly

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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

Linked entry: rihtwís-líc

on-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
on-bæc, adv.
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Spl. 43, 21. v. next word

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale ⬩ proverbium, fabula

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A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

Linked entry: bí-cwide

spong

(n.)
Grammar
spong, e; f.
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Gif on eágan weaxen reáde sponge drýpe on hát culfran blód . . . óþ ðæt ða sponge áweg synd, Lchdm. ii. 308, 17 : 300, 5. v. next word

twiccere

(n.)
Grammar
twiccere, es; m.
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Voc. i. 27, 20. v. next word

wyrt-forbor

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-forbor, es; n.
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Cf. next word

Linked entries: for-beran for-bor

fore-wrítan

Grammar
fore-wrítan, fore-writen; pp.
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. ¶ the word also glosses praescriptus: Mid forewritenum collectum cum prescriptis collectis, 391, 372: 384, 276: 444, 1129. Substitute:

ge-meode

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v. ge-medemian; but see next word) ðú wére tu formam corporis adsumere dignatus es, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 38

gram

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See next word. Add

hefeld-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
hefeld-gyrd, hefeld-gird, e; f.
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A weaver's beam Hebelgerd liciatorium (the word is glossed by hebild, 74, 602), Txts. 75, 1219. Hefeldgyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 3. (Forliciatorium v. i. Sam. 17, 7.) Substitute:

on-funden

(adj.)
Grammar
on-funden, adj.
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See next word

Linked entry: -funden

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