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swícung

(n.)
Grammar
swícung, e; f.
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deceiving, deluding, deceit, fraud, delusion: Mid . swícunge deóflícre inlusione diabolica, Anglia xi. 117, 29. Swícunge ceápes fraud in trade. Lchdm. iii. 198, 31: 202, 13. For swícuncgum propter illusiones, R. Ben.

wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcend, es; m.

a workerlabourera makera doer.

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Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Þurh ða unrótnesse ðe is deáðes wyrcend, Anglia xi. 113, 43. Ealle ic feóde fácnes wyrcend facientes praevaricationes odivi, Ps. Th. 100, 3

weall-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
weall-geweorc, es; n.

Wall-work,wall-buildingthe destruction of walls

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Hé gesette hí tó his weallgeweorcum, ðæt hí worhton his burga ( in aedificationibus urbium suarum ),Anglia x. 91, 96. the destruction of walls Aries byð ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 5

Linked entry: weall-weorc

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19. Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne word*-*logan, Wulfst. 40, 10 : 165, 36. Cristen cyning sceal wedlogan and wǽrlogan hatian and hýnan, 266, 29.

ós

(n.)
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The Icelandic, which throws out n before s, as the Anglo-Saxon does (cf. Icel. gás: A.

Linked entry: ésa

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Mai, Angl. viii. 309, 38-40. adv. Eal ꝥ his fæder þǽr begeondan hæfde, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 10: 1013; P. 114, note 2

cæppe

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Mid kæppum (cappis) gescrýdde, Angl. xiii. 427, 881. Add

dígle

(n.)
Grammar
dígle, dígol, es; n.
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Ox. 1506: Angl. xi. 119, 67. Yppan digla úre pandere secreta nostra, Coll. M. 34, 15. Dióhla archana, Kent. Gl. 359. Deiglo abscondita, Mt. L. 13, 35. Hé heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ, Bl. H. 179, 26. v. dígol; n. in Dict

eahta

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Ne wearð má þonne him eahtum, Angl. xi. 2, 39. Cf. seofon

egesa

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Leahtra egesan forbúgan uitiorum monstra diuitare, Angl. xiii. 381, 226

ge-fég

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Ox. 3412. of non-material objects Þæt óðer híw ys gecíged zeuma, ꝥ ys gefeig on Englisc; þis gefég ys swýðe gelóme on hálgum gewritum, Angl. viii. 331, 9.

hlóse

(n.)
Grammar
hlóse, an; f.

A pigstyelewzflooze

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Fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan and hlósan eác swá, Angl. ix. 261, 19. hlós- occurs in a number of local names: Oth hlóscumbes heáfud, C. D. B. ii. 392, 32. Ðis synt ðá denbǽra . . . hlósdionu, swánadionu . . . C. D. ii. 195, 16.

gader-tang

Grammar
gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge,

Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexioncontinuous

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Þurh seofen gædertange (printed -lange) dagas per septem continuos dies, Angl. xiii. 444, 1127

brýten-walda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
brýten-walda, brýten-wealda, bréten-ánwealda, an; m: brýten-weald, es; m.

A powerful ruler or kingpræpotens rexa rulerthe British aboriginesto bruise, break, to break into small portions, to dispersea ruler, king, an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended.a powerful kingthe wide expanse of eartha spacious realmthe spacious worlda spacious dwellinga war-king

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Sax. bk. iii. ch. 5, vol. i. pp. 318 and 378] was a war-king, elected by the other Anglo-Saxon kings and their nobility, as their leader in the time of war. Lappenberg [Th. Lapbg. i. 125-129] takes the same view; while Kemble [Sax.

æx

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Hé bær him æcse and adesan on handa, tácnode on ðám ꝥ hé nales tó ídelnysse on ꝥ mynster eóde, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Angl. ix. 263, l. Æxa bipennes , An. Ox. 2, 71. Æcssa, 2231. Mid ęcesum securibus , Ps.

and-weorc

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Tó þám ic clipige þe eall gesceafte geworhte bútan ǽlcum andweorce, Angl. xii. 511, 18. Gold þe is deórwierðe ofer eal óðer ondweorc aurum quod metallis ceteris praeeminet, Past. 132, 14. Gif smið monnes andweorc onfó, Ll. Th. i. 74, 10.

be-tweohnum

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-tweohnum, [] be-tweónum.

betweenamong

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Add: prep. between, of interposition Eódon góde men heom betwénen and sahtloden heom, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 7. of mutual relation Betwýnan him hí syllan lǽcedóm invicem sibi dent remedium, Angl. xiii. 393, 408 : 438, 1045.

cwilmian

(v.)
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Hé sceal beón cwylmiende mid deófle, Angl. viii. 337, 9. Ðá sceaðan ðágyt cwylmigende cuce hangodon, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 8: i. 334, 6. Hí wurdon tócwýsede and cwylmiende lágon, Hml.

clǽn-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
clǽn-líce, adv.
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Gif þǽr beón lǽs manna þonne þæt lamb mæge fretan, þonne nyme hé hys neáhgebúr . . . ꝥ hé mæge ꝥ lamb clǽnlíce fretan, Angl. viii. 322, 8

cræftig

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</b> of books, dealing with art or science :-- Munecas þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27