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telgestre

(n.)
Grammar
telgestre, an; f.
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A dyer Manige þára tælgestrena (-eona, MS.) þe hér eardiað tinctorum, qui hic habitant, plurimi, Gr. D. 342, 3. Cf. bæcestre for the suffix

tó-flówendness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-flówendness, tó-flówenness, e; f.
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Diffusion, diffluence þám þurh þá tóflówendnysse (-flówen-, -flów-, v. ll. ) þæs streámes beón geþénede þá inngeþancas geleáffulra breósta, Gr. D. 94, 21

Linked entry: -flówendness

þrostle

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Add: — Sum swýþe sweart and lytel fugel, is on folcisc þrostle geháten nigra parvaque avis, quae vulgo merula nominaiur, Gr. D. 100, 19

þynne

Grammar
þynne, <b>. II.</b> 2.
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Þá fatu þá þe geát ǽr swýðe lytelne dǽl þæs þynnestan wǽtan vasa in quibus tenuissimum liquorem infuderat. Gr. D. 59, 15. Add

útan-burhware

(n.)
Grammar
útan-burhware, pl.
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Outside citizens, those living out of the town ÐÁ .III. geférscipas innanburhwara and útanburhwara, Gne. Th. 510, 31: C. D. B. iii. 491, ll

út-gangende

(adj.)
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out-going Þú ne gesáwe þá útgangendan (egredientem) sáwle, Gr. D. 268, 4. Útgangende sáwle of þám líchaman egredientes a carne animas, 272, 4

Linked entry: út-gánde

wræc

Grammar
wræc, <b>. II.</b>
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add: See preceding word. Add Adam wæs ádrifen of neorcxnawanges gefeán . . . and becóm in þá yrmðe þises wræces (exilii), Gr. D. 260, 7-18

æfter-hýrigean

Grammar
æfter-hýrigean, l. æfter-hyr(i)gan,
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gelamp ðæt ic ðæt gehýrde, ðæt ic æfterhyrgan ne mæg me audire contingit quod imitari non valeo, Gr. D. 182, 16. and add

þri-leáfe

(n.)
Grammar
þri-leáfe, -léfe, an; f.

Trefoil

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Trefoil (cf. later, three-leaved grass, triple grass. v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Geáces súre vel þriléfe trifolium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 24

abbod-leást

(n.)
Grammar
abbod-leást, e; f.
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Lack of an abbot Ðæt mynstres þincg ne forwyrþan for abbudleáste ut non res monasterii abbatis privatione depereant, C. D. B. i. B. 155, 37

be-lutian

(v.)
Grammar
be-lutian, p. ode
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To lie hid Befleáh in sum hol treów and þǽr belutode and hine sylfne áhýdde fugiens in cava arbore latebat, Gr. D. 293, 15

clyccan

(v.)
Grammar
clyccan, p. clyhte; pp. clyht
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To clitch (v. N. E. D. s. v.), to bend, incurve the fingers Clyce þíne fingras swilc þú blæchorn niman wille, Tech. ii. 128, 19

Linked entry: ge-clyccan

coc-ród

(n.)
Grammar
coc-ród, e; f.
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A cock-road, a clearing in a wood where woodcocks could be netted ðá cocródæ; swá of ðǽre cocród, C. D. v. 346, 26

fore-cýþan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-cýþan, p. de

foretellpredict

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To make known beforehand, foretell, predict gewunað forecýþeþ on þám swefnum manige sóðe wísan solet multa vera praedicere, Gr. D. 339, 21

ge-bearded

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bearded, ge-beardede; adj.
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Bearded Heó wearð for þǽre mycclan gecynde and hǽte þæs lustes gebeardedu (-berd-, v.l.) calore nimio contra naturam barbas esset habitura, Gr. D. 279, 14

hergaþ

Grammar
hergaþ, hereþ

booty

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booty Cóm se þeóf, and genam ǽnne weðer . . . Þá ongan þǽr standan earm mid his hereðe (cum praeda sua), Gr. D. 224, 26. Add:

hice

(n.)
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the name of a bird(?) Hicae paruca (parula ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 50. Yce parruca, 67, 69. Cf. (?) Hykemeres stréme, C. D. iii. 467, 25

Linked entry: hice-máse

in-betýnedness

(n.)
Grammar
in-betýnedness, e; f.
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Inclusion, shutting in, confinement wæs manig gǽr ána belocen in þám nearwestan scræfe ... on þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse, Gr. D. 210, 27: 212, 5

Linked entry: be-týnedness

mynster-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-timbrung, e; f.
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Building of a monastery þurh gesihðe gedihte þá mynstertimbrunge neáh Terracinense defabrica monasterii Terracinensis per visionem ab eo disposita Gr. D. 147, 11

Linked entry: timbrung

norþ-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ-lang, adj.
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Having its length extending northwards, running north and south ðon norðlangan gráfette, C. D. v. 195, 6. On ðone norðlangan hlinc, iii. 135, 24