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eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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., and add: humility, lowliness Hé his blǽd Gode þurh eáðmédu ealne gesealde, Gú. 74: Cri. 1443. Eádmédu, Gú. 748. Þæt wé mid eáðmédum úrum Drihtne hýron, and mid eádmédum úrum scrifte úre synna andetton, Wlfst. 134, 12-16.

frigea

Grammar
frigea, l. frígea, and add: (Goth. frauja. Cf.
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icel, freyja.)

fugeles leác

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles leác, viumum (vicium? v. preceding word, and cf.
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O. H. Ger. fogal-krút viciam)

gist-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gist-lic, hospitable [cf. O. H. Ger. un-gastlíchi]
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v. gast-lic in Dict

wáse-scite

(n.)
Grammar
wáse-scite, (cf. (?) scítan), an ; f. or -scyte (-scite ?), es; m.

The cuttle-fish ⬩ the liquid ejected by the cuttle-fish

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The cuttle-fish; or the liquid ejected by the cuttle-fish Cudele velwásescite sepia, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 6

Linked entries: -scite wáse

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, -bedde [(?) cf. heals-gebedda, Beo. 63], an; f.

A bed fellow ⬩ consort ⬩ wife ⬩ consors tŏri ⬩ uxor

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Sægde Lameh leófum gebeddum unárlíc spel Lamech told a wicked tale to his dear consorts, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 29; Gen. 1091. Gebed wíf uxor, Mt. Kmbl. pp. 14, 16

Linked entry: -bedda

-syd

(suffix)
Grammar
-syd, in ge-syd a miry place. [Halliwell gives suddie=miry, boggy. Cf. also sod. Cf. O. H. Ger. salz-suti salsugo: Ger. sudel a puddle.]
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Cf. seáþ

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a family ⬩ house

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Com. s. v.: Sax. Eng. i. 92]. Similar entries v. híw-scipe; Æt Bitelanwyrthe án híwisce, and æt Brómleáge án híwisce, C. D. B. iii. 133, 18. In loco qui dicitur heregeardingchíwisce, C. D. ii. 51, 19.

Twide

(n.)
Grammar
Twide, Tweode, an; or indecl. (cf. Humbre for declension)
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; f. The Tweed In ófre Tweode (Tuidon, Bd. M. 360, 29) streámes in ripa Tuidi fluminis Bd. 4, 27 ; S. 603, 34

þegnisc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
þegnisc, (? cf. -ska nouns in Icelandic(?); or see þegnest(?))
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service Þat sáwulgesceot sceulon ða canonicas habban, and swilce þénisce dón for hig swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Chart. Th. 609, 16

Linked entry: þénisc

yrfe

(n.)
Grammar
yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.
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Ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, Chr. 910; Erl. 100, 14. Menn and yrfe (orf, v. l. ) hí slógon, 1010; Erl. 143, 28. Ðá ðæt land ǽrest mín láford mǽ tó lǽt, ðá wæs hit ierfelæás ( omni peccunia caruit) . . . .

Linked entry: erfe

lencten-bere

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-bere, spring-sown barley (?cf. lenten corne as . . . otys, pecys, barley. v.
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Cf. lencten-eorþe

feáwera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feáwera, of a few,
  • Cd. 100
    • ;
  • Th. 132, 30
;
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gen. pl.of feáwa

óþ-

(prefix)
Grammar
óþ-, as a prefix of verbs, from, away. Cf.
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œt for similar meaning

ge-frægen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-frægen, -fregen [part. p. of gefragan [?]; cf. gefragian]

Heard of ⬩ known

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Heard of, known Egsa mára, ðonne from frumgesceape gefrægen wurde ǽfre on eorðan greater terror than was ever heard of on earth since the creation, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 28; Cri. 840.

á-cennicge

(n.)
Grammar
á-cennicge, (? cf. for suffix sealticge), an; f. A (female)
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parent Ácennic and hehstald genetricis et virginis, Rtl. 69, 9. genetricem 51, 31

god-gesprecen

(adj.)
Grammar
god-gesprecen, god-spræcen [cf. O. H. Ger. ge-sprochaní]

Linked entry: ge-sprecen

-lagu

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-lagu, (?). v. út-lagu. Cf. -lah; adj.

tó-hréran

Grammar
tó-hréran, l. (?) -hríran. Cf. ge-hríran: tó-hrician. l.
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-hrícian

Hwiccas

(n.)
Grammar
Hwiccas, Hwicceas, and Hwiccan [?] or [?] Hwicce [cf. Seaxe]; pl.
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Férde ðá in Hwicca mægþe ðǽr wæs ðá Ósríc cyning divertit ad provinciam Huicciorum cut tunc rex Osric præfuit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 22. Wilfrid is Hwicna biscop provinciæ Huicciorum Vilfrid episcopus, 5, 23; S. 646, 22.

Linked entries: Hwinca Hwyccas Hiccas

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