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á-cwelan

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Gif sié sió hond oðcwolen (ácwolon, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 134, 17. Ðá ealdan sculan licgan heápmǽlum hungre ácwolene, Wlfst. 295, 16. Ðá óðre (hors) wǽron hungre ácwolen, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25. Add

á-þeóstrian

(v.)
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Sién hira eágan áðístrode, Past. 29, 9. Áðeástrade sind obscurati sunt, Ps. Srt. 73, 20. Sié áðióstrado tenebrantur, Rtl. 125, 33

ge-irnan

Grammar
ge-irnan, <b>; IV.</b>
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Oþ ꝥ hió sié eal tósoden and þicge geurnen, Lch. ii. 230, 8. Add

un-gemédness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemédness, e; f.

Adversity ⬩ calamity

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Adversity, calamity From ungimoednisum ðætte wé sié álésado ab adversitatibus liberari, Rtl. 63, 29

Linked entry: ge-médness

eáwesclíce

(adv.)
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Eáwislíce sié manifestum fiat, Rtl. 114, 1. v. newt word, and cf. eáwunga. Add

geheald-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
geheald-fæst, adj.
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Safe, secure Byrne sió gehealdfæste lurica tutissima Lch. i. Ixxi, 2. Gehealdfæstesðe, lxxiv, II

ge-mígan

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Gif se útgang forseten sié oððe gemígan ne mæge, Lch. ii. 260, 10. Add

hrífþo

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Sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, Lch. ii. 228, 12. Add

ómiht

Grammar
ómiht, Add: <b>ómihte</b>
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Gif ómihte blód and yfel wǽte on þám milte sié, Lch. ii. 252, 25

ǽr-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-lyft, e; f.

The air of early morning

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The air of early morning Sió þicce ǽrlyft gravis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 74

gylting

(n.)
Grammar
gylting, e; f.

Sinning ⬩ sin

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Sinning, sin Gyiltincg prævaricatio, Rtl. 109, 41. Gultingum delictis, 66, 29. Gyltingum, 124, 42

Linked entry: gyltan

mynster-gang

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-gang, es; m.

Going into a monastery ⬩ entering on a monastic life

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Going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life Heó ðonne mót gif heó wile ðæt forlǽtan and hyre mynstergang geceósan tunc, si velit, licebit ei id derelinquere, et vitam monasticam sibi eligere, L. Ecg. C. 20; Th. ii. 146, 23

un-swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swíþ, adj.

Not strong ⬩ weak

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Not strong, weak Gif drenc sié tó unswíþ, Lchdm. ii. 270, 15: iii. 18, 22

býlihte

(adv.)
Grammar
býlihte, adv.
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In an ulcerous condition Gif men bílyhte sié ymb þone þearm, Lch. ii. 170, 28

Linked entry: bílyhte

lenden-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-ádl, e ; f.
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Disease of the loins Wénaþ unwíse lǽcas ꝥ ꝥ sié lendenádl, Lch. ii. 232, 8

ymb-weorpan

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Sió sunne wæs eall útan ymbworpenu mid þryfealde gyldene hringe, Verc, Forst. 97, 16. Add

gafol-hwitel

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-hwitel, es; m.

A tribute-whittle or blanket ⬩ a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land ⬩ tribūtāria săga

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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L.

Linked entry: hwítel

lǽð

(n.)

a lathe

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Kent is divided into six lathes], a district containing several hundreds, v. Stubbs; Const. Hist. i. l00.

Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.

freónd-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-lufu, e; f.

Friendly love ⬩ friendship ⬩ love ⬩ intimacy ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ cārĭtas ⬩ familiārĭtas

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Friendly love, friendship, love, intimacy; amīcĭtia, cārĭtas, familiārĭtas Saga ðæt ðú síe sweostor mín, ðonne ðé leódweras fricgen, hwæt síe freóndlufu uncer twega say that thou art my sister, when the men of the country ask thee what may be the intimacy