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ge-médred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-médred, part.
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Mothered, of the same mother; uterinus, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19

Linked entry: ge-médryd

sæpig

(adj.)
Grammar
sæpig, adj.
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Full of sap, succulent Sæpig stela succulentus cauliculus, Hpt. Gl. 419, 45

ceaster-wyrt

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For Lch. ii. 375, 24 substitute: Ceasterwyrte sǽd, Lch. ii. 102, 21

glǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
glǽdan, to cause to slip or totter. A compound form, á-glǽdan, seems to be concealed in the gloss
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Sax. biglédda labefactat, Gall. 23

Linked entry: á-glǽdan

sweger

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Sæt Simonis swegr (swér, L., swægre, R.) hriðigende, Mk. 1, 30. Add

þrym-lic

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Sé wæs Iouis geháten, hetol and þrymlic, Sal. K. 121, 24. Add

á-blindian

(v.)
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Add: — Gif hý áblindiað bútan ǽlcon sáre, Lch. iii. 96, 9 : 2

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

geómor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-líc, adj.
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Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31

ǽwen-bróðor

(n.; adj.)

a brother of the same marriage ⬩ an own brother ⬩ germanus

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a brother of the same marriage, an own brother; germanus,Cot. 97

ang-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ang-mód, ancg-mód; adj. [ange vexed, mód mind]

Vexed in mind ⬩ anxious ⬩ sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ anxius ⬩ sollicitus ⬩ tristis

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Vexed in mind, anxious, sad, sorrowful; anxius, sollicitus, tristis, R. Ben. 64

a-wyrgda

(n.)
Grammar
a-wyrgda, an; m. [the def. pp. of a-wyrgian to curse]

The cursed ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabolus

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The cursed, the devil; diabolus, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 3; Sat. 316

cwincan

(v.)
Grammar
cwincan, ic cwince, ðú cwincst, he cwincþ, pl. cwincaþ; p. cwanc, pl. cwuncon; pp. cwuncen

To disappear, vanish, decrease ⬩ evanescere, diminuere, deficere, Leo A. Sax. Gl. 209

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Sax. Gl. 209

sæþerige

(n.)
Grammar
sæþerige, an; f.
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Savory; satureia hortensis Sæþerian sǽd. Lchdm. ii. 314, 19 : iii. 72, 8

Linked entry: saturege

þri-hyrne

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-hyrne, adj.

Three-cornered ⬩ triangular

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Three-cornered, triangular Ðæt sǽd byþ þreo-hyrne, Lchdm. i. 316, 10

breoton

(adj.)
Grammar
breoton, adj.

Spacious ⬩ ample

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Spacious, ample Fóh hider tó mé burh and breotone bold, Sat. 687

þreápian

(v.)
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Se ancra angan þreápian swíðe ðone deófol, Sal. K. 84, 4. Add

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.
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Th. 288, 25 ; Sat. 387. Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 5

sealt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt, es; n.
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Nim ácorfenes sealtes ( rock salt ) ðæt wæter ðe ðǽrof gǽþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 18. Hwítes sealtes, iii. 20, 26. Greát sealt rock salt, 40, 20, 10: i. 158, 34. [Goth. salt: O. Sax. O. L. Ger. salt: O. H. Ger. salz: Icel. salt.] See following words, Cod.

Linked entry: salt

esol

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D. 185, 3, After sæt, l. 2, add: Ðæt wæs for ðǽm ðe se assa geseah ðone engel. Add:

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