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smiþ-belg

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-belg, es; m.
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A smith's bellows Ðeáh mon ðane gársecg útan besette mid smiðbelgum (-bylium, v. l. Nap. 58), Sal. K. 85, 13

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.),move, shake

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.), move, shake Hwílum mec wonfeax wale wegeþ and þýð, Exon. Th. 393, 31; Rä. 13, 8: 403, 10; Rä. 22, 5. Hí wecgaþ heora heáfdu moverunt caput, Ps. Th. 21, 6. Wecggeaþ, 43, 16.

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

folc-leásung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-leásung, e; f.

Folk-leasingpublic lyingslanderpublĭcum mendäciumcălumnia

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Gif mon folcleásunge gewyrce, mid nánum leóhtran þinge gebéte ðonne him mon aceorfe ða tungan of of those committing slander. If a man commit slander, let him make amends with no lighter thing than that his tongue be cut out, L.

Linked entries: leásung folc-lǽsung

leógan

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H. 29, 30 : Mód. 81. to give (or have) a wrong idea, deceive another (or one's self) (with dat.) Hú ðæt mód ðætte wilnað for óðre beón líhð him selfum, ðonne hit ðencð fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, Past. 55, 14.

ealdor-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gedál, aldor-gedál, es; n.

Separation from life, death vitæ divortium, mors

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Separation from life, death; vitæ divortium, mors Óþ his ealdorgedál until his death. Cd. 92; Th. 118, 2; Gen. 1959

Linked entry: aldor-gedál

pungetung

(n.)
Grammar
pungetung, e; f.
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A pricking Sió wamb gefélþ sár ðonne se mon mete þigeþ and pungetunga and unlust metes, Lchdm. ii. 216, 21

sundor-wundor

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wundor, es; n.
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Th. 313, 19; Mód. 2

wudu-bærnet

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bærnet, wudu-bærnett, es; n.

Burning trees in a wood

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Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbaerne, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 16

eá-stán

(n.)
Grammar
eá-stán, es; m.
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Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 23

fleám-lást

(n.)
Grammar
fleám-lást, es; m.

apostasy

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The track of a fugitive, apostasy (cf. apostata áflíged mon, Kent. Gl. 141) Fleámlástes apostasie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 38

for-trúwung

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Gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga ( confidentia ), Past. 463, 11. For dǽre fortrúwunga ( fiducia ) his cræfta, 27. Add

un-geþyld

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Ná swá þeáhhwæþre þás brocu Romulan mód gelǽddon tó ǽnigre (ǽnigum, v.l.) ungeþylde (-þyldo, v.l. ), Gr. D. 284, 5. Add

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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H.) máre þe sió módor if she have a child, it shall not have any more of the property than the mother, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 20. On óðrum ærne ðæt næbbe þon má dura ðonne sió cirice, 5; Th. i. 64, 15.

Linked entries: þanne þon

be-sceadan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceadan, p. ede; pp. ed

To shadowobumbrare

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To shadow; obumbrare For hwám besceadeþ heó múntas and móras why shadoweth it mountains and moors? Salm. Kmbl. 680; Sal. 339

folc-lǽsung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lǽsung, e; f.

Public lyingslanderpublĭcum mendācium

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Public lying, slander; publĭcum mendācium Gif mon folclǽsunge gewyrce si quis publĭcum mendācium confingat, L. Alf. pol. 28; Wilk. 41, 19

mæðel-hergende

(adj.)
Grammar
mæðel-hergende, past. pres.

Speech-praisingesteeming conversation highly

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Speech-praising, esteeming conversation highly Monige beóþ mæðelhergendra, sittaþ æt symble, wordum wrixlaþ, Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 13; Móð. 13

drif

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Cf. with passage from Chronicle William of Malmesbury's statement that a contagious fever destroyed more than half the people

ildend

(n.)
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The proper reading in the passage given is ylding Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó ðám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135

K

Grammar
K, In one instance k seems used for
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g Ðæt mód ðé ǽr wæs keléd (áléd, v. l.) of his gewunan cum cogitatio extra usum ducitur, Past. 57, 9

morþ-cræft

(n.)
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deadly art Hwæt is seó micele miht þínre morð-cræfte, ꝥ þú þyllic gefremast þurh feóndlicne drýcræft, Hml. S. 35, 173. (?)