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fen-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
fen-hliþ, -hleoþ, es; n. [hliþ a declivity, slope]

A fen-slopebank of a fenpăluster clīvaspălūdis rīpa

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A fen-slope, bank of a fen; păluster clīvas, pălūdis rīpa Scolde Grendel fleón under fenhleoþu Grendel must flee under the fen-slopes, Beo. Th. 1645; B. 820

full-endian

(v.)
Grammar
full-endian, p. ode; pp. od

To end fullycompletefinishcomplērefīnīre

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To end fully, complete, finish; complēre, fīnīre He bæd Cynebill ðæt he ða árfæstan ongunnennesse fullendode pĕtiit Cynibillum pia cœpta complēre, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 39, note

Linked entries: endian ful-endian

efen-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-gemyndig, adj.
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Commemorative Ealle þá syndon nú from heora eágum gewitene, and nǽfre efngemyndige hider eft ne cumaþ ( will never come back here to commemorate them ), Bl. H. 101, 1

Linked entry: ge-myndig

feorh-lást

(n.)
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Hé fǽge and geflýmed feorhlástas bær he (Grendel) death-doomed and fleeing dyed the earth with his life-blood, B. 846

bænd

(n.)
Grammar
bænd, es; m.

A bandvitta

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A band; vitta Healfne bænd gyldenne [dederunt] dimidiam vittam auream, Text. Rof. 111, 3; Th. Diplm. A.D. 950; 501, 35: Text. Rof. 110, 23; Th. Diplm. A.D. 950; 501, 20

eft-cuman

(v.)

To come backrevenīre

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To come back; revenīre He hét ealle eftcuman he commands all to come again. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 25. Eft-cymeþ comes again, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 21

wil-gedryht

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gedryht, e; f.

A glad band

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A glad band Seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ turba prosequitur munere laeta pio . Exon. Th. 222, 2; Ph. 342. Wes ðú, Andreas, hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Kmbl. 1828; An. 916

wille-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wille-wæter, es; n.

Spring-water

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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14

ears-ling

(adv.)
Grammar
ears-ling, adv. Only used adverbially with on, —

On the back, backwards retrorsum

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On the back, backwards; retrorsum Sýn hí gecyrde on earsling be thei turned awey bacward, Wyc; avertantur retrorsurn. Ps. Th. 34, 5. Gán hý on ears-ling avertantur retrorsum, 6, 8

Linked entries: bæcling -ling

lyðer-

(adj.; prefix)
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lyðer-, luðer- full; adj.

Baseviledissolutedepraved

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Base, vile, dissolute, depraved Leófan men ne beón gé náðor ne leáse ne luðer- [lyðer- MS. B] fulle, ne fúle ne fracode, ne on ǽnige wísan tó lehterfulle, Wulfst.40, 5

Linked entries: luðer- hlyþran

eáwis-firina

(adj.)
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.), but perhaps it belongs here, and the first part, eáwisc, = public-anus, see the two preceding words, and cf. bær-synnig

luf-lic

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Hé fréfrode hí mid luflicum wordum eos verbis consola-batur, Gr. D. 251, 20: Hml. A. 73, 9. Add

waþem

(n.)
Grammar
waþem, waþum, es; m.

A wave billow

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A wave, billow Ic þonan wód ofer waþema gebind I crossed the band of billows, Exon. Th. 288, 1; Wand. 24. Waðema streám, sincalda sǽ, Cd. Th. 207, 24; Exod. 471

weax-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-æppel, es; m.

A wax apple, a ball of wax

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A wax apple, a ball of wax Se Pater Noster mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðære swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 33

gestéd-hors

(n.)
Grammar
gestéd-hors, es; n. [stéda a steed]

A stallion;ĕquus admissārius vel ēmissārius

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A stallion; ĕquus admissārius vel ēmissārius He ðone cyng bæd ðæt he him wǽpen sealde and gestédhors rŏgāvit sibi rĕgem arma dăre et ĕquum ēmissārum, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 5

Linked entry: stéd-hors

feorh-bealo

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-bealo, -bealu; gen. -bealowes, -bealuwes; n.

Life-balemortal afflictiondeadly evilvītæ mălumlētāle mălum

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Life-bale, mortal affliction, deadly evil; vītæ mălum, lētāle mălum Gúþdeáþ fornam, feorhbealo frécne, fyra gehwylcne leóda mínra war-death, a cruel life-bale, has taken every man of my people, Beo. Th. 4492; B. 2250.

hindan

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sunnan hindan and cymþ wiþforan þá sunnan úp it comes up with the sun from behind and rises be ore the sun, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 2. marking position, at the back, behind, Ph. 293 (in Dict.)

wrásen

(n.)
Grammar
wrásen, e; f.

A bandtie

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A band, tie Wrásan ( = ? wrasen; Similar entries for suffix cf. (?), bodan fundus, 98, 10), óst nodus (cf. nodos bende, 95, 27, nodorum rápa, 61, 68), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 79

a-bacan

(v.)
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to bake Nim ælces cynnes melo and ábacæ man hláf, Lch. i. 404, 5. Þost tó cicle ábacen, 364, 15: Gr. D. 87, 21. Hláfas on beágwísan ábacene, 343, 15

bærnes

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Add: bærn-ness Hé ꝥ tácen þǽre bærnnesse (signum incendii) on his sculdre bær, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 281, 13. Hí bærnesse gefeoht timbredan incendia bellorum struere, Sch. 280, 2