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be-hón

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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add

Éste

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Þǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 13. Add

ge-drohtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drohtnung, e; f.
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Living, course of life Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 126

Linked entry: drohtnung

ge-dafenigendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dafenigendlic, ge-dafniendlic; adj.
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Mid gebedum gedafnigendlicum (competentibus), Angl. xiii. 419, 772

Linked entry: ge-dafniendlic

lot-wrenc

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Ðá beóð gesǽlige þe deófles swicdómas tócnáwað and his lotwrencas mid geleáfan oferswýðað, Hml. S. 16, 224. Add

mæsse-hacele

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Hé stód áþenedum earmum mid mæsse[reáfe] gescrýdd, and hæfde gréne mæssehacelan on him, Vis. Lfc. 39. Add

micge

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Beðe mid háttre cú micgan (cúmicgan?), iii. 10, 20. Add

ofer-hergian

(v.)
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In þám cwylde þe þás burh oferhergode (vastavit) mid swýþlicum wóle and cwealme, Gr. D. 298, 23. Add

on-bærning

(n.)
Grammar
on-bærning, e ; f.
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Mid onbærninge (incensu) ic offriu ðé, 65, 15

smeáh

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Add Ðyses cyncges mid smeágre mynegunge gástlíce onbryrde huius regis sagaci monitu spiritaliter conpuncti, Angl. xiii. 368, 36

spere-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
spere-sceaft, es; m.
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The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27

tyrning

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Add Sume preóstas gýmað ꝥ heora loccas mid [nǽdle ?] tyrninge cyrpsion crines calamistri uestigio rotantur, Chrd. 64, 34

þæcele

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Add: used figuratively Inǽled mid þám þæcelum (þyccylum, v.l.) þǽre æfeste invidiae facibus succensus, Gr. D. 117, 28

a-wǽcan

Grammar
a-wǽcan, For'
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Dele' substitute Seó miígð áwéht (wǽced, v.l.) wæs (premeretur ) mid þí wæle. Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 4

fǽr-lic

Grammar
fǽr-lic, <b>. II.</b> add: <b>II a.</b> of movement,
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quick, rapid Hé mid fǽrlicum (swiftum, v.l.) ryne (rapido cursu ) gecyrde, Gr. D. 115, 22. Cf. fǽrlíce; IV

olfend-mere

(n.)
Grammar
olfend-mere, an; f.

A she-camel

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A she-camel prítig gefolra olfendmyrena mid heora coltum camelos foetas cum pullis suis triginta, Gen. 32, 15

Linked entry: mere

stæf-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-rǽw, e; f.

A letter-rowan alphabetan alphabet

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A letter-row, an alphabet Mid stæfrǽwe endebyrdnesse tósceádene alphabeti ordine distinctum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 40

wénlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wénlíce, adv.

Fairlyin comely fashion

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Fairly, in comely fashion September and December mid heora seofon geférum gladiaþ wénlíce swýðe Anglia viii. 302, 4

scot

(n.)
Grammar
scot, es ; n.
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a shot, a shooting Hié his siððan wǽran swíðe éhtende ge mid scotum (gesceotum, MS. C.) ge mid stána torfungum ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 134, 15. [ a shot, missile, v. ge-sceot, and cf. No man ...

Linked entry: sceot

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

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Grammar wóp-líc, of that which is an expression of grief Hé spræc mid wóplícre stemne, Homl. Th. i. 402, 9 : Homl. Ass. 196, 29: 198, 121. Mid wóplícre ceorunge, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 355. Mid wóplícum murcnungum flebilibus questibus, Hpt. Gl. 518, 25.