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eá-land

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Delo(s) swá hátte þæt eáland, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 2. Eálondes insule, Rtl. 55, 26. Claudius þone mǽstan dǽl þæs eálondes onféng, and eác swelce Orcadus þá eálond Rómána cynedóme underþeódde, Chr. 47; P. 6, 22-25. On Híí þám eálande, 565; P. 18, 11.

elcung

(n.)
Grammar
elcung, e; f.

A delay

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A delay, R. Ben. 5, 71, Lye

æt-dón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-dón, ic æt-dó; p. -dide; subj. ic, ðú, he -do; pp. -dón, -dén

To take awaydepriveeripere

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To take away, deprive; eripere Ðæt nán preósta óðrum ne ǽtdé ǽnig ðara þinga that no priest deprive another of any of those things, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 246,10

GEARO

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
GEARO, gearu; gen. m. n. -wes, -owes; f. -re, -rwe; def. se gearwa; adj.

YAREreadypreparedequippedcompletepromptuspărātusinstructusperfectus

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YARE, ready, prepared, equipped, complete; promptus, părātus, instructus, perfectus Gearo wyrde on gespræce factus est lŏquēla promptus, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 29. Gearo is mín heorte părātum est cor meum, Ps. Th. 56, 9. Gearo ic eom părātus sum, 118, 60

a-dilegian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dilegian, -dilgian, -dylegian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a, dilgian to destroy]

To abolishblot outdestroydo awayaboleredelere

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Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32: Ps. Th. 68, 29: 108, 13, 14. Adilgode, Ps. Th. 17, 40

Linked entry: a-dylegian

eorþ-burh

Grammar
eorþ-burh, -byr(i)g.
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Dele 'or burying-place; humatio,' and add:

ge-wleccan

Grammar
ge-wleccan, ge-wlecian.
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Dele ge-wlecian, and add: pp. ge-wlæcced Genim beolonan seáw, gewlece, and þonne on eáre gedrýp, Lch. ii. 40, 13: 46, 30. Him mon on eáre drýpe gewlæccedne ele, 22, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . on ele gewlæhte (-wlehte, v. l. ), i. 212, 5.

Lindisfaran

Grammar
Lindisfaran, l. Lindesfaran.
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Dele the bracket after ' Northumbria ', and add Lindesfarona landes is syfan þúsend hýda mid hǽðfeldlande, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Myrcna þeóde and Lindesfearena (-pharona, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 350, 8.

áte

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Dele in bracket: O. Nrs. át food, and add Áte avena, Txts. 43, 248. Átae,átte lolium, 74, 599. Áta ł unwæstm zizania, Mt. L. 13, 38.

cancer

Grammar
cancer, (-or).
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Dele ' a crab &c.,' and add Hine æt se cancor, and his weleras wǽron áwlǽtte mid ealle, and eác his nosu fornumen mid áttre, Hml. S. 6, 284. Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer þe hyne ǽr swýðe ámyrred hæfde, Hml. A. 183, 70.

crocca

(n.)
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In bracket dele all but Scandinavian forms, and add: crocce (?), an; f. Crocha, chroca, chroa, croha citropodes, Txts. 46, 171. Crohha luteum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 27. Crocca, 51, 24:olla fictilis, 65, 38: anfora, i. 25, 9.

for-grindan

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Dele first two citations, and add

Linked entry: for-grind

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.
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Dele bracket at end, and add Hió bið eádgum leóf, earmum getǽse, Rä. 81, 22. Hé him geneádodum and gelettum gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces ei laboris sat commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 27.

hilt

Grammar
hilt, helt
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Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Be landbygene (= landleóda[n] bebygene?), Ll. Th. i. 110, note I

eldcung

(n.)

delay

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delay, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 17, MS. Cot

Linked entries: elcung ildcung

latung

(n.)
Grammar
latung, e; f.
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Delay Latunga tricarum, i. morarum An. Ox. 7, 129

word-latu

(n.)
Grammar
word-latu, e; f.

Delay in speaking

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Delay in speaking 'Ðú scealt hræðe cýðan, gif ðú his ondgitan ǽnige hæbbe.' Næs ðá wordlatu (there was no delay in the answer), Andr. Kmbl. 3042; An. 1524. (Cf. búton late sine mora, R. Ben. 55, 12, omitted under latu.)

Linked entry: latu

loca

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Dele: ' That which close s, . . . lock, ' and first passage (for which see loc ; I) ; for : ' 72 b . . . Sal. 185 ' substitute: Bóca cǽga, [le]or-nenga locan the keys of books, the locked place of learning, Sal. 135.

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, a covering for the leg.
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Dele ' acc. bréc, ' and add