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folc-wita

(n.)
Grammar
folc-wita, an; m.

A senatorpublĭcus consĭliārius

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A senator; publĭcus consĭliārius Sum biþ folcwira one is a senator, Exon. 79b; Th. 297, 33; Crä. 77

hrið

(n.)
Grammar
hrið, es; m.

Fever

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Fever Fefer ðæt is micel hǽto and hrið [MS. hruð], L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 7

Linked entry: hruð

ge-miltsung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-miltsung, e; f.

Favour, mercy, pardonpropĭtiātio

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Favour, mercy, pardon; propĭtiātio Forðonðe mid ðé gemiltsung is quia ăpud te propĭtiātio est, Ps. Spl. 129, 4

Linked entry: miltsung

trog-hrycg

(n.)
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a ridge where there is a trough of water (?) On troh*-*hrycg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 17

un-gewemmedness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewemmedness, e; f.

Purity

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Purity Rihtlíc is mé swá besmitenre fram ðínre clǽnan ungewemmednesse beón áscirod, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 438

un-gelífend

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelífend, es; m.

An unbeliever

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An unbeliever Se ðe ungeléfend (-en, Lind.) is qui incredulus est, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 36: 20, 27

Linked entry: ge-lífend

blǽs-horn

(n.)
Grammar
blǽs-horn, es; m.
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A horn for blowing Blǽshorn bið ánes scitt, weorð, and is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16

Linked entry: blǽd-horn

for-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
for-timbran, for-timbrian
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to obstruct, stop Fortimbred is ( obstructum est ) múð spreocendra, Ps. Srt, 62, 12. v. for-tymbrian in Dict

ge-byrþen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrþen, e; f.
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What is borne or born, a child Þurh þæt gebyrðor (gebyrðene, v.l. ) wé wurdon álýsede, Wlfst. 251, 14

Linked entry: byrþen

hǽren

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Heó gegyrede hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Add

scerwen

Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?).
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; according to the facsimile reprint of the Vercelli codex the word is scerwen in An. 1528

slóh

(n.)
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is also feminine On þá reádan sló . . . of þǽre reádan sló, C. D. iii. 465, 32-466, 1

sáwel-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-þearf, e; f.
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What is necessary or beneficial for the soul Ic wes smeágende ymb míne sáulþearfe, Chart. Th. 474, 18

wæl-cyrging

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-cyrging, es; m.

One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan

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One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan Gorgoneus, ðæt is wælkyrging (-cyrginc, v.l.), Nar. 35, 6

wín-sæl

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sæl, es; n.

A wine-halla hall where there is feasting

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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Wóriaþ ða wínsalo, Exon. Th. 291, 6; Wand. 78

Linked entry: sæl

hálgung-ram

(n.)
Grammar
hálgung-ram, m.

A consecrated ram

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A consecrated ram For ðam hit ys hálgungram for it is a ram of consecration, Ex. 29, 22

ofer-módigung

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-módigung, -módgung, e; f.

The being proud, pride

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The being proud, pride Hit is ungecyndlícu ofermódgung contra naturam superbire est Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 11

Linked entry: -módigung

sorgung

(n.)
Grammar
sorgung, e; f.

Sorrowinggrievingsorrowgrief

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Sorrowing, grieving, sorrow, grief Ðǽr (in hell) is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 4

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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: where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English) Service Þæs

hord-ern

(n.)
Grammar
hord-ern, -ærn,es; n.

A store-house, store-room, treasury

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Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste unless it has been put into the places which the wife locks up, that is, her storeroom and her chest, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21.