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á-gælwed

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Dele '-gǽlwed(?); but', and add Þá wearþ ic ágelwed (-gaelwed, v.l. ) and swíþe áfǽred, Bt. 34, 5 ; F. 140, 9

ass-myre

(n.)
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ass-myre, an; f.

A mare assshe-assasina

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A mare ass, she-ass; asina And xx assmyrena and twenty of mare asses, Gen. 32, 15

fugoloþ

(n.)
Grammar
fugoloþ, es; m?

Bird-catchingfowlingaucŭpium

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Bird-catching, fowling; aucŭpium Búton huntoþe and fugoloþe besides hunting and fowling, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 34

Linked entry: fugeloþ

bettonice

(n.)
Grammar
bettonice, an; f.

The herb betonybetonĭca officinālis

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The herb betony; betonĭca officinālis Genim bettonican and pipor take betony and pepper, Lchdm. i. 380, 24

þreóhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þreóhund-wintre, adj.

Three hundred years old

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Three hundred years old Hé wæs on ðisum lífe þreóhundwintre and fíf-and-sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 23

fearr-lic

(adj.)
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fearr-lic, adj.
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Of a bull [Æt] swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearłc ( = fearlican) suovetaurilia, An. Ox. 11, 187

Linked entry: fear-lic

ge-fyrhto

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhto, p. l. ge-fyrhto (-u); indecl.; [ge-fyrht, e]; f., dele passage from Bl. H. (for which see ge-wyrht),
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and add Se cwylra mid gefyrhto genam his swurd and hire heáfod of áslóh, Nar. 48, 22

ge-lǽrednes

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Add: erudition Ásprang hire hlísa and wísdóm and gelǽrednys geond ealle þá ceastre, Hml. S. 33, 29

Parþ-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Parþ-ware, pl.
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The Parthians Hé gelǽrde monige þeóde tó Crýstes geleáfan, Parðwara and Médware and Persware, Shrn. 155, 33

gylian

(v.)
Grammar
gylian, p. ede

To yellshout out

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To yell, shout out Styrmde and gylede shouted and yelled, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 19; Jud. 25

Linked entry: gylung

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hǽle, ; adj.

Having bad health

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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

bæþ-hús

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Þá healle and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan, Hml. S. 36, 97. Add

full-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
full-æðele, adj.

Full noblevery noblevalde nōbĭlis

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Full noble, very noble; valde nōbĭlis Manege beóþ ǽgðer ge fullæðele ge fullwélige, and beóþ ðeáh fullunróte many are both very noble and very wealthy, and yet are very unhappy, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 3

Linked entry: ful-æðele

full-unrót

(adj.)
Grammar
full-unrót, adj.

Full sadvery unhappyvalde tristis

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Full sad, very unhappy; valde tristis Manege beóþ ǽgðer ge fullæðele ge fullwélige, and beóþ ðeáh fullunróte many are both very noble and very wealthy, and yet are very unhappy, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32. 3

Linked entry: ful-unrót

ymb-lyt

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Hé gesette sunnan and mónan, stánas and eorðan, streám út on sǽ, wæter and wolcen ðurh his wundra miht, deópne ymblyt (ybmlyt, MS.) dene (clene, MS.) ymbhaldeþ Meotod on mihtum, Cd. Th. 265, 13 ; Sat. 7

cneórd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cneórd-ness, cneóred-ness, e; f.
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A generation, race Drihten sibbe cneórd*-*nesse tódǽlde . . . hé on ðreó tówearp þá cneórdnysse, ꝥ wæs wælisc and on cyrlisc cynn and on gesýðcund cynd, Angl. xi. 3, 59-63. v. ge*-*cneóredness, and following words

Linked entry: ge-cneórednis

hús-hláford

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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde hí meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259

stott

(n.)
Grammar
stott, es; m.
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7

tígan

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tígan, (a)
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Hí lǽddon þone cyning tó ánum treówe, and tígdon hine þǽrtó, Hml. S. 32, 109. Hig tígdon his swuran swíðe mid racenteágum and his handa samod mid heardum ísene and þá fét tógædere, 35. 164. Add

Sætern-niht

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Sætern-niht, Sæter-niht,e ; f.

Friday night,

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Friday night, the night between Friday and Saturday His (Christ) líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht his body lay in the sepulchre on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27