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sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

spora

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Dele hún-, hand-spor(a?) at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

úþ-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-mǽte, adj.

Immensevery great

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Immense, very great Ðǽr hangade úþmǽte leóhtfæt, byrnende dæges and nihtes ofer ðara Drihtnes fóta swaða (cf. Hangaþ ðǽr eác bufan ðǽm lástum geregnod swíþe mycel leóhtfæt ... and bið á dæges and nihtes byrnende, Blickl. Homl. 127, 29) Shrn. 81, 17

weax-candel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-candel, weax-candell, e; f.

A wax candle

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A wax candle Waexcondel funalia, cerei, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 45. Weaxcandel, 36, 26. Wexcandel cereus, 130, 16: funalia, i. candelabra, 151, 56, Genim ácmela and beolonan sǽd and weax, meng tósomne, wyrc tó weaxcandelle, and bærn, Lchdm. ii. 50, 18

ælmes-leóht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-leóht, es; n.

Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast

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Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast Ðonne man fæste . . . forlǽte man ǽlce worldbysga, and læges and nihtes swá man oftost mæge on cirican gewunige, and mid ælmesleóhte wacigan ðár georne, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 1

fýst-gebeát

Hitting with the fist, fisticuffs

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Substitute: Hitting with the fist, fisticuffs 'Tó gemótum and tó gecidum and tó iersunga and tó fýstgebeáte gé fæstað' . . . ðæt fýstgebeát belimpð tó ierre 'in judicia et rixas jejunatis, et percutitis pugnis,' . . . pugnus pertinet ad iram, Past. 314

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, p. heáde; pp. heád

To raise, heighten, exalt, advanceto exaltexaltareexalt, raise

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To raise, heighten, exalt, advance Mid singalum bysenum árfæstre wyrcnysse hé ongan heán and miclian continuis piæ operations exemplis provehere curavit, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 19. Heáþ and hebbaþ exalt and raise, Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 6; Sch. 42

Winedas

(n.)
Grammar
Winedas, pl. m.

The Wends

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The Wends Wineda lond, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 9. Se port Hǽþum stent betuh Winedum, and Seaxum, and Angle, Swt. 19, 23. Mid Winedum, Exon. Th. 322, 8; Víd. 60. Winedas and Burgendan, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 16, 30

Linked entry: Weonod-land

snoflig

(adj.)
Grammar
snoflig, adj.

Full of snivel, having a cold in the head

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Full of snivel, having a cold in the head Hiemps ys winter, hé byþ ceald and wǽt. . . Swá byþ se ealda man ceald and snoflig flegmata ðæt byþ hraca oððe geposu, deriaþ ðam ealdan and ðam unhálan Anglia viii. 299, 36

seomian

(v.)
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Add Á his lof standeð mycel and mǽre ond his miht seomaþ éce and edgiong ofer eall gesceaft, Hpt. 33, 73, 27. Add Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seonode (seomode,?) laman legre and manega gǽr wæs hleoniende in hire bedde molestia

holm-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
holm-þracu, g. -þræce; f.

The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean,

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The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 467. Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen. Kmbl. 1453; El. 728; Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 25

æ-wén

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-wén, adj. [æ without, wen hope]

Doubtfuluncertaindubius

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Doubtful, uncertain; dubius And eów biþ eówre líf æwéne and your life will be doubtful to you. Deut. 28, 66

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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By hides Ðæt líþ hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum it lies by hides and by acres. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

þurh-þráwan

(v.)

to twist through

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to twist through [Se wǽte of húse dropaþ on stán ... and ðane stán þurhþurleþ and þurhþreáwþ, Lchdm. iii. 104, 11]

á-hweorfan

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Se cyning and se biscop sceoldan beón folca hyrdas and hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26. Add

ge-dwollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dwollíce, adv.
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In error, erringly Hí worhton wólíce and ge-dwollíce him hǽþene godas, and þone sóþan God forsáwon, Wlfst. 105, 9

Linked entry: dwol-líce

murnung

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Of þæs magan ádle cumað monige and missenlica ádla . . . micla murnunga and unrótnessa bútan þearfe, Lch. ii. 174, 26. Add

orgel

(n.)
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Add: orgello; f. Ic ondette . . . unnyttes gylpes bígong, and ídle glengas, uncyste and ídelre oferhygde orgello, Angl. xi. 98, 28

rihtwís-lic

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Ðæs gǽstes wæsðm is lufu and gefeá and ryhtwíslicu sibb fructus spiritus est caritas, gandium, pax, Past. 345, 12. Add

strúdigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
strúdigendlíce, adv.
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Rapaciously, greedily Gif hé ofermódlíce and andiendlíce and strúdgendlíce his líf drohtnað si superbe, si inuidę uiuat, Chrd. 108, 18